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If politicians ever do succeed in ramming this down gun owners' throats, I would only agree to it if the technology had been thoroughly tested under field and actual combat conditions by America's various federal police agencies......especially agency-wide by the Secret Service, the Capital Police, and both ATF and FBI field agents. After they had field tested it for several years by placing the president's and congresspersons' lives on the line, and could report zero fatalities due to the failure of the smart technology, THEN I would agree that it should be available to those of the public who want it. But I would never advocate that all guns sold should have it......especially all handguns. If politicians are going to pass that crap, then let THEM be the first ones whose lives depend on it working perfectly.

After Congress voted itself exceptions to Obamacare, and the legislatures of several states, Texas included, voted privileges to themselves that they won't extend to other license holders, I'm absolutely dead set against politicians voting any kind of exception for themselves to the rules they heap on the rest of us. And when it comes to making the rest of us into guinea pigs for their ignorance-filled cockamamie ideas, I'm ALL for them being the guinea pigs first. I'm absolutely finished with being a victim any longer to half-baked ideas from a bunch of overcoiffed mullet-heads.

The only way to make a gun "smart" is to introduce electronics into the firing system. Electronics can and do fail, for reasons as simple as a dead battery. Some "smart gun" systems have involved the owner having a Bluetooth or similar technology ring on his/her finger which must pair with a Bluetooth receiver in the gun. What happens if they won't pair? That kind of stuff happens all the time with cellphone earpieces and other peripherals. The gun then becomes a very expensive brick, and its owner is left defenseless right when they most need the defense capability.

And, even if the technology can become as reliable as an anvil, if someone can take your gun, they can also take your ring finger off with a knife if they have to so that the ring will stay paired to the gun.

The next time someone suggests smart gun technology to you, ask them how many car thieves have been deterred by not having the keys to the car.