New Jersey Bill Fires Up Debate Over Non-Viable Guns Yet Again

By Tom Knighton

Smart guns are one of those things that anti-gunners keep prattling on about, proving how little they actually know about the topic of firearms.

You see, smart guns aren’t a viable technology. There are a lot of reasons for that, of course. Part of it is that guns are mechanical devices with over a century or more worth of refinement in their design. Smart guns seek to introduce electronics into the process and that adds complications into that process. Complications are also called “failure points.”

Further, the costs associated with building a smart gun are astronomical.

What you end up with is a gun that is expensive and unreliable. Further, depending on the mechanisms at work, it may not perform for another member of the family who might need it in an emergency.

Regardless, the state of New Jersey has a love affair with smart guns, even though the technology isn’t even close to viable. Now, they’re seemingly renewing the debate.

The long and heated debate over smart guns — handguns that can only be fired by their designated owners — is about to reignite in New Jersey.

The state Assembly Judiciary Committee on Thursday will consider a half-dozen gun control bills, including …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms