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I have been working on a framework for smart gun technologies. This isn't a smart gun that any person can buy but a set of design specs for hardware manufacturers, control module manufacturers/developers, and licensing. Think of things in the terms of a modified AR platform.
-The lower receiver can have a modification from the baseline design that allows electronic unlock of the safety or the sear. This may require an additional hole from the grip frame area. On the plus side if a buyer doesn't want a smart gun - they don't buy the additional control module.
-The control module has certain physical limitations for where it would fit into the pistol grip and how it connects to the servo that engages the safety mechanism.
-The grip itself will have some criteria to house the electronics - mounting hole locations and a minimum set of internal dimensions
Firearms manufacturers can focus on building firearms. Other manufacturers can focus on building control modules.
But what about the states or localities that try to force the purchasing of smart guns? The licensing restricts the sale of any components in areas where smart guns are mandated. Essentially this should protect consumers from being forced into buying smart guns.
I know that NJ has a law that refers to smart pistols sold anywhere in the US as triggering them. This is part of why my initial work has been with rifles. I think the existence of the framework and licensing may support challenges to the NJ law. i.e. release the framework with rifles as the initial objects. The existence of the framework may make a challenge to the law viable.
So - with all of that said - what would you like to see in the framework? If you were making a control module - how would you want to unlock it?
-The lower receiver can have a modification from the baseline design that allows electronic unlock of the safety or the sear. This may require an additional hole from the grip frame area. On the plus side if a buyer doesn't want a smart gun - they don't buy the additional control module.
-The control module has certain physical limitations for where it would fit into the pistol grip and how it connects to the servo that engages the safety mechanism.
-The grip itself will have some criteria to house the electronics - mounting hole locations and a minimum set of internal dimensions
Firearms manufacturers can focus on building firearms. Other manufacturers can focus on building control modules.
But what about the states or localities that try to force the purchasing of smart guns? The licensing restricts the sale of any components in areas where smart guns are mandated. Essentially this should protect consumers from being forced into buying smart guns.
I know that NJ has a law that refers to smart pistols sold anywhere in the US as triggering them. This is part of why my initial work has been with rifles. I think the existence of the framework and licensing may support challenges to the NJ law. i.e. release the framework with rifles as the initial objects. The existence of the framework may make a challenge to the law viable.
So - with all of that said - what would you like to see in the framework? If you were making a control module - how would you want to unlock it?