SMART GUNS

How smart are they?

Yogeshwar
Reddy
Introduction
A smart gun is a frearm that was
developed to improve gun safety which
implements various technologies, like

Proximity sensors

Biometrics

Magnets

Radio-re!uency "dentifcation #R"$% and

Microchips&
Why smart gun?
The end goal: To allow the gun to fre
only in the hands of its registered
owner.
'mart guns have long (een the dream of gun-
safety advocates, and for good reason&
)heoretically, "f they were everywhere, they
could reduce accidental shooting deaths of
children and make it less worthwhile for a thief
to steal a gun&
Issues

Relia(ility

Electronics aren't perfect

Power source

Every devices require a power source

Malfunction and Authentication technology

Smart Watch

Biometrics

*onfguring smart guns

aw enforcement or military environment

+acking
Law
"ccording to the mandate issued #y $ew
%ersey state in &''& ($.%. Stats. sect.
&):*+,&.&et seq-. it #ans all the conventional
frearms to #e sold to civilians in the state
once /at least one manufacturer has delivered
at least one production model of a
personali0ed handgun to a registered or
licensed wholesale or retail dealer in $ew
%ersey or any other state.1
Main Argument!!
2s it whether smart guns
ma3e sense44
$5..
Should
government
mandate that all
handguns #e
smart44
ro!onent "iews

)his law would ensure that ,A -./ "' "R0$

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)his would prevent a criminal from stealing a

police o6cer7s gun and using it to kill the
o6cer&

)his law would make more sense and its need

is accepted (y parents of young children&
#!!onent "iews

Argument 1: 'mart gun mandate makes gun

ownership rich man8s game

Argument 2: 'mart guns engender a sense of false

security& )he group7s also concerned that failures
would (e fre!uent&

Moreover, an increase of gun owners is undesira(le --

especially those who might (e less experienced with or
knowledgea(le a(out frearms&

Argument 3: Millions of dollars pumped into

developing these weapons would (e (etter spent on
other violence-prevention and educational
programs&
My Stand
A closer look suggests smart guns aren7t ready for
widespread use, and premature mandates would
provoke a (acklash that would set (ack their
acceptance&
0ven if smart guns were relia(le, cheap and widely
used, they might not dramatically reduce gun
violence& 'tatistics suggest the great ma:ority of the
nation7s ;<,<<< shooting deaths every yearappear to
(e (y gun owners themselves&
Moreover, mass shooters often use semi-automatic
ri=es or shotguns, and the congressional proposals
would apply only to handguns&
Market smart
guns, not
mandate
them
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