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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by idiotsecant on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:31AM (#31517501)
The point of a gun is that it's a simple machine that works when you need it. Geofenced microcontroller safeties somewhat compete with this and would not be a popular idea.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by bitxbitxbitcoin on Thursday May 26, 2022 @08:55AM (#31517726)
I’ve seen plenty of sci-fi that leads me to believe that the future of this is some sort of finger print reader on the trigger that only allows the designated shooter to shoot.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by Koshkin on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:00AM (#31517782)
The recent incidents involved "designated shooters."
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by amelius on Thursday May 26, 2022 @09:02AM (#31517795)
What if your adversaries have the same problem?

Also, we put our lives in the hands of tech all the time.

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