What would you think of making this a required safety feature?

[Zen Badger]

Soooo.....smart guns.....
Shame about the stupid owners.

[Ryantology]

It's neither a question of adjusting for use or the purpose of the tool. It is a question of how many lives could be saved.

Rationally, effort would yield more results concentrating on motor vehicle safety and water safety.

Thing is, there is a lot of effort on improving car safety and stringent government standards which manufacturers have to meet. This goes on perpetually and causes no uproars.

Rationally, effort is not a zero-sum game in a practical sense and we can focus on safety in many different areas at once. Focusing on firearm safety does not require less focus elsewhere.

[KUSA]

We have mandatory drivers education classes but no mandatory gun education classes.

Making guns less safe for me with this "safety feature" makes less sense than an education program.

[Ryantology]

I really don't think that the wristband is going to magically compel you to shoot yourself in the face or anything.

Certainly, mandatory safety classes should be a thing for prospective gun owners.

[Esquilax]

We have mandatory drivers education classes but no mandatory gun education classes.

Now there's a good idea.

Making guns less safe for me with this "safety feature" makes less sense than an education program.

Unless you're a very forgetful ninja, you probably aren't in dangerous situations often enough that the scenarios you've posed are a real risk for you. Besides, given how much you seemingly focus on your guns, chances are you'll just kind of have the wristband, plus the first hacking solution available around at all times, so you can turn it back on at any given moment.

[KUSA]

Unless you're a very forgetful ninja, you probably aren't in dangerous situations often enough that the scenarios you've posed are a real risk for you.

How can you possibly always know when you are in a dangerous situation? If it were possible I wouldn't need a gun. I would just have to turn right instead of left and avoid the situation.

Besides, given how much you seemingly focus on your guns, chances are you'll just kind of have the wristband, plus the first hacking solution available around at all times, so you can turn it back on at any given moment. :dodgy:

I have many guns. They sit and wait. Some are on me and some are in locations available to me. I don't need to worry about a battery going dead or a stupid watch to remember. Besides, I'd look like a dumbass with watches going from my wrist to my elbow on both arms.

I am curious, do you own or have you ever fired any gun?

[Ryantology]

I have many guns. They sit and wait. Some are on me and some are in locations available to me. I don't need to worry about a battery going dead or a stupid watch to remember. Besides, I'd look like a dumbass with watches going from my wrist to my elbow on both arms.

I am curious, do you own or have you ever fired any gun?

I bet you don't worry about the hassle of cleaning a gun and keeping ammo stocked, so your worry about a dead battery is disingenuous. And, if you're concerned about looking like a dumbass, perhaps you need to consider the possibility that there will never be a situation in your life where you need to have a dozen firearms at the ready. Just a thought.

I do not own a gun, nor have I ever fired one, and despite living in one of America's most violent cities for 25 years, I was never in a position where I needed one.

[KUSA]

I bet you don't worry about the hassle of cleaning a gun and keeping ammo stocked, so your worry about a dead battery is disingenuous.

My guns that sit ready for me don't get dirty or run out of ammo while they wait. A battery goes dead waiting.

I do not own a gun, nor have I ever fired one

But you have all the answers about them. :-/

[Ryantology]

My guns that sit ready for me don't get dirty or run out of ammo while they wait. A battery goes dead waiting.

Small device, low-drain batteries last years without draining. If you're not periodically checking these things that often, you deserve what happens to you.

Would you take a gun that was stored for years and immediately start firing it?

But you have all the answers about them.

It's a tool used to kill things and/or to satisfy deep-seated compensation issues. It's not rocket science.

[KUSA]

Would you take a gun that was stored for years and immediately start firing it?

I could let one of my guns sit for 20 years and pick it up fire it.

You really have 0 qualifications on this subject but I'm sure you will disagree out of ignorance.