It's been done before. Colt tried to do it, failed, then announced that they have eventually solved all technical problems and invited a bunch of journalists fo

It's been done before. Colt tried to do it, failed, then announced that they have eventually solved all technical problems and invited a bunch of journalists for the demo. The turned out to be perfectly safe - it did not fire during the demo, even when it should have. The story made headlines back in the day, and was pretty popular. Nobody has tried building "smart" guns for a while. Looks like it's been largely forgotten now, and we're due for another cycle. Edit: source http://www.npr.org/2016/04/07/473416699/how-an-idea-to-develop-a-safer-smart-gun-backfired http://www.npr.org/2016/04/07/473416699/how-an-idea-to-devel...