Author Archive for Margot Hirsch
Mossberg quoted in Bloomberg Business
Smart Tech Challenges Foundation grantee Jonathan Mossberg was quoted in Bloomberg Business in an article about how the gun violence debate is shaping the 2016 presidential election. “Repeal could have …
New Jersey Considering Ending Counterproductive Smart Gun Mandate
Read the full article from the Washington Post here. Written by Michael S. Rosenwald. After vehement protests helped block the nation’s first smart gun from entering the marketplace, proponents of …
Moms and Guns
Read the full article from The New York Times here. Written by Timothy Egan. Earlier this month, The New York Times’ Timothy Egan wrote an op-ed called Moms and Guns, …
People are getting shot by toddlers on a weekly basis this year
Read the full article from the Washington Post here. Written by Christopher Ingraham. Christopher Ingraham of the Washington Post reports that roughly once a week this year, on average, a …
RFID Guns Coming Soon
Earlier this month, a Vox reporter made headlines himself for blurring the lines between humanity and technology when he had an RFID chip implanted into his hand. He’s reported that …
iGun CEO Jonathan Mossberg, smart gun visionary
CEO Jonathan Mossberg Smart technology fans might already know the “Mossberg” name from Walt Mossberg, the well-known technology journalist of Ctrl-Walt-Delete notoriety. Now more people are getting to know another …
Smart Firearms Safety Technology Can Prevent Suicides
Two new studies, as reported on by the Los Angeles Times, both find that states in which access to firearms is easier tend to have higher rates of suicide. Means Matter, …
Smarter Guns, A History
The history of smarter guns Smart guns and smart firearms safety technologies have had a banner year, having been featured in the New York Times, Fortune, and Uproxx, among many …