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?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:58PM
I guess the manufacturer of a non-smart gun who wants to sell it in that state would have a standing. And probably also enough money to fight in court. And not more to lose than it pays for the lawsuit (when losing, the manufacturer is in no worse position than before — actually the company image effect alone might be worth the cost of the lawsuit, as their customers are surely not the proponents of gun control), but much to win (namely a market).