James Bond and Guns

[blacklabel]

And...just how long will it take the gov to make an item that scrambles that component and perminantly disable the firearms in an area?

And that's my other concern.

[Aloha_Shooter]

So you got tossed to the pavement by the bad guys and skinned your hands but no matter, you whip out your ultra-highspeed Les Baer Custom with the extended mag and palm-scanning security just to hear it say "Identity Unconfirmed. Reset and try again."

[Sawin]

And...just how long will it take the gov to make an item that scrambles that component and perminantly disable the firearms in an area? Or for a criminal to make an item that unlocks all of these in his general area?

That and then guns would also be susceptible to EMP's, which is right when you're likely going to need them most for protection.

[BuffCyclist]

So you got tossed to the pavement by the bad guys and skinned your hands but no matter, you whip out your ultra-highspeed Les Baer Custom with the extended mag and palm-scanning security just to hear it say "Identity Unconfirmed. Reset and try again."

Diabetes type blood tester that pokes your palm and then uses the on-board dna profiler?

[KestrelBike]

That crap didn't even work in Judge Dredd

[Byte Stryke]

There are criminals breaking DoD Level encryption.
People hacking cars

Do you think a microchip on a gun is going to deter them?

"when you make something idiot proof, they build a better idiot."

[GlockDog47]

And...just how long will it take the gov to make an item that scrambles that component and perminantly disable the firearms in an area? Or for a criminal to make an item that unlocks all of these in his general area?

Yep, that would suck ass. I would never trust it.

[cofi]

I don't even like a safety on my pistols

[10x]

Didn't Colt or S&W try that? I remember a press conference where they brought the gun in from a test fire and the gun wouldn't work (overheated(?) after a few rounds)?
They dropped the project after that.

[mitch]

Current state of the art AES256 attacks take 2^126 operations. Assuming the criminal had unlimited resources, the sun would supernova before he found an answer. I mean, we are talking about the age of the universe times one billion. There isn't enough energy in the Earth to power enough 90% efficient computers to perform even one of these attacks.

So, no, there are no criminals (or anything else) breaking AES256 yet. There's an XKCD cartoon about something very similar.



A microchip on a firearm would just lead to all sorts of fun things, really. Why do you think there aren't any electronic solenoid fired commercial firearms? Because (other than having to carry a charged battery to function) that firearm + a 555 timer and various parts costing under $1 from RadioShack = selectable rate of fire limited only by the physics of the timing of the blowback and feed mechanisms. It would be very similar to the Metalstorm (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEu9LLQpOF8) weapon, but handheld.