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@5H37QM5AnswersDomestic PolicyStarted 6yrs agoActive 2mos ago

You know what we should totally do?

Let's say you take the class, clear a background check, then go to a gun dealer. The gun dealer can check your background check again, then help you choose the right gun for you. Here's the clincher: You have guns that will only work for you. Like using your fingerprint. (This is my husband's idea and I LOVE it! They have safes that work this way, why not find a way to apply it to firearms?!). Anyways, if someone steals your gun, they cannot use it because their fingerprints are different. Then it's just a glorified paper weight.

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 @96L886H from Missouri  disagreed…4yrs4Y

“You have guns that will only work for you. Like using your fingerprint. (This is my husband's idea and I LOVE it! They have safes that work this way, why not find a way to apply it to firearms?!). Anyways, if someone steals your gun, they cannot use it because their fingerprints are different. Then it's just a glorified paper weight.”

Cool idea. Unfortunately that is incredibly unrealistic and even if this type of technology was applied to all guns, there are a lot of problems.

  1. This would make guns more expensive
  2. These things could probably be easily bypassed. A system like this would probably entail a trigger gun lock that can be opened via fingerprint. The thing is that these kinds of locks usually come with a backup key which means a person who can lockpick can easily take out the lock. And even if they can't lockpick, the lock itself can be physically destroyed.

I would say the cons outweigh the pros therefore, I disagree.

 @8PRSDMFRepublican from Texas  commented…6yrs6Y

this would make guns way too expensive and would not allow the common citizen to own one

 @8PZKZWB from Colorado  disagreed…5yrs5Y

scenario 1: If i was a criminal, i'd just get a screwdriver, open the gun and rip out all of the electronics.

scenario 2: Gma who hasnt touched her gun in years, has her home broken into, and cant use her gun, because she forgot to change out the old batteries.

  @sophmiller2004 from Ohio  commented…4yrs4Y

Not going to lie, I like your idea except I would change it to where assault weapons are banned and only the basic less harmful guns are allowed :)

 @94CG6W5 from Utah  commented…4yrs4Y

What will that solve though. Just a couple of days ago there was a mass shooting in Montegro. He killed 11 people with a hunting rifle. He was stopped because someone who was conceded carrying shot him.

 @8Q5X9NCRepublican from Florida  disagreed…5yrs5Y

I like the Judge Dredd idea, however this would make firearms way too expensive for a common citizen. Plus if the fingerprint ID were to malfunction, that half second of reaction time you get to defuse the situation could end up in your death.

 @9P2LFJ5Libertarian from California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

It's obvious you have never shot a firearm. Biometrics have been tried and failed miserably. If they worked, police should use them and work the kinks out before foisting them on the rest of us. Fingerprints? Wearing gloves? Blood on hands by being wounded? Dirt on hands because one was knocked to the ground?

Safes? Security researcher's 3YO dropped an approved pistol safe on the ground, causing it to spring open. Most can be opened easily without key, combo, or biometric.

 @9TFLTRG from Kansas  commented…2yrs2Y

That is a good idea, but it could also end up in our country going bankrupt. Because there would have been too much spent and not enough made.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Expert Gun Control

You probably have tried to use your fingerprint or facial scan to unlock your phone or something. It fails often. When you use a firearm, your life is on the line. If a reading error causes the firearm to not work, you are dead.

Any internal biometric lock could be bypassed, hacked, or ripped out in a matter of minutes. Guns are designed to be disassembled for maintenance, and this provides access to any such bypass measure used.

If you die trying to defend yourself, and a loved one grabs your gun, they will have every right to shoot the attacker. The mechanism, however, will prevent this.

Most importantly, police are at the highest risk of having a stolen gun being turned against them. If you're going to implement a biometric arms requirement, and you exempt police from it, you are a hypocrite.

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