Can ‘Smart Gun’ Technology Make Firearms Safer?
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A smart gun by Armatix is pictured at the Armatix headquarters in Munich May 14, 2014. Photo by Michael Dalder/Reuters
Daytona Beach, Florida-based iGun Technology Corp. has been developing a “smart gun,” a firearm that uses a ring with a chip in it to send a signal to a circuit board embedded in the firearm so that only an authorized user can fire the gun.
But this isn’t the only technology that exists or is being developed.