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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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German Arms Maker Armatix to Release Second Smart Gun in U.S.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday October 20 2016, @06:16PM
> It's perfectly reliable -- as long as you are not wearing gloves, and your hands are clean, and the fingerprint reader is clean, and the battery is charged, and your fingers have no cuts, abrasions or other defects that cause a misread, and it's not raining, and...
... and your hands are sweating, like when you feel somehow in danger.
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