2aguy
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this is an excellent look at the real issue of smart guns...the agenda of anti gunners and their ignorance about guns.....from a tech site...
Why the NRA hates smart guns
But maybe youâre thinking, âthatâs fine, then. We just wonât mandate it. There will be no mandate. There, you happy now? Can we just get on with the smart gun innovation and let this play out in the market?â
Hereâs the thing, though: the NRA is actually right, in this case. If smart guns get any traction, then non-smart-guns will come under legislative assault.
I realize some of you went into shock and stopped reading after you saw the phrase âNRA is actually rightâ appear on TechCrunch, but if youâre still with me then give me a moment to explain.
The Series of Tubes
Guns are a technology, and, like most members of the general public, gun control advocates arethoroughly confused about how guns operate outside of Hollywood â as in, âthe Internet is a series of tubesâ-level confused. Itâs hard for me to overstate just how bad it is out there, even among much of the gun-owning public.
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This, then, is what the NRA is terrified of: that lawmakers who donât even know how to begin to evaluate the impact of the smallest, most random-seeming feature of a given firearm on that firearmâs effectiveness and functionality for different types of users with different training backgrounds under different circumstances will get into the business of gun design.
http://techcrunch.com/video/is-he-t...in-crunch-report/519621702/?ncid=rightrail_cr
And theyâre right to be afraid, because it has happened before.
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The Inevitable Smart Gun Mandate
Given gun control advocatesâ repeatedly demonstrated combination of unintentionally hilarious firearms ignorance and high-handed zeal for gun design by legislative fiat, it is totally rational for gun owners to anticipate that any viable-seeming smart gun technology will be eventually pushed as a required âsafety featureâ by anti-gun lawmakers at the state and federal levels.
I wouldnât even expect that a particular bit of smart gun tech would have to be particularly reliable or even fully baked to catch the eye of a zealous California congressperson, who wouldnât wait for the market to sort out the technologyâs viability before insisting that it be included in all future firearms sold in the state.
Why the NRA hates smart guns
But maybe youâre thinking, âthatâs fine, then. We just wonât mandate it. There will be no mandate. There, you happy now? Can we just get on with the smart gun innovation and let this play out in the market?â
Hereâs the thing, though: the NRA is actually right, in this case. If smart guns get any traction, then non-smart-guns will come under legislative assault.
I realize some of you went into shock and stopped reading after you saw the phrase âNRA is actually rightâ appear on TechCrunch, but if youâre still with me then give me a moment to explain.
The Series of Tubes
Guns are a technology, and, like most members of the general public, gun control advocates arethoroughly confused about how guns operate outside of Hollywood â as in, âthe Internet is a series of tubesâ-level confused. Itâs hard for me to overstate just how bad it is out there, even among much of the gun-owning public.
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This, then, is what the NRA is terrified of: that lawmakers who donât even know how to begin to evaluate the impact of the smallest, most random-seeming feature of a given firearm on that firearmâs effectiveness and functionality for different types of users with different training backgrounds under different circumstances will get into the business of gun design.
http://techcrunch.com/video/is-he-t...in-crunch-report/519621702/?ncid=rightrail_cr
And theyâre right to be afraid, because it has happened before.
--------
The Inevitable Smart Gun Mandate
Given gun control advocatesâ repeatedly demonstrated combination of unintentionally hilarious firearms ignorance and high-handed zeal for gun design by legislative fiat, it is totally rational for gun owners to anticipate that any viable-seeming smart gun technology will be eventually pushed as a required âsafety featureâ by anti-gun lawmakers at the state and federal levels.
I wouldnât even expect that a particular bit of smart gun tech would have to be particularly reliable or even fully baked to catch the eye of a zealous California congressperson, who wouldnât wait for the market to sort out the technologyâs viability before insisting that it be included in all future firearms sold in the state.
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