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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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.

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 ...

Suppose there were a new kind of gun that might reduce accidental shootings. Such a smart gun exists, but you can't buy one in the U.S. There is a... Gun Lovers And Critics Agree: They're Not Sold On ...

PHILADELPHIA | A Main Line start-up wants to manufacture America's first-ever "smart gun," a 9-millimeter pistol that uses radio frequency ID technology to provide a layer of safety for police ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey state lawmakers on Monday approved a law that would require gun retailers to sell "smart guns," designed to be fired only by an authorized user, and setting up a ...

Smart guns have been in the news this week, boosted by an executive action from President Obama calling for increased research into the field. But the technology to prevent guns from being used in the ...