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USA Gun Control Timeline, a social experiment...Post Sandy Hook to Present
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"'Smart guns' could be next step in gun control"
[link to money.cnn.com] "A proposal to expand background checks failed in Washington, but several entrepreneurs say they have a different answer to curbing gun violence.
They're using technology to create guns that only fire in the right hands. These so-called smart guns can recognize a watch, a ring or even just a grip.
For more than a decade, researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have been working on a grip-recognizing gun similar to the one James Bond uses in "Skyfall."
Sensors on the grip -- similar to the touchpad on a laptop -- measure the pressure applied and the size and shape of the hand holding the gun.
"If a child tries to grab the gun, their hand geometry is actually going to be smaller," said NJIT Associate Professor Michael Recce. "So they're not going to touch the sensors, and they're not going to be able to fire the gun."
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 232,000 guns are stolen every year. Recce says these criminals would not be able to use a grip-recognizing gun.
Another company, Armatix, uses radio frequency technology in its weapons, which unlock with a watch and a PIN. If someone who isn't wearing the watch grabs the gun, it immediately deactivates.
"Anybody who picks up the handgun, whether it's a child or it's actively stolen, they can't activate the watch," said Belinda Padilla, president and CEO of Armatix USA.
Armatix already sells these personalized guns in Europe and Asia..."
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