[Nedusa]

Surely it's about time guns were made safer with childproof safety locks or fingerprint recognition built into all guns so only the owner can fire it.

I mean we have fingerprint technology on i-phones so why not on firearms surely that is where they are needed more ?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Surely it's about time guns were made safer with childproof safety locks or fingerprint recognition built into all guns so only the owner can fire it.

I mean we have fingerprint technology on i-phones so why not on firearms surely that is where they are needed more ?

Being blunt nedusa, the sorts of people who are leaving guns lying within reach of kids don't have state of the art, factory fresh guns (which cost thousands)...

Half of the guns floating around in civilian hands in the US are 50+ years old.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Nedusa

Surely it's about time guns were made safer with childproof safety locks or fingerprint recognition built into all guns so only the owner can fire it.

I mean we have fingerprint technology on i-phones so why not on firearms surely that is where they are needed more ?

I think this is a brilliant idea which should not be dismissed so readily and is worthy of 'official' examination because of its obvious potential for assisting in crime detection, homicides etc. but in these type of increasingly familiar incidents, I think that all that is really needed - as Paul has already suggested - is some type of 'Idiot Test' given to applicant gun owners, and the proof of a serviceable locking gun cabinet as one mandatory condition of being granted a licence.

Once a licence has been granted, random but frequent follow up inspections by the relevant authorities should be carried out, with draconian prison sentences handed out to ANYONE in posession of a firearm which is not safely locked away in a cabinet.

The sentence should be more severe for transgressors who have chidren.

If having children is not INCENTIVE enough to ensure that guns are safely stored, then the culpable deserve real punishment.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I think this is a brilliant idea which should not be dismissed so readily and is worthy of 'official' examination because of its obvious potential for assisting in crime detection, homicides etc. but in these type of increasingly familiar incidents, I think that all that is really needed - as Paul has already suggested - is some type of 'Idiot Test' given to applicant gun owners, and the proof of a serviceable locking gun cabinet as one mandatory condition of being granted a licence.

Once a licence has been granted, random but frequent follow up inspections by the relevant authorities should be carried out, with draconian prison sentences handed out to ANYONE in posession of a firearm which is not safely locked away in a cabinet.

The sentence should be more severe for transgressors who have chidren.

If having children is not INCENTIVE enough to ensure that guns are safely stored, then the culpable deserve real punishment.

Yeah i'm all for an Americans second amendment right to bear arms but only if some kind of psych plus IQ test is carried out in order to obtain a license.

Edit:This should be re-evaluated every 6-8 years too imo.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Yeah i'm all for an Americans second amendment right to bear arms but only if some kind of psych plus IQ test is carried out in order to obtain a license.

Edit:This should be re-evaluated every 6-8 years too imo.

Dunno about the IQ test, most of the kids who go bat**** and decide to go on a rampage actually have fairly high IQs.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Dunno about the IQ test, most of the kids who go bat**** and decide to go on a rampage actually have fairly high IQs.

Yeah but somebody who is going to leave a loaded gun on top of a fridge with kids in the house imo is a dumb mother****er.Imo

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Yeah but somebody who is going to leave a loaded gun on top of a fridge with kids in the house imo is a dumb mother****er.Imo

Yeah and I'd assume that this kind of occurrence is more common then the crazy lone shooter incidences