-fingerprints: because if the system fails, you have no gun. Internal malfunction? Greasy finger(s)? Gloves? Dirt? Dust? People whose fingerprints are really hard to print?
- determjne how often/when they are taken out of the house: talking specifically about the USA, that is a gross over-reach of the government (local + federal) via registration. A central database with who has what gun at what time? I'm against it.
I hope I can inspire you to look-up some additional information. Responsible gun owners are not a problem. The FBI has statistics on "defensive gun use", reporting that it happens over 250,000 times per year. Compared to what number? 35-40,000 deaths per year involving guns? And of those, 20-30,000 are suicides.
Please look up hard-data. Trying to take away guns will not solve the issues society faces. Then why do it?
> Compared to what number? 35-40,000 deaths per year involving guns? And of those, 20-30,000 are suicides.
Yeah that's not nothing and all these numbers could likely be lowered in the long run by proper gun legislation as evidenced by other countries that chose to actually do something about it. You're for the second amendment protections on gun use and that's alright but please, let's not pretend that the majority of numbers actually mean anything in these discussions.
> “The most frequent occurrence each year involving crime and a good guy with a gun is not self‐defense but rather the theft of the good guy’s gun, which occurs hundreds of thousands of times each year,” the new study points out.
Dude, I'm pro gun but to deny that taking away guns wouldn't fix it is dumb. All the other countries that don't have lots of guns have way less gun deaths. Period. People here may not consider taking away all the guns possible or preferable, but it would work if implemented.
> fingerprints: because if the system fails, you have no gun.
That problem too can be addressed through statistics. How often does a fingerprint sensor fail really? Note that the system could be made to err on the safe side. And could a different technology like Apple's faceId provide a solution perhaps?
> A central database with who has what gun at what time? I'm against it.
They do fail in very many common scenarios. Another issue is that practicality dictates that fingerprint sensors require a manual fallback and that is the weak point in this scheme. LockpickingLawyer has a fun video demonstrating these issues [1].
The FBI has statistics on "defensive gun use", reporting that it happens over 250,000 times per year.
How many of those incidents are someone with a gun shooting at someone else who also has a gun? If guns were banned neither person would have a gun, so the defensive shooting might not be necessary.
Fingerprints: even if the system doesn't fail it means that during an emergency you cannot immediately give the gun to a friend who wasn't previously registered.
Because ultimately the problem is political, not technological, and the organizations that campaign in favour of near-unrestricted gun ownership will oppose the idea of technological restrictions on gun usage with the same fervour they oppose the more established route to lower gun deaths through ownership restrictions.
Because such 'intelligence' comes with new thingies in the gun (or attached to it) adding weight and volume to it (that's bad), and often reducing its reliability (that's very bad).
Update: zoning technology could prevent guns from being used at schools.