Veri-Fire announcement
[ by Charles Cameron — the future of handgun safety? ]
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Blog-friend James Skylar Gerrond announced today: “Veri-Fire will launch Guardian, our biometric trigger guard for handguns on 13 April.”
What is it?
Guardian is the revolutionary solution in responsibly securing your handgun against unauthorized or accidental use while maintaining unprecedented readiness.
I can barely imagine wanting a handgun — I’m one of those — but if I had one, I’d want it fitted with the Veri-fire Guardian.
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Veri-fire locked:
diagrammed:
and unlocked:
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I wrote a while back about AE Van Vogt‘s science fiction work, The Weapon Shops of Isher, which introduced the concept of “guns that could only be used in defense and only for their owners” — and the Armatix iP1 pistol / watch combo. Sadly, that piece is one of those we lost in the hack last year. This time, the science fiction ref — provided by Brett Fujioka — is from Psycho-Pass.
March 21st, 2015 at 4:55 pm
A little computer with a battery that must function properly, always, or perhaps it won’t work when you need it, meaning the gun won’t work when you need it, meaning it might get you killed.
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The concept has always sounded good. The practicability is questionable.
March 21st, 2015 at 5:51 pm
“A little computer with a battery that must function properly, always, or perhaps it won’t work when you need it, meaning the gun won’t work when you need it, meaning it might get you killed.”
True enough. It might mean an owner may have to keep the firearm in working condition, and perhaps even take it down to the firing range every so often. Something I never do, with the guns I own. I am sure if my guns had these locks on them, the batteries would be dead right now, and of even less use to me, as a means of security, than they already are.
March 22nd, 2015 at 2:01 am
Besides the battery dying and it not reading your injured and bleeding finger, and your spouse not being able to pick it up and use it because the bad guy shot you, it’s an idea whose time has come!
March 24th, 2015 at 2:57 am
Ha! Let your spouse get her own gun, you cheap bastard. You may be surprised how well they are able to actually point and aim the thing. You may have to give them a hand at the “maintance” thing though.
March 24th, 2015 at 3:17 am
I mean, I think my wife and I both agree that if there is a round left in the clip, then we both haven’t lived up to all our options.