DOJ Releases Smart Gun Guidelines

By Erika Haas

Back in June, the National Institute of Justice – the research, development and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice – drafted a list of guidelines for smart gun manufacturers.

Smart guns, also called “personalized” or “authorized-user recognition” guns, include safety features – often in the form of sensor technology – that only allow authorized users to fire it.

This past week, an official document was released by the DOJ: “Baseline Specifications for Law Enforcement Service Pistols with Security Technology.”

These guidelines came out a series of executive actions put forth by the Obama Administration to “reduce gun violence and make our commented safer.” They hoped to achieve four main goals including “[shaping] the future of gun safety technology.”

“The President has directed the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security to conduct or sponsor research into gun safety technology.

The President has also directed the departments to review the availability of smart gun technology on a regular basis, and to explore potential ways to further its use and development to more broadly improve gun safety.”

On January 4th, Obama issued a memorandum ordering the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to:

“…Conduct or sponsor research …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms