the gun is disabled and cannot fire. Another smart gun has a finger print identifier on the handle that can remember a thumb print and will not fire unless the correct fingerprint is on the scanner while shooting. While these methods are good they are not perfect. Recently a local police station was giving away free trigger locks to anyone who wanted one in an effort to ‘make homes safer’ but after about a week or two the station had to recall all of the locks because people who brought them home were horrified to discover that the trigger locks could be opened without a key. The locks were eventually replaced with working ones but this greatly reduced confidence in the trigger lock system. As for the smart gun system; this technology is still in its infancy, while people want safer guns now the technology simply put; isn’t ready. These smart guns are being tested but if they are put into the public to soon it could mean that they are not ‘fool’ proof. The truth is that the only real protection from accidental shootings is education. I know from personal experience that teaching kids about guns when they are young works in preventing any accidents. For as long as I can remember we have had guns in our house, none of which are in a safe or locked away. We were always going to gun shows and looking at new guns to go hunting with but no matter what type of gun came in the house the rules were the same. It didn’t matter if it was a 12-gauge shotgun or a squirt gun-never point a gun at a person. In my opinion this is one reason there are so many kids that get shot by other kids-they shoot their friends with squirt guns so why cant they shoot them with their daddy’s gun. Another rule was that after every time we used our guns we checked atleast twice to make sure the gun was empty. Also on the chance that a child didn’t listen and went for a gun we always keep our ammunition in a different build...
