The Gun Industry Doesn’t Mind “Smart Guns,” But Smart Shooters Hate Them

By Bob Owens

The Obama Administration is once again pushing a gun control plot not-so-cleverly disguised as a “gun safety” initiative.

Curiously, you won’t see the National Rifle Association (NRA) or the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) opposing the development of so-called “smart gun” technology, and would only oppose laws (like one existing law in New Jersey) that would mandate their use to the exclusion of other firearms designs.

What are “smart guns?”

What President Obama and his allies in the gun control movement have dubbed “smart guns” are firearms that have been augmented with technology that restricts who may use the firearm. There have been numerous attempts to create so-called “smart guns” over the past 30 years, but as mentioned in the Obama Administration’s own report, the tens of millions of dollars of public and private funds poured into “smart gun” development have yet to produce a commercially successful design, and none of the “smart gun” designs developed have been both reliable and secure.

“Smart guns” development seems to have has trod two separate paths, one based upon mechanical/magnetic locking devices, and the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms