Author Archive for Margot Hirsch
Gun Loves and Critics Agree: They’re Not Sold on Smart Guns (Audio)
By Joel Rose for NPR. Suppose there were a new kind of gun that might reduce accidental shootings. Such a smart gun exists, but you can’t buy one in the …
Could “Smart Guns” Be The Answer To All The Violence In The World?
Read the full article from Tech Malak here. Written by Sierra Schaffer. Think about it? Imagine personalized guns that only the authorized user could use? Smart Guns may be a …
Live From SxSW: Putting An End To Gun Violence
Read the full article from The NonProfit Times here. Written by Megan Keane. Gun violence dominated national headlines this past year. If it seemed as if you heard about another …
Why the Tech Industry Shuns America’s Gun Problem
Silicon Valley’s change-the-world-ism doesn’t seem to apply to gun violence Read the full article here. Written by Scott Rosenberg on Backchannel. “If we can set it up so you can’t …
Yet Another Gun Owner Gets Shot by Her Own Kid
Read the full article from Mother Jones here. Written by Bryan Schatz. A Florida mom is wounded by her four-year-old. A day after Florida mom Jamie Gilt apparently boasted on …
San Francisco Police Chief Offers to Pilot Smart Gun Tech
Read the full article from the San Francisco Chronicle here. Written by Benny Evangelista. (TNS) — San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr on Tuesday offered his department as a test bed for …
Smart Guns: Could Fingerprint Technology Solve America’s Shooting Deaths?
Read the full article from The Guardian here. Written by Sam Levin. The NRA is not opposed to smart guns, engineers say. So why isn’t the market flooded with biometrically …
Smart Gun Symposium Details Tech’s Path Into Consumer Market
Read the full article from Guns.com here. Written by Daniel Terrill. Innovators and smart gun advocates discussed the status of the gadgets while identifying potential progress and challenges during the …