{"id":1938,"date":"2013-11-21T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/11\/21\/technology-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-trump\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:23:11","slug":"technology-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1938","title":{"rendered":"Technology Shouldn&#8217;t Be Allowed To Trump The Second Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12529,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/online.wsj.com\\\/news\\\/articles\\\/SB10001424052702303755504579208602749375392?mod=ITP_pageone_1&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20131123090833\\\/http:\\\/\\\/online.wsj.com\\\/news\\\/articles\\\/SB10001424052702303755504579208602749375392?mod=ITP_pageone_1&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 12:10:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 10:24:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 10:24:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12530,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.armatix.us\\\/Smart-System.778.0.html?&amp;L=7&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rarebreedtriggerfrt.us.com\\\/smart-system-rare-breed-3-position-trigger\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12531,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/kodiakarms.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20200221191928\\\/http:\\\/\\\/kodiakarms.com:80\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 12:10:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 10:24:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 10:24:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12532,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/kodiakarms.com\\\/product\\\/intelligun&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20191121213800\\\/http:\\\/\\\/kodiakarms.com:80\\\/product\\\/intelligun\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 12:10:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 12:10:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12533,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Harper_v._Virginia_Board_of_Elections&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260211073537\\\/https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Harper_v._Virginia_Board_of_Elections&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 12:10:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 12:10:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:429},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12534,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ammoland.com\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/americans-doubt-reliability-of-smart-guns-wont-buy-them\\\/#axzz2kXKPuvKz&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ammoland.com\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/americans-doubt-reliability-of-smart-guns-wont-buy-them\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe Wall Street Journal had<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702303755504579208602749375392?mod=ITP_pageone_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> an article today about the development of so-called smart guns<\/a> and how this may trigger a decade old law in New Jersey. In 2002 New Jersey passed a law saying that within three years after a so-called smart gun is available for sale on the US market and that the state&#8217;s Attorney General has certified it as reliable, then all new handguns sold there must have that technology.<\/p>\n<p>BATFE has approved the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armatix.us\/Smart-System.778.0.html?&amp;L=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">German-made iP1 Pistol by Armatix<\/a> for importation into the US and it is expected to hit the market by the end of the year. It has also be certified for California&#8217;s handgun roster. The iP1 pistol uses a RFID chip which requires communication with a special watch. In addition, the <a href=\"http:\/\/kodiakarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Intelligun&#8221; from Kodiak Industries<\/a> in Utah which uses a fingerprint-scan is also about to come to market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>&#8220;The technology is here,&#8221; said Nicola Bocour, a director at Ceasefire NJ, a gun-violence (sic) prevention group. &#8220;Apple is using biometrics with its smartphones. Guns are next.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Backers of New Jersey&#8217;s law and signed by then-Gov. James McGreevey hope it would cut down on suicides and firearms accidents, especially those involving children. &#8220;Our thought was that the bill, if passed, would save lives every year, without infringing anyone&#8217;s rights,&#8221; said Stephen Teret, a professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University who helped New Jersey craft the law.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The New Jersey law specifically exempts law enforcement from having to use personalized guns. If the law&#8217;s authors thought the technology not reliable enough for law enforcement use, then why is it considered good enough for the public?<\/p>\n<p>Professor Teret is quite mistaken if he thinks this law doesn&#8217;t infringe &#8220;anyone&#8217;s rights&#8221;. The technology isn&#8217;t free. The iP1 Pistol costs $1,400 while the<a href=\"http:\/\/kodiakarms.com\/product\/intelligun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Intelligun grips from Kodiak cost $399<\/a>. How is requiring a citizen to pay for expensive technology in order to exercise an enumerated right not an infringement? Did not the US Supreme Court say in <i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harper_v._Virginia_Board_of_Elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections<\/a><\/i> that a poll tax infringed upon the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment? How, pray tell, is requiring expensive technology, which may or may not work, not the functional equivalent of a poll tax?<\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t get into the downsides of the technology which I think are numerous or the adverse self-protection potentialities of it. I would point to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2013\/11\/americans-doubt-reliability-of-smart-guns-wont-buy-them\/#axzz2kXKPuvKz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent poll that states a wide majority of Americans oppose the technology<\/a> and doubt its reliability. This is a technology that, in my opinion, has limited use and is not one that I&#8217;d stake my life upon.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wall Street Journal had an article today about the development of so-called smart guns and how this may&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2812,2813,420,1732],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-armatix","tag-kodiak-industries","tag-new-jersey","tag-smart-gun-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9567,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/9567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}