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posted by janrinok on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:08AM   Printer-friendly

German firearms manufacturer Armatix LLC is planning to release its second smart gun in the U.S. next year after sales of its first model -- the .22 caliber iP1 -- were quashed by pressure from some gun owners and gun rights advocates who saw it as a threat to Second Amendment freedoms.

Unlike the iP1, which used RFID technology, the new iP9 9mm semi-automatic pistol will have a fingerprint reader. The iP9 will be available in mid-2017, according to Wolfgang Tweraser, CEO and president of Amratix LLC.

How long before the smart guns go all WOPR?


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Pslytely Psycho on Thursday October 20 2016, @04:51AM

    by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Thursday October 20 2016, @04:51AM (#416481)

    Shooting 'off-hand' refers to shooting with your non-dominant hand. I don't know how much of a difference that would be for a reader, but he's not talking about shooting off his hand.

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:18AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:18AM (#416486) Journal

    but he's not talking about shooting off his hand.

    Are you so sure about that? I, too, once thought that the ammosexuals meant words in the common use of them. But then I found them getting all upset about people using the term "automatic" in the perfectly accepted fashion. And they seem incapable of understanding simple words, like "assault weapon". So I am not so sure that he was not actually talking about shooting off hand, literally. Thus, I was trying to be as helpful as possible. You, Psycho, if that is your real name, seem to want to purposely confuse the issue!

    A fingerprint scanner might be more conveniently placed for shooting off your own hand, but it would not prevent this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTGmTrQXrwg [youtube.com]

    • (Score: 1) by tftp on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:30AM

      by tftp (806) on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:30AM (#416489) Homepage

      Are you so sure about that?

      Google that, and you will know.

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by aristarchus on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:36AM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:36AM (#416490) Journal

        Are you so sure about that?

        Google that, and you will know.

        The Swedes have a word for discerning the intent of an AC: "ungooglebar". Ungoogleable. Since the AC in question had already shot off fingers, I assumed the worst. The Swedes have another word for accidental sex with and AC, it is called "ammosexual assange". I have no idea how it translates.

        • (Score: 1) by tftp on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:44AM

          by tftp (806) on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:44AM (#416492) Homepage

          By the way, do you know that hunting is very popular in Sweden, and a large number of people [wikipedia.org] there own firearms? Sweden holds the 9th place in the world by gun ownership.

          • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:50AM

            by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:50AM (#416494) Journal

            Yes, I was vaguely aware. I also know that Swedes are not gun crazy 2nd amendment worshiping death eaters like Americans are. I don't think that Swedes, being the eminently reasonable people they are (not like Norwegians at all! ), would have any use for a feature on a smart gun that would allow one to shoot off one's own hand. Or anyone else's hand, for that matter. Only in America.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:00AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:00AM (#416495)

            Seriously, dude. Stop feeding the troll.

            I mean, come on. Look at him.

            • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by aristarchus on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:54AM

              by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:54AM (#416508) Journal

              Yes! Look at me! Am I not a human? (some people doubt that, but no bot could do what I do!) If you shoot my hand off, do I not bleed? No, seriously, the American resistance to "smart guns" is totally irrational, and deserves to be ridiculed to the full extent possible. Dumb gun owners prefer dumb guns, so they can do dumb things, like shooting off hands, or over throwing a perfectly good government just because Trump does not win. Yes, Morans! (proper spelling, for those of you who still care: morons, from the greek: "moros", stupid.)

              And besides, with dumb guns, there is no record of what you were doing in the bedroom with your "sweetness".

          • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @01:15PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @01:15PM (#416631)

            Right. Rifles and shot guns. For hunting. Not hand guns and automatics magazine fed military rifles. They also don't have concealed or open carry. What is so hard to understand about this?

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:08PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @05:08PM (#416794)
              Sweden also still has a king. The U.S. was founded to be different from the old country, not to emulate them.
              • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:23PM

                by Bot (3902) on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:23PM (#416855) Journal

                > The U.S. was founded to be different from the old country, not to emulate them.

                At last! It's about time somebody stepped up to admit that such an experiment failed. Miserably.

                (just trying to fit in with the trolleys in this thread)

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              • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 20 2016, @07:10PM

                by bob_super (1357) on Thursday October 20 2016, @07:10PM (#416888)

                Then why are those idiots so bloody obsessed with my non-perfect grass?
                If you want a perfect lawn, go the hell back to London! SoCal is not the place for you!
                /rant

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @09:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 21 2016, @09:11PM (#417424)

    >'off-hand'

    Also understood that word to mean shooting whist not aiming. For example from the hip, or a Han Solo under the table shot.

    Does it really only refer to shooting with non-dominant hand?

    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday October 21 2016, @10:21PM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Friday October 21 2016, @10:21PM (#417447) Journal

      Does it really only refer to shooting with non-dominant hand?

      Actually, it does not, which is why even with Googling, it is safe to ignore the poster who posted that. And besides that, the fact that that poster actually thought we were having a serious discussion about guns.

      • (Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday October 24 2016, @08:34AM

        by Pslytely Psycho (1218) on Monday October 24 2016, @08:34AM (#418072)

        Hey I was buzzed after a hard days work.
        My Grandfather always referred to using his non-dominent hand as shooting off-hand. I didn't think to try Google as I had heard this reference all my life. I actually believed it to be correct.
        I stand corrected.

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        • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday October 24 2016, @09:33AM

          by aristarchus (2645) on Monday October 24 2016, @09:33AM (#418081) Journal

          No harm done, and no offense taken, as long as you still have both your hands, and the majority of your digits!