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Friday Night Music: Andy Partridge's Letter to God

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goddamnedfrank12/14/2012 7:03:53 pm PST

re: #42 Interesting Times

How technologically feasible is it to manufacture guns that can only be fired by the owner, e.g. fingerprint scan or some other ID method?

It’s a lot easier to make biometric locks and safes than to incorporate that into the action of the gun itself. They can also be spoofed.

re: #50 William Barnett-Lewis

Not very yet. All the electronic versions have been shown to be easily spoofed. The best one was one of the first back in the 80’s. A lock is put on the mainspring of the firearm - in this case a S&W revolver - and a magnetic ring is worn by the owner of the firearm. If you’re holding it correctly, the spring can move and the gun can fire. If not, it’s locked into place.

Good for keeping your gun from being used against you in a scuffle but still pretty easy to defeat though.