Smart Guns: Could Fingerprint Technology Solve America’s Shooting Deaths?
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Written by Sam Levin.
The NRA is not opposed to smart guns, engineers say. So why isn’t the market flooded with biometrically accessible firearms? We went to a ‘smart-gun symposium’ in San Francisco to find out
Advocates say smart guns could help prevent suicides, accidental shootings, street violence and mass shootings. Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images
A federal agent lost his loaded gun in San Francisco last week after leaving the firearm on top of his car and driving off. In September, police say a man with a Glock 26 pistol stolen from a federal immigration officer’s car shot and kill a beloved Oakland artist. And in July, a man allegedly used a federal ranger’s semi-automatic pistol to shoot 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle in a random San Francisco killing.