US Sen. Markey calls for personalized gun law

[SecularMotion]

Source: Boston Globe

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey has unveiled a gun control bill he says will help reduce firearm violence by requiring all new guns to be personalized so they can be fired only by their owners or other authorized users.

Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said technology exists to make guns inoperable for unauthorized users. He said the bill would make it more difficult for stolen guns to be used in crimes or against police officers and would reduce accidental firearm deaths by making it impossible for children to fire guns they find.

Markey, who unveiled the bill on Wednesday at a press conference in the Grove Hall neighborhood of Boston, also called on President Barack Obama to include $10 million in his budget proposal for gun violence research.

Obama last year lifted a 17-year ban on federal gun violence research, Markey said, but there has been no funding set aside for the effort.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/02/19/sen-markey-unveil-gun-control-legislation/VyIAD6xn1YiYQOW991KiiK/story.html

[hack89]

2. What a load of nonsense

The technology is not mature and it cannot be back fitted to existing guns. We will know the technology is ready when the police adopt it.

[JoeyT]

3. I saw it in a documentary once,

it was really awesome and worked perfectly. I think the name of it was Judge Dredd.

Sounds legit.

[krispos42]

4. I want to carry what the cops are carrying

Are cops carrying personalized guns? Why or why not?