Private industry continues to experiment with “smart gun” technologies. According to an AP news report, Yardarm Technologies recently introduced a new system that would allow a gun owner to know when his or her gun was being moved by sending an alert message to the owner’s cell phone. The owner could then disable the gun remotely.
The technology, but not an actual gun, was recently demonstrated at a wireless technology conference. The system requires attaching a microchip to the gun’s body and winding antennas around the grip. It would increase the cost of a gun by $50 and require a $12 a year service fee.
