GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[Carsman]

This is what happens when people from the border of Pittsburgh and West Virginia try to rationalize things.

I saw this in the news today; smart kid (he's from Colorado).



^ Seventeen-year-old Kai Kloepfer's idea for a finger-print sensitive smart gun came to him in a dream. This week, the Colorado teen won a $50,000 grant from the Smart Tech Challenges Foundation with the hopes of bringing that vision to life.

"All you have to do is pick the firearm up and the way you naturally rest your hand on the firearm unlocks it," he says. "So you don't have to swipe or anything like that."

The design uses fingerprint sensors to prevent anybody but the gun's owner from firing a bullet. Because the gun can be programmed to store an unlimited number of owners, Kloepfer's invention could even be used by police forces and military units.

Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/11...ps=gravity

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If his invention is viable and became widely used, I could see it being effective in reducing accidental shootings by children, gun thefts, etc...

Seems like a great idea if, it becomes viable. However, one thing that could hinder the invention is COST. If the gun were to cost $10,000, $8,000, even $3,000 may prove to be prohibitive to many. It would have to be priced competitively with guns that did not have this feature.
Not to mention, thugs get their guns illegally, and would not care if, or even want the guns to have the improved feature. Time will tell.