What would be the most efficient means of keeping guns away from criminals?

[branford]

39. You really didn't address my points,

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and are trying to utilize lazy moral blackmail instead of addressing the obvious practical, technological, legal and electoral issues involving your ideas.

Simply, a gun, particularly when employed for self-defense, must be reliable. Current firearm technology is extremely mature, without need for electronics or batteries. In fact, much of the desire for "smart" technology is seemingly intended to make guns less reliable and far more expensive, and is little more than back-door gun control.

More importantly, as I made clear, I would welcome advancements in true smartgun technology, as do most other gun rights advocates. More choice is always good for consumers, and such technologies may certainly meet the needs and preferences of certain current and prospective gun owners. That's why laws mandating such technology, like the one in New Jersey, are so foolish since they create unnecessary political opposition to research in this area.

If you believe that the technology is available, or that it is relatively easy to develop, you should direct your advocacy efforts to forcing or encouraging its adoption by the military and law enforcement. When these groups widely employ and trust their lives to the technology, I imagine that civilians would quickly follow, often without the need for legal compulsion.