Group Gives 17-Year-Old $50,000 for His Gun Innovations

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Hope he blows it all on Xanax and Ritalin. Personally I don't think this will fly with most of the major gun manufacturers, at least I hope it won't. I think I'll keep my old style mechanical type.

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It's cold outside - how the heck do I shoot my gun with gloves on?

Bad idea - go do something useful, kid.
 
Screw the gun... I want that fingerprint tech! I've never seen a fingerprint scanner offer 99.99% accuracy.

And heck, at least he's being more productive than most of the entitled teenagers nowadays.
 
The kid claims that the Aurora theatre shooting was his inspiration, but obviously his invention would not have saved a single life there. In fact, I doubt his invention would save many lives at all. Seems like the only lives it might possible save would be little kids who find mom or dad's gun. Of course a cheap trigger lock or gun safe would do the trick for much less. This idea sems like a waste of money.
 
I think that all law enforcement should be made to test these for safety. This would guarantee that there own weapon couldn't be used against them. I'm sure they will love them. If they're good enough for LEO then perhaps people will try them.
 
dcselby1 said:
I think that all law enforcement should be made to test these for safety. This would guarantee that there own weapon couldn't be used against them. I'm sure they will love them. If they're good enough for LEO then perhaps people will try them.
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I would add that all politicians' and celebrities' security details can use only these guns.
 
Rock_Castle said:
The kid claims that the Aurora theatre shooting was his inspiration, but obviously his invention would not have saved a single life there. In fact, I doubt his invention would save many lives at all. Seems like the only lives it might possible save would be little kids who find mom or dad's gun. Of course a cheap trigger lock or gun safe would do the trick for much less. This idea sems like a waste of money.
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It is a waste of money. I think the best safety device is the one located between the ears.
 
dcselby1 said:
I think that all law enforcement should be made to test these for safety. This would guarantee that there own weapon couldn't be used against them. I'm sure they will love them. If they're good enough for LEO then perhaps people will try them.
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I don't care if the top cops said it was the greatest invention ever I would never buy into that tech. Just like cars today with their little black box that can be controlled via satellite and can rat you out for speeding. No thanks. Technology with good intent is always turned around on us.
 
longslide10 said:
I don't care if the top cops said it was the greatest invention ever I would never buy into that tech. Just like cars today with their little black box that can be controlled via satellite and can rat you out for speeding. No thanks. Technology with good intent is always turned around on us.
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Longslide, they really, really need to invent a sarcasm font! My comment about the police doing trial runs with this kid's idea was supposed to be sarcastic. IMO, I doubt that very many police would voluntarily use this weapon as their duty weapon unless ordered to. I, too, would want no part of this.
 
dcselby1 said:
Longslide, they really, really need to invent a sarcasm font! My comment about the police doing trial runs with this kid's idea was supposed to be sarcastic. IMO, I doubt that very many police would voluntarily use this weapon as their duty weapon unless ordered to. I, too, would want no part of this.
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Yeah you're right they should. It is difficult to discern sometimes and the thought never crossed my mind it was sarcastic but there is those emoticons. :wink:
 
How many people already store their HD gun in a biometric safe? What's the difference? I know for me I never will choose either one, but for the younger gun owners that only know a life filled with technology, it will probably be easy to convince them in it's benefits. They're OK having to swipe their iPhone screen 3 times to open it up, but I doubt they have thought much about the consequences of having to pull their trigger several times and hope it finally fires when they need it.
 
Nightmare45 said:
Obamas secret service going to use it. I will not. PS: how would this protect one single person?
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As for protecting people, I agree. I CAN see, however, that it might protect a cop from having his own weapon used on him. Also, if a weapon is stolen I'm guessing it wouldn't work. HOWEVER, I wonder how long it will be before someone can bypass the "safety" of these?
 
FAS1 said:
How many people already store their HD gun in a biometric safe? What's the difference? I know for me I never will choose either one, but for the younger gun owners that only know a life filled with technology, it will probably be easy to convince them in it's benefits. They're OK having to swipe their iPhone screen 3 times to open it up, but I doubt they have thought much about the consequences of having to pull their trigger several times and hope it finally fires when they need it.
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Actually I do see a difference... If his 99.99% accuracy thing turns out to be real, I'd be ok with using it on a biometric safe. The difference I see is that once the gun is out (and there's multiple ways to get it out-and there will be or I'm not buying it), anyone can use it, while if you've got a biometric gun you can't use it without excellent trigger placement, with gloves, or by family member if you get hurt. While I'm comfortable with checking and replacing batteries in a safe, I'm not going to ever be happy with dealing with electronics inside my defense weapon. I love tech (it's my job), but for a firearm give me good old mechanics.
 
I just had a macabre thought; what if a terrorist needs access to the weapon, and entrance to the Pentagon and other "secure" hardened sites? I hope all the servicemen only lose a digit or two, instead of their lives, and their digits. This unlikely scenario has played itself out on many TV shows and the movies. Makes for some shock value theatrics, no?
 
telpinaro said:
Actually I do see a difference... If his 99.99% accuracy thing turns out to be real, I'd be ok with using it on a biometric safe. The difference I see is that once the gun is out (and there's multiple ways to get it out-and there will be or I'm not buying it), anyone can use it, while if you've got a biometric gun you can't use it without excellent trigger placement, with gloves, or by family member if you get hurt. While I'm comfortable with checking and replacing batteries in a safe, I'm not going to ever be happy with dealing with electronics inside my defense weapon. I love tech (it's my job), but for a firearm give me good old mechanics.
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As a tech guy, do you really think he is achieving 99.99% accuracy? I remember a year ago Forbes wrote an article about the Apple 5S fingerprint reader and 20% of users had issues.
 
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