Quote: burglar grabs your gun before you do, s/he can't just use it on you.

Exactly my thought as well. I think the idea is on the right track and it has its merits, but overall this "locking" system will be expensive and have minimal benefits other than not allowing the gun to fire if stolen or handled by someone who is not in range of the wrist band.

The SAFEST way to store a gun in your home is in a bolted down number coded or key lock safe with your unloaded gun and magazine separate from the ammunition.

I think this "new" type of weapon lock system will lead to laziness because "no one can fire it even if its loaded, right?"

...just a thought.

(February 20, 2014 at 10:34 am)Insanity Wrote: My bet is this is designed for people who are worried about other people (like kids) grabbing and using the gun. I think it has little do with reducing gun crime but rather making it less prone to accidents. If your gun is essentially a useless hunk of metal until you have it in your own hand then that's quite a nice safety mechanism to have.

And on that note, shall we start taking bets on how long it'll take for the first case of somebody deciding the best place to put the unlocking watch when not in use is around the grip of the gun?

(February 20, 2014 at 11:09 am)No_God Wrote:

Quote: burglar grabs your gun before you do, s/he can't just use it on you.

Exactly my thought as well. I think the idea is on the right track and it has its merits, but overall this "locking" system will be expensive and have minimal benefits other than not allowing the gun to fire if stolen or handled by someone who is not in range of the wrist band.

The SAFEST way to store a gun in your home is in a bolted down number coded or key lock safe with your unloaded gun and magazine separate from the ammunition.

I think this "new" type of weapon lock system will lead to laziness because "no one can fire it even if its loaded, right?"

...just a thought.

Except that if there is a burglar, having a gun isn't going to do much good if it takes two minutes to even get it ready. Different families have different levels of success, though. My family always had the guns out in the open, on a mantle or rack. we were just told we weren't supposed to touch them, and were smart enough to leave them alone. It's mostly the idiots and crazies that wind up shooting their kids, or shooting their new neighbor for getting into a shed on their own property. I'm mostly not sure if this new system will help reduce casualties by the idiots and crazies.

The way you store your gun is up to you as a gun owner. I'm simply stating the safest way for long term storage.

We use a lock box with a finger code designed to hold a hand gun and a loaded magazine. You can fit it in your dresser drawer or on your mantle with out fear of someone (child or idiot adult) getting to it and blowing their face off.

I know of one idiot adult who got wasted, took out her husband's hand gun that wasn't secured, and accidentally blasted a hole through a wall in her house while everyone was asleep. Oh, oh, and it gets better. She's trying to apply to get a concealed carry permit! I think it's for show, but whatever.

(February 20, 2014 at 11:12 am)Esquilax Wrote: And on that note, shall we start taking bets on how long it'll take for the first case of somebody deciding the best place to put the unlocking watch when not in use is around the grip of the gun?

I'm going with 30 mins of people getting it home.

Its a nice safety feature, but like all safety features too much stupid will make it useless.

There's a reason they had to come up with the term foolproof, and apply that as the highest level of design.

(February 20, 2014 at 9:29 am)EgoRaptor Wrote: What about the working classes who need guns to carry out anarchist communist eugenicist revolution? This will make guns more expensive & the government could theoretically shut them down. How will we have libertarian socialist revolution then?

...really?

(February 20, 2014 at 10:34 am)Insanity Wrote: My bet is this is designed for people who are worried about other people (like kids) grabbing and using the gun. I think it has little do with reducing gun crime but rather making it less prone to accidents. If your gun is essentially a useless hunk of metal until you have it in your own hand then that's quite a nice safety mechanism to have.

I rather liked the palm-print gun in the latest James Bond. That won't deter psychos who own the guns outright from using them, but it would deter anyone who doesn't own the gun from picking it up and using it.

(February 20, 2014 at 11:51 am)thesummerqueen Wrote:

(February 20, 2014 at 9:29 am)EgoRaptor Wrote: What about the working classes who need guns to carry out anarchist communist eugenicist revolution? This will make guns more expensive & the government could theoretically shut them down. How will we have libertarian socialist revolution then?

...really?

Yes, really.

(February 20, 2014 at 11:58 am)EgoRaptor Wrote: Yes, really.

I wouldn't sweat it Ego. Guns aren't all that difficult to make and will only get easier as technology improves. Plus all the guns from the last 100 years aren't just going to disappear.

I think guns should be made like Blade's sword in those movies.... the wrong person touches it and it cuts their hands off.

I kid, I kid.