In Praise of Stupid Guns – Part 2

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Earlier this week, we ran In Praise of Stupid Guns by Patriotic HIT Pharmacist. Here's part two of that post. THE POLITICAL PROBLEM The pre-positioned legislation mandating “smart guns” in New Jersey reveals the end game for gun...

‘I Would Rather Be Shot By A Smart Gun Than Sell One’

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Regular readers here know the issues involved in so-called "smart guns." Besides all the obvious technical questions and inadequacies, one thing is indisputable: New Jersey State Senator Loretta Weinberg (above), via her law mandating...
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New NJ Law Requires All Gun Stores in the State to Sell Smart Guns

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This is what passes for progress in the gun-controlled paradise that is New Jersey. The state has finally repealed a law that required all guns sold in the Garden State to be so-called smart...

DNA Matches for Guns? Oh, Joe…There You Go Again

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By Larry Keane Former Vice President Joe Biden sure is a fiction fan. So much, in fact, he’s conjuring up spy theater as his presidential campaign gun control answer. I wish I was making this...
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Latest Survey Confirms Gun Owners OK With Smart Guns, But Don’t Want to Buy...

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By Elizabeth McGuigan A newly released survey shows gun owners aren’t opposed to the idea of authorized user technology in firearms. But only 5 percent would be very likely to purchase one themselves due to their concerns...
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Old Joe Biden: Buy a Shotgun! New Joe Biden: We Need Smart Guns!

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It's hard to keep up with the nicknames floating around for former Vice President Joe Biden. President Trump, who's managed to tag his political opponents with all manner of extremely sticky monikers (think Low...

After Stifling ‘Smart Gun’ Development for More Than a Decade, NJ Considers Requiring Retailers...

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New Jersey has done more to stifle the development and potential sales of "smart guns" in this country than any other state. And no one in New Jersey has done more to keep things...
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Another Seller Plans to Offer the Armatix iP1 ‘Smart Gun’ for Sale

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Oh look, another wanna-be "smart gun" salesman. This one -- for some reason -- wants to sell the deeply flawed Armatix iP1 to the public . . . Guns Getting Smarter: Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Man's Plan...
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New Jersey’s Latest ‘Smart Gun’ Bill Gets an ‘F’ Grade

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By NRA-ILA After signing six gun control measures into law a year ago, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy warned that “Our work is far from done.” Several new bills are now making the rounds in a state...
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Chris Murphy’s ‘Smart Gun’ Bill Misses the Mark

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By Larry Keane Anti-gun politicians in the 116th Congress have no shortage of ideas when it comes to different ways of threatening the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners in America. The misnomer phrase “common sense...

Quote of the Day: Gun Owners Would Rather People Die Than Buy Smart Guns

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"Besides, in a country with an estimated 350 million guns, the chances that toddlers and other children happen upon loaded weapons have become statistically inevitable. Tough laws can’t negate the tragic probabilities. Of course,...

Armatix IP1 “Smart Gun” Hacked with $15 Worth of Magnets

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Since its introduction, the Armatix IP1 "smart gun" has gotten oceans of free publicity from hopeful media mavens and gun control advocates, proclaiming the era of personalized firearms is finally upon us. Armatix's advent...