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because it introduces needless complexity into the system, reduces reliability, and just makes the firearm more expensive.
by autobahn 11y ago
because it introduces needless complexity into the system, reduces reliability, and just makes the firearm more expensive.
- bruceb 11y agoit also would reduce children killing another child or an adult.
- monochromatic 11y agoSo does a safe.
- splawn 11y agoBut a safe introduces needless complexity into the system, reduces reliability, and just makes the firearm more expensive.
- juliangoldsmith 11y agoA safe has no effect on the firearm. When you pull it out of the safe, you know it's still going to shoot.
- monochromatic 11y agoA safe does indeed make it slower to get to the gun. That's a tradeoff lots of people are willing to make, however, and safes are generally a mature technology. I don't know a single gun owner who has any interest in so-called smart guns.
- splawn 11y agotradeoffs... That was the point I was trying to make. You can either have safety or convenience/reliability. It seems to me that this offers another option.... do you trust a dongle or do you trust your ability to get into your gun safe before the "bad guys" "get" you. Seems weird to me to just write it off without knowing which is actually better.
- monochromatic 11y agoThat's fair enough, ignoring your scare quotes. I think a lot of the visceral reaction that gun owners have against these things is the (totally justified) fear that they'll be foisted on us by law sooner or later.
- juliangoldsmith 11y agoI can't directly respond to bruceb, but a child getting ahold of a gun is the fault of the parent, who neglected to responsibly secure it. If someone with a child isn't willing to buy a safe, they shouldn't buy a gun.