Aiming to bring smart guns to U.S. market
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Written by Michael Hiltzik.
Tim Oh, 19, is an Anaheim-born and -raised engineering student with a promising idea: It’s a sturdy metal gun safe keyed to the owner’s fingerprint, so it can’t be opened by strangers or children. He also has a $10,000 grant from the San Francisco-based Smart Tech Challenges Foundation.
Jonathan Mossberg’s family has been manufacturing shotguns for generations. For 15 years, he’s been working on a shotgun that won’t fire unless it’s wielded by a shooter wearing a magnetic ring bearing an authentication code. Last year, Mossberg, 50, received a $100,000 grant from the foundation.