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First of all, that sketch does not define assault weapons, making me wonder if you've paid any attention to the counterarguments to the "ban assault weapons" hy

First of all, that sketch does not define assault weapons, making me wonder if you've paid any attention to the counterarguments to the "ban assault weapons" hysteria. See: http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/an-opinion-on-gun-control/ http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/an-opinion-on-g... Second, short and vague hand-wavy descriptions are not going to cut it. There's no description of where these trackers would go. There isn't a lot of empty space inside a gun; places where this might go are inside pistol grips or at the bottom of magazine wells, but those are both easily accessible. Furthermore, anywhere these trackers go would have to be accessible. Otherwise, how do you replace the batteries? It would be challenging to design circuitry relying on solder that would stand up to the shock of being attached to a gun that's fired dozens or hundreds of times at a range, or thousands or tens of thousands of times over a typical gun's lifetime. What does your tracking system accomplish? Guns that are stolen are going to be checked for GPS and NFC trackers, which will be removed or disabled. Guns that are bought legally (Cho) for use illegally (VA Tech) are going to have the GPS and NFC trackers removed or disabled, too.

senthilnayagam 14y ago
I am not a hardware engineer, never fired a bullet. Your points are very valid, All I can build is couple of prototype which can prove it can be done. it might be flawed, defective whatever. I dont know how it can be done, but there must be someone somewhere who can take these challenges and come up with a solution.
- mgarfias 14y ago
  The problems you'll run into when trying a GPS solution: 1) packaging. LIke someone else said, there isn't a lot of room on your typical firearm to hide such things. You'll be left with something like a wall-wart that is completely obvious. 2) battery life. some of my rifles haven't left the safe in a year, you really going to have a battery that keeps the device powered that long?
- roboneal 14y ago
  In summary: You've registered a domain name, spent 3 weeks noodling the problem since Sandy Hook, have no hardware engineering background, and have never fired a gun. Why is this on HackerNews?
  - senthilnayagam 14y ago
    I can't build chips, but can use off the shelf parts build prototypes and have built some. I dont want to be fired upon by a gun, nor for my family or friends and for that matter even a enemy. this is in HackerNews, believe whatever you want to I am scratching my itch, massaging my ego, feeling less guilty for having attempted to do something for getting to the solution.

senthilnayagam 14y ago

I am not a hardware engineer, never fired a bullet. Your points are very valid, All I can build is couple of prototype which can prove it can be done. it might be flawed, defective whatever. I dont know how it can be done, but there must be someone somewhere who can take these challenges and come up with a solution.

mgarfias 14y ago
The problems you'll run into when trying a GPS solution: 1) packaging. LIke someone else said, there isn't a lot of room on your typical firearm to hide such things. You'll be left with something like a wall-wart that is completely obvious. 2) battery life. some of my rifles haven't left the safe in a year, you really going to have a battery that keeps the device powered that long?
roboneal 14y ago
In summary: You've registered a domain name, spent 3 weeks noodling the problem since Sandy Hook, have no hardware engineering background, and have never fired a gun. Why is this on HackerNews?
- senthilnayagam 14y ago
  I can't build chips, but can use off the shelf parts build prototypes and have built some. I dont want to be fired upon by a gun, nor for my family or friends and for that matter even a enemy. this is in HackerNews, believe whatever you want to I am scratching my itch, massaging my ego, feeling less guilty for having attempted to do something for getting to the solution.