Will smart guns introduce new and unfamiliar failure modes? Absolutely yes. However I think the real question that needs to be examined is whether or not the a

Will smart guns introduce new and unfamiliar failure modes? Absolutely yes. However I think the real question that needs to be examined is whether or not the adoption of smart guns would lead to fewer accidental injuries/fatalities on a national basis. Requiring that a smart gun introduce absolutely no new failure modes misses the bigger picture... that too many accidental injuries/fatalities are happening right now (presumably... it would be nice to see research on this but researching gun deaths is too controversial get funding). No one wants to be injured or killed because of a smart gun failure, and the same is true for an accidental gun injury or death. Who wants their kid to accidentally shoot them? Who wants their smart gun to fail in the face of an armed intruder? The answer in both cases is no one and these questions miss the point, much like the 'seat-belts cause injuries' advocates of yesteryear. It really is all about reducing the total number of accidental gun injuries/deaths.