After years of research and development, at least two major smart gun makers claim they are on track to release a commercial product this year.
The biggest names in the firearm industry are also largely absent from the smart gun conversation, though that wasn’t always the case.did ink an agreement with the U.S. government to roll out child safe triggers and develop smart guns
in 2000, but those efforts faced fervent pushback from the National Rifle Associaton and other pro-gun groups, leading to mass boycotts of Smith & Wesson products, The Washington Post. The gunmaker eventually abandoned its smart gun plans Jim the face of plummeting sales and withering stock prices.
aware of smart guns said they thought licensed dealers should sell both traditional and personalized smart guns. Yet, when asked if they themselves would actually buy one of these smart guns, just 5% said they were very likely to and only 13% said they were somewhat likely. Only 48% of gun owners were aware of the technology at all. With those stats in mind, it starts to make more sense why LodeStar says it’s gearing its products towards first-time buyers.
Smart guns aren’t the only tech adjacent to firearms seeing a resurgence. Last year, U.S. law enforcement agenciesthe Los Angeles Police Department reported an uptick in 3D-printed “ghost guns.” Unlike traditional firearms that are sold as one complete unit, ghost guns are sold in kits that are assembled by a buyer, often using a receiver or other complement that has been created with a 3D printer and crucially without a traceable serial number.
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