"Califbill" wrote in message
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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:21:29 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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I'm sure we'll see those brilliant, average criminals hunkering down in
their fully equipped workshop churning them out by the 1000s.


I doubt there will be thousands of smart guns sold the be disabled.
Who would actually pay an extra couple hundred dollars for a gun that
might not work when they need them? Police departments, the target
market, has no interest unless the gun fails"on" so all the crook has
to do is take the battery out and the gun goes hot.
The cop on the beat still has no real interest in the technology, it
is just the political bosses.

I believe pretty much the same thing was said of things like computers
and
cell phones.

I can't speak for every cop on the beat, but I'm betting most would be
interested in a weapon that can only be fired by the owner.


Why would you think that? If you read the articles you get on a "smart
gun" google you see everyone from the NRA to the Violence Policy
Center (an anti gun group) think it is a dumb idea.

When man powered tools in Afghanistan, are turning out fully auto AK's.
with kids doing the repetitive operations, why would you not think that
some few entrepreneurs in the US with a nice lathe and milling machine
would not be turning out guns for the underworld, or modifying "smart
guns"?

Wow.. you think there's a big market for it? Skilled machinists working full
time for the mob. Who knew.