Biometric Gun?????

I thought I’d seen biometric identification guns before but, as I recall, they were pretty buggy: have to be gripped precisely to match sensors, sweat or other substances on hand or gun interferes with sensors.

I don’t think they were ever offered commercially.

I suspect the technology has improved but I’d wait for others to serve as field testers.
 
There have been a few attempts at this that didn't work that well. Here's a link to the vidoe on the Forgotten Weapons YouTube channel for this one. I can understand the specific use cases for the thing, along with some pretty significant limitations.

Being who I am, I have preordered one for my collection for the sake of having one, but don't expect to have it sitting around on the kitchen counter or an end table, even if it works as advertised :)

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I'm digging the cyberpunk/futuristic aesthetic of this thing. Much like how I liked the looks of the original Hudson H9. It reminds me of Judge Dredd.

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ISCS Yoda said:
He says he has thousands of orders. Maybe he does........but I submit that that market is limited and won't grow. ICBW BIDTS ;)
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As I recall, one of the marketing targets of earlier efforts focused on LEOs. The idea was that the gun wouldn’t work in the hands of a bad guy who’d liberated it in a struggle with the officer.

One of the primary objectives of a manufacturer of a new product is to demonstrate the market for the new product. In this instance, obtaining some preproduction orders contingent on eventual production from law enforcement agencies would be a primary concern.


Under these circumstances, I’m not surprised that these guys would focus their marketing efforts on law enforcemen, not civilians. Government agencies have much more money than the civilian market and buy in large quantities compared with a civilian.

Remember, these marketers are also positioning their companies to attract investors.
 
This thing has been kicking around for at least two years. There have been several articles written about it. IIRC during one write up, the gun malfunctioned twice during test firing. :rolleyes:

Speculation of police sales may just be day dreams. I can't see any major Police Force willing to risk the liability issues if the gun fails at a critical moment.

My own opinion is never trust your life to anything that requires a battery. :rolleyes:
 
Let the US Secret Service carry it for a few years protecting POTUS, then I might take a look at it. 'Til then, no thanks.
 
Not for me. Even if it worked perfectly, it wouldn't work for me because I don't have fingerprints.:eek: When I went to get my Texas License to Carry, no one could get a reading of my prints on multiple machines at two different facilities. The State of Texas, in its infinite wisdom, said to heck with the prints, and issued me a license anyway. Just another advantage of being a gun owner in Texas.;)
 
I recall there is (at least) one state that has passed a law with some kind of mandate after biometric gun technology has been "proven" to work. Which of course is backdoor gun control at the micro level.
 
As soon as I saw Skippy I couldn't take it seriously so I may have missed the description of something I wasn't going to buy. I'm curious if that 4WD cart in that other thread has a mount in there for this gun.
 
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