[–] Ooga_Booga ago
I'm all for "smart" weapons so long as there is an added benefit. I would like a SIG-37 diabolo from David Gunn's Deaths Head. It's a selectable fire AI powered pistol which can fire a variety of ammunition while verbally assaulting your opponents. While it does imprint to the user's DNA and requires the user to carry additional battery packs, it's pretty much the most badass weapon I have ever heard about. We should push for similar weapons. Check out Death's Head by David Gunn for details.
[–] FriedFood100 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Smart = Vulnerable to hacking........no thank you
[–] 8Hz_WAN_IP 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
"These common-sense steps are not going to prevent every tragedy, but what if they prevented even one?"
That is a BS line that can be used to justify anything. What if installing NSA cameras into the homes of ever American prevents even one tragedy? We should be doing everything we can to save lives and spare families the pain and unimaginable loss too many Americans have endured.
[–] HowieCameUnglued 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Gun control affects suicide rates, but has no statistical significance on reducing firearm-related homicides:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00165.x/abstract
http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/3/455
http://tech.mit.edu/V114/N1/chung.01o.html
http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/critical_issues/1995/gun/
Even the CDC acknowledges there's a lack of evidence supporting the effectiveness of gun control in preventing crime:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5214a2.htm
While preventing suicide is certainly a noble goal, and gun control does have a significant effect reducing suicide, that's not what it's being sold as. Gun control is less effective at stopping crime than the TSA is at stopping airline terrorism. Both have the same net effect of making people feel safer.
[–] Spart 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Every time he mouths off about Gun Control, it sells more guns. lol.