Department of Justice issues voluntary smart-gun guidelines

[Free Vulcan]

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a series of specifications for smart-gun manufacturers, born out of the president’s January executive action aimed at curbing gun violence.

But there’s a catch to the new set of guidelines: They’re voluntary.

“This project was designed to spur the growth of enhanced gun safety technology – and not to mandate that any particular individual or law enforcement agency adopt the technology once developed,” the Department of Justice wrote in a blog post.

The DOJ’s National Institute of Justice developed the specifications, which include recommendations for how smart guns should be able to be unlocked and a default state that would allow guns to fire if the technology malfunctioned, engadget reported.

The White House said the specifications are meant to ensure that smart-gun technology “available to law enforcement agencies is safe and reliable” and to demonstrate that a demand exists for weapons with enhanced safety features...

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/20/department-justice-issues-voluntary-smart-gun-guidelines.html

[txradioguy]

It's a trap IMHO.

When the "voluntary numbers" don't reach whatever level the WH thinks they should be...they will simply say not enough has been done and make it mandatory.

These people...who must have never ever been around guns seem to forget the best "smart gun" technology is your trigger finger and what's between your ears.