State lawmakers are quietly preparing the next round of fights over “smart guns,” shifting from abstract debates about biometrics to concrete proposals that could shape what you are allowed to buy and ...

Assemblyman Alex Bores, D-New York City, speaks at a news conference last week. The technology behind the idea of “smart” handguns doesn’t seem ready for use yet. Members of the Democratic Party’s ...

The U.S. surgeon general just issued the first ever advisory assessment about gun violence, declaring it a “public health crisis.” The report explains the multiple complex factors that are responsible ...

As reported by Gizmodo, via a Reuters, smart gun makers LodeStar Works and SmartGunz LLC, both plan to release products later this year. The LodeStar version for “first-time buyers” could cost $895.

(AP) It sounds, at first, like a bold, next-generation solution: personalizing guns with technology that keeps them from firing if they ever get into the wrong hands. But when the White House called ...

Smart guns are not yet widely available on the market. They are not a new concept. In the 1970s, Magna-Trigger marketed a magnetic add-on feature for revolvers. This prevented the gun from firing ...

At a firing range in an industrial section of Broomfield, Colorado, near Denver, Kai Kloepfer loads a 9-millimeter pistol and pulls the trigger. There's a loud bang and a new hole in the paper target.

Mass shootings were a horribly frequent occurrence in 2015. To kick off 2016, the White House announced that it plans to use its executive authority to improve gun control because Congress is unable ...

New Jersey Institute of Technology just got another $1.1 million to continue testing their ‘smart gun,’ a handgrip system for firearms that prevents non-authorized users from using the weapons. By ...

Recently legislators and special interest groups have pushed for greater availability of “smart” guns as a safety and crime-reduction tool. Then-President Barack Obama called for more research into ...