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Obama Reveals Push for “Smart Guns”
The president also announces progress on plan to put mental health records into background check system. Read the full article from Politico here. Written by Sarah Wheaton. President Barack Obama …

Smart-gun Advocates See Leverage in Military Contracts
Read the full article from The Hour here. Written by Mark Wilson. Early in January, President Barack Obama choked back tears remembering the 2012 Newtown mass-shooting as he announced a …

Why is No One Investing in Smart Guns?
Written by Ralph Fascitelli of Washington Ceasefire for VentureBeat. What if you could invest in a startup that competed in an established $10 billion market where the existing players were unlikely to counter …

Fingerprint Technology Could End Accidental Shooting
Read the full article from CCTV America here. Written by Hendrik Sybrandy. One potential answer to the issue of gun violence and gun deaths in the U.S. is smart gun technology. …

Silicon Valley Targets Smart Guns
Read the full article from Newsweek here. Written by Grant Burningham with Michele Gorman in New York. In the 2012 movie Skyfall, James Bond brandishes his trusty sidearm, but with a …

Episode 694: The Gun That Wouldn’t Shoot (Audio)
Read the full article from NPR here. By Robert Smith and Joel Rose. Colt is an iconic American gun company. It has a proud history of invention. It perfected the …

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 …