Smart Gun Makers Need Tech Investors to Step Up
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Written by Terry Collins.
Angel investor Ron Conway, left, and San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr talk to reporters about the importance of gun safety during a smart gun symposium in San Francisco.
There’s demand out there for smart guns. The trouble is, smart gun startups aren’t attracting the funding they need to bring their products to market.
That’s the reality check from smart gun makers and proponents who gathered Tuesday at a smart gun symposium in San Francisco. They say support is building for smart guns after a gruesome year of shootings in Paris; Roseburg, Oregon; Charleston, South Carolina; and San Bernardino, California. Even so, it’s going to take some creative thinking to get gun manufacturers and lobby groups to adopt technologies that could reduce gun-related violence. An estimated 33,000 Americans die each year from gun-shot wounds.