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Theshooting at RobbElemen-
taryinUvalde, Tex., has ramped
up the debate aroundgunvio-
lenceto its usualpartisanlevels,
setting Democratsand Republi-
canson familiarsidesof the gun
legislation divide.
Yetwhatifthe solutionisn’t
legislative but technological—by
makingsurethe person had the
rightto fire thatgun? It wouldn’t
have preventedUvalde, wherethe
18-year-oldshooterboughtfire-
armslegally.Itcould,however,
stop aschoolshootingwhere an
underagepersonillegallygained
accesstoaweapon.And by limit-
ing teenaccess to guns,it could
slow ahugewaveofsuicides.
So argueagroup of entrepre-
neurswhosaythatthe techhas
finallyadvancedfar enough —
and thatthe threathas reached
sufficientlyhighlevels —tomake
smart-guntech ano-brainer.
“Wefeel the timeis rightfor
smartguns. There’s amarket for
it, and there’s agreatneed for it,”
said Gareth Glaser,co-founderof
LodeStar Works, aPennsylvania-
basedgunmanufacturerthatuses
fingerprintsoraphone appto
grant access to a9-millimeter
handgun it has beendeveloping.
But it is unclearwhetherthe
smart-guneffortscangetpastgun
groups, whichin the pasthave
mobilizedquicklyinoppositionto
them.Andthe technologyisnot
yetproven—smart-gunpropo-
nents have historically offered
more promisesthanproofs.
Theneed appearstobestrong.
Manyhigh-profilemassshootings
involve legally ownedfirearms.
But scoresof otherpeoplehave
died at the handsof someone who
did not have the rightto fire the
weapon. Theshooter in the Ox-
ford High School shooting in
MichiganlastNovemberwas 15
and usingagun boughtby his
father.Unintentional shootings
by childrenresulted in morethan
100 deaths in both2020and 2021.
Smart-gun technology, also
known as “personalized guns,”
couldalso prevent fatalitiesin the
case of stolengunsin prisonand
othersettings,advocates say. And
teensuicideoften involvesagun
belongingtoanadultthathasbeen
foundby an underagepersonin
the home. Overall,there were
24,292 gun-related suicides in
2020,moreeven thanthe 19,
murders,accordingto the Centers
for DiseaseControland Preven-
tion.
“Thebottomlineisthatthegun
industryshouldbe innovating to
maketheir products safer,not
more deadly,” said Nick Suplina,
seniorvice president of lawand
policyatthe gun-control group
Everytownfor Gun Safety.
Smart-guntechnologyusesbio-
metricdatasuchasfingerprints—
and radio-frequencyidentifica-
tion(RFID)transmittedbyringor
wristband—tounlock agun for
itslegalowner.Afteryearsofengi-
neering delays and politicalresis-
tance,smartguns nowappearat
leasttobenearingthe market.
LodeStar,underthe radar until
this year,now expects to have a
product on themarket sometime
next year,probablyearlyin the
year,Glasersaid. TheColorado
company Biofirehas alsobeen
generating headlinesrecently,an-
nouncing earlierthis monththat
it has raised $17million in seed
funding fromunidentified inves-
tors who it said had backed
Googleand Airbnb.Itsflagship
productisalsoa9mmfingerprint-
enabledhandgun.
And aKansascompany, Smart-
Gunz,has beendevelopingasimi-
larproductthatruns on RFID.
Thecompanywas co-founded by
TomHolland,aDemocratic state
senator,and beganofferingpre-
salesto lawenforcementlastyear.
It will shipin July,Hollandsaid,
withconsumersaleshappening
probably in AugustorSeptember.
“Ourmissionistosavelives.I
can’t tell you howmanytimesI
pick up the paperwhereIlive in
northeast Kansasand see alittle
kid shootinghimselfor anotherchildbecausean adultleft aload-
ed handgun,”Holland said.He
said thathe“totallysupports Sec-
ond Amendmentrights” and that
this is “justanoption—wedon’t
intenditfor everybody.”
Firearmsarebecomingabigger
causeof death for youngAmeri-
cans.In the past20years,the
numberoffirearms-related
deaths for peopleyounger than 25
has gone from7for every100,00 0
people to 10, accordingto re-
search from theCDC and the New
England Journalof Medicine.In
2017,firearmsbecame the leading
causeof injury-related death for
young people,surpassing even
motorvehicle accidents.
“The statistics are shocking,”
said Kai Kloepfer,founderof Bio-
fire. Ateenager at the timeof the
massshootingat anAurora,Colo.,
movie theater adecade ago,
Kloepferdroppedout of MIT sev-
eral yearsagotofocus full timeon
the company.“Andwedon’t be-
lieve this has to be the case.”
Theargumentis thatpersonally
identifyingtechnology is already
acceptedbymostpeopleforfarless
violenttools,fromathumbprintto
unlockaphone to an RFIDsystem
for akeyless car start. Glasersaid
hebelievesLodeStarcouldprevent
“a majorityofschoolshootings,
sincetheyare mostoften commit-
ted by underageteenagers withagun foundin the home.”
AMorning Consult poll in
March foundthat43percentof
adultswould be interested in us-
ing asmartgun, anumberjust
belowthe 46 percentwhosaid
theywantedtouse atraditional
firearm.
Still,smart-gun tech is not yet
proven in real-world circum-
stances.Agun’s heatand pressure
can complicate biometric read-
ings,andsignalssenttoaseparate
PIN-based app or ring are suscep-
tible to potentialinterference and
hacking.Atits heartisaslippery
engineering challenge—how to
makeunlockingas seamless as
possible to its authorizeduser but
as difficult as possiblefor every-
oneelse.
To preventkillingsonamean-
ingfulscale,smartguns would
also needto reachhighlevels of
market penetration. And costs re-
mainhigh—theSmartGunzprod-
uct, for instance, is listed between
$1,800and $2,000.
And not all gun-control groups
are on board;someworryabout
unintended consequences. “Ex-
panding themarket to include
smartguns will onlymeanmore
gunsin homes,”said DanielWeb-
ster,co-director of the Johns Hop-
kins Centerfor GunViolenceSo-
lutions, citingresearch thegroup
has conducted. “More gunsinhomesmeans alot more deaths.”
But the tallesthurdle maybe
political. More than20 yearsago,
gun-manufacturinggiantSmith
&Wessonsaiditagreedwith alist
of governmentregulationslaid
outbytheClintonadministration,
includingthe pursuitof smart-
gun tech.It soonfacedaNational
RifleAssociation-led boycottthat
sent salesplummeting and nearly
destroyed the company.
Dru Stevenson,aprofessorof
lawatSouthTexas CollegeofLaw
Houston whohas studiedthe is-
sue, says thathebelieves smart
gunscan save “tens of thousands
of lives.”But it needsto be em-
bracedby politicians —who can
pressure lawenforcement to
switch—before consumeradop-
tion is likely.AnObama adminis-
tration pushin 2016 for smart
gunsamongfederal lawenforce-
mentdid not yieldmuchfruit.
Theplan JoeBiden includedin
his campaignplatformwas to “put
Americaon the path to ensuring
that100%offirearmssoldinAmer-
ica are smartguns,”notingthat
“rightnow the NRAand gun man-
ufacturersare bullyingfirearms
dealerswho trytosell theseguns.”
ANew Jerseysmart-gun law
passedin2002—itmandatedgun
retailersin the statecarryonly
smart guns beginningthreeyears
after theyfirstbecamecommer-ciallyavailable —also facedin-
tensepressurefromthe NRA. In
2019, the lawwas revisedto sim-
ply require thatgun retailerscar-
ry at leastone suchapproved
smartgun60daysafteritisputon
the market.
Thestatecontinuestohelplead
the pushon smart-gunadoption.
Last year,Gov.Phil Murphy(D),
namedsevenexpertsfromvarious
disciplines to the newPersonal-
ized Handgun Authorization
Commissionto explorethe issue.
Glaserand Kloepfersaythat
whiletheyare opento govern-
ment-enhanced incentives for
buyingasmartgun (similar,for
example, to electric vehicles),
they, likeHolland, do not support
mandates. They both saythey
hope to remain politically neutral
on the question of gun laws. The
growthofsmartguns,theysay,
shouldhappenorganically.
“Wewant peopleto buy smart
gunsbecauseit's abetterfirearm,”
Kloepfersaid.
But gun blogshave often been
criticalof the technology—likely,
Stevenson says, out of alonger
termfear of mandates if the tech
catcheson.
TheNRA,whichpublisheda
similar postwhen LodeStarmade
its announcement this winter,
says it couldbeopen to the idea if
mandateswerenotinvolved.“The
NRAdoesn’t opposethe develop-
mentof‘smart’guns,northeabili-
ty of Americansto voluntarily ac-
quirethem,”the group’slobbying
armpreviously saidin astate-
ment. “However,NRA opposes
anylaw prohibiting Americans
fromacquiringor possessing fire-
armsthatdon’t possess ‘smart’
gun technology.”
An NRAspokeswomandid not
replyto arequestfor comment.
Eightyears ago, aMaryland
gun retailerthatwantedto sell a
Germansmartgun even faced
death threats fromsomegun ad-
vocates,forcingittodroptheplan.
Some individual gun-rights
supporters remain unsoldon the
tech.Lawyerand gun rightsadvo-
cate David Kopel saidthathe
thinkssmartguns are “still far too
unreliablefor self-defense. But
the fewconsumers who wantone
should have the choice.”(He said
he believes mandates wouldbe“a
hugeSecondAmendment viola-
tion.”)
Smart-gun entrepreneurssay
theyare baffled by anygood-faith
objectionsto theirproduct.
“I don’t understand whyany-
onewouldn’t want to use any
availabletechnologyhere,”Glaser
said.“You use technologytokeep
you safe everytime you pull out of
yourdriveway. Doesanyonesay
that’snot agood idea anditwould
be better if we all wentbackto
1970?”Shooting prompts acloser look at smart-gun technology
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Peopleprotest at the NationalRifle Association’s annualconvention in Houston on Friday, just days after19children and twoadults were
killed in ashootingatanelementaryschoolinUvalde,Tex.