World’s first implant-activated smart gun has arrived

[Dawood Ibrahim]

A gun activated by an implant in its owner’s hand may be the future of gun safety. One man has created a prototype firearm that is unlocked with his magic touch only.
Amal Graafstra wants to make guns safer, by using RFID chip implants that activate the trigger. The biohacker has created a prototype for the first implant-activated “smart gun.”

Graafstra demonstrated his invention for Motherboard this week from his Seattle, Washington garage.

RFID chips are already used in a number of smart guns, like the Armatix iP1 pistol and the iGun. They are unlocked when a user wearing a wristband or ring picks them up.

Graafstra’s smart gun is a modification of an ordinary firearm, however, adapted to unlock when in contact with his implants.

Smart gun technology has been criticized for being unreliable, particularly in the case of an emergency.

Graafstra’s embedded chip would, in theory, not have these issues. The chip would be implanted under the skin between the thumb and forefinger. When a gun user picks up their weapon, the gun would unlock only for the person with the implant.

Graafstra has been involved in DIY RFID implantation for a long time and considers biohacking to be at “the forefront of a new kind of evolution.”

He understands the dangers of easy access to guns in the US, and hopes that his invention will address these issues.

“I think the smart gun concept is important, because eventually we’d be able to control who’s able to operate the weapon once it leaves the store,” he told Motherboard.

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[Major d1]

lmost all long-arms have front grips (forearms) and shoulder stocks, which provides the user the ability to hold the firearm more steadily than a handgun. In addition, the long barrel of a long gun usually provides a longer sight radiusfor iron sights, providing the user with more precision when aiming. The presence of a stock makes the use of a telescopic sight or red dot sight easier than with a hand gun.

The actual length of the barrels of a long gun are subject various laws in many jurisdictions, for example by theNational Firearms Act in the United States, which sets a minimum length of 16 inches (40 cm) for rifle barrels and 18 inches (45 cm) for shotgun barrels. Canada has a limit of 18.5 inches (47 cm) for either. In addition, Canada puts a minimum fireable length for long guns with detachable or folding stocks of 26 inches (66 cm).[3] In the United States, the minimum length for long guns with detachable or folding stocks is 26 inches (66 cm) with the stock in the extended position.

Examples of various classes of small arms generally considered long arms include, but are not limited to: rifles,shotguns, muskets, blunderbusses, carbines, wall guns, and musketoons.

There are benefits to owning a full size gun, but concealment is a problem. ... A small gun like a Beretta Tomcat is easy to carry, but a large gun not.

 

[Brickwall]

lmost all long-arms have front grips (forearms) and shoulder stocks, which provides the user the ability to hold the firearm more steadily than a handgun. In addition, the long barrel of a long gun usually provides a longer sight radiusfor iron sights, providing the user with more precision when aiming. The presence of a stock makes the use of a telescopic sight or red dot sight easier than with a hand gun.

The actual length of the barrels of a long gun are subject various laws in many jurisdictions, for example by theNational Firearms Act in the United States, which sets a minimum length of 16 inches (40 cm) for rifle barrels and 18 inches (45 cm) for shotgun barrels. Canada has a limit of 18.5 inches (47 cm) for either. In addition, Canada puts a minimum fireable length for long guns with detachable or folding stocks of 26 inches (66 cm).[3] In the United States, the minimum length for long guns with detachable or folding stocks is 26 inches (66 cm) with the stock in the extended position.

Examples of various classes of small arms generally considered long arms include, but are not limited to: rifles,shotguns, muskets, blunderbusses, carbines, wall guns, and musketoons.

There are benefits to owning a full size gun, but concealment is a problem. ... A small gun like a Beretta Tomcat is easy to carry, but a large gun not.

Im little confused , Article is about smart gun as afar i understood , are u saying US and Canada has developed similar technology for so called long guns .

Also isn't this snippet from Wiki

 

[Major d1]

The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and ... The United States also has the highest homicide-by-firearm rate among the world's most developed . Modern Canadian gun laws have been driven by prior gun violence. ... Ottawa, like Washington, sets federal gun restrictions.