Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/09/opinion/shane-smarter-guns/index.html?hpt=hp_t2Guns should also be designed to sense where they are being aimed. ... Sensory data can be used by built-in software to disable firing if the gun is pointed at a child or someone holding a child.Guns should be designed to broadcast their location when they are loaded. Police could see if high-powered assault weapons are entering or getting close to a public place. I'm gonna sue this guy, I choked on my Tim Horton's reading this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/09/opinion/shane-smarter-guns/index.html?hpt=hp_t2I'm gonna sue this guy, I choked on my Tim Horton's reading this...Broadcasting their location is a great idea! There's no way you could possibly bust that system right before you commit a crime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownsfan1 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Smart guns? Shit smart phones have already made people dumb, so lets make guns smart and watch what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 look, if a weapon had enough sense to know where it was aimed,a hacker would be able to fire it for you.Not a good idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 look, if a weapon had enough sense to know where it was aimed,a hacker would be able to fire it for you.Not a good idea...not necessarily...It's a stupid idea... but it would be easy enough to build a remote "disable" circuit into a gun without building a remote "fire" circuit in as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 not necessarily...It's a stupid idea... but it would be easy enough to build a remote "disable" circuit into a gun without building a remote "fire" circuit in as well...For the same of argument let's pretend like the technology exists: - Who decides when the gun is to be disabled?No need to confiscate guns, just disable them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Smart guns don't fix stupid people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Smart guns don't fix stupid peopleOn the contrary - smarter safer cars have resulted in stupid careless drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swingset Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 And the technology or know-how to disable their nonsense will be available widely and quickly after they hit the market, just as it is with any tech....not that it matters, there are already 3,000,000 normal guns out there for criminals to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InyaAzz Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Cancel Christmas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 What if you have to shoot a baddie that's holding a baby?What if the bad guy is a kidnapper holding your baby, with a knife to his neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Shoot the hostage. "Find loads of movie reviews at..."I know what you mean. Just like Crocodile Dundee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hypothetically? I draw my weapon and take aim' date=' hopefully putting him down before he does something unthinkable. In that situation, I would have no reason to believe he wouldn't harm my child. In real life? [/quote']With a "smart gun" you'd have to sit and watch the guy do whatever he wants because the presence of the baby would preclude firing the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 hrmm, there's also "smart bullets" now. If the electronics can be specialized to hit a target, I suppose they could be designed that would not hit certain targets. Who knows what the future will bring. Might take the fun out of target shooting if you never miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 There ARE smart artillery shells that are steerable midflight using onboard brains - they can shoot "around" a city (like the curved trajectory of a golf ball) and hit a jeep from 35 miles away. This is a projectile that has all the velocity it's gonna get as it leaves the barrel - not self-powered mid-flight.Of course each shell costs as much as a half decent house... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I see smart technology being applied to electrical weapons more than to guns. My taser already has a one-off activation passcode before it will activate for the first time and they can easily program it to require a new passcode 2 hours after any use of the weapon - ensuring it is useless if it reaches the black market after being use in a self defense situation. (The instructions say to zap someone and leave it zapping them as you run away - 30 second cycle - so if used they will probably wind up being kept by the bad guy)They already have cameras on some models (although discerning if the target is a bad guy or an innocent is beyond even the wildest dreams of current technology. It could be embedded with an rfid chip for detection (not that I want that, but it is a feature the "smart guns" author wanted) and also would not work if the rfid chip is deactivated. It could be designed to be disabled externally via a coded radio signal. Of course a taser is essentially a "less lethal" one-shot weapon with a 5-10 second reload time that is not going to be used as the primary weapon in a mass killing. As such I see no reason to need to disable it remotely, as it's value to a mass killer is limited, whereas it is worth more to a person protecting themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Shoot the hostage. "Find loads of movie reviews at..."I know what you mean. Just like Crocodile Dundee 2what?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 what?? Wally is being held hostage by the bad guys, and they threaten to shoot him unless Mick Dundee gives up. So Mick shoots wally in the head, dropping him to the ground. Of course, through the magic of Hollywood the bullet only grazes Wally, but it makes the bad guys give up the hostage ploy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 what??When I looked at the pic I saw text that advertized the website the pic was linked to. Dunno why is is showing up now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 that plot line is most famous from "speed"...the cops are chatting back and forth about different scenarios, and when they get to the hostage taker, he says "shoot the hostage" take him out of the equation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cOoTeR Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 (edited) If they make it so guns can't shoot children the world will be taken over by midgets! I think MT has something to do with this plot. Edited January 11, 2013 by cOoTeR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 If they make is so guns can't shoot children the world will be taken over by midgets! I think MT has something to do with this plot.The software will have an override if it detects spaghetti and/or jello on the "target". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 smart guns (if ever executed) should be tied to the user not to the target.your gun is registered to you, you have authorization to fire it, if it's stolen, dropped or sold without authorization, it just doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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