GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

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I think there is a place for smart guns in our society. My only issue with turning in my current guns and replacing them with smart guns is that I am the keeper of a very nice collection of my family's Winchesters that are being added to and handed down generation to generation [4 generations at this point]. Those could not be replaced. All the rest of my guns are just tools and hold no sentimental value. So I would listen to any and all offers involving anything but my Winchesters. That really shouldn't be a problem because the Winchesters are all shotguns except 1 and that is a lever action rifle.

Exactly. I never suggested that gun owners turn in their current weapons, but rather have them fitted with the technology. HoTD assumes a lot.

I actually like that idea BG. I don't know how it would all work out , but some engineer could probably make it work.
Then all those guns out there right now would have to be brought to gunsmiths like me to be fitted with the new technology. That would be big bucks for guys like me.

Most gun enthusiasts do like the idea, because it enables them to keep their weapons, and for the collectors, something as simple as a micro print on the firing pin (because collectors items are rarely fired) would be non invasive and wouldn't hurt the value of the weapon. I believe the fingerprint technology is not only doable, bout could be fitted for the owners hand on the hand grips for hand guns i.e. hand guns must be fitted with grip ID technology and rifles fitted with a thumb print scanner. There will always be paranoia, but if it keeps kids from getting killed at school and responsible gun owners like yourself didn't have to worry about losing their collections it would be worth it.

As I sat here thinking about the smart gun technology I got to wondering how a fingerprint would work. I mean they would have to have the ability to be set and reset. They would have to be set for the original buyer and then reset if and when they were ever sold. SOoooo if that is the case what would stop a bad guy from learning the system and resetting a stolen guns print?