smart guns


Biofire: California’s Handgun Roster Limits Buyers’ Choices to a Pool to Guns With Fewer Safety Features

Although the [California Unsafe Handgun Act]’s stated goal is safety, Biofire asserts that the UHA stifles innovation in firearm safety in two  ways. First, by mandating a specific, novel, never-before-commercialized microstamping technology, the UHA requires …


Why All the Hate for Smart Guns?

We’ve been hearing about “smart guns” for well over a quarter century. The dream (of some) has been a gun that recognizes its owner and will only work for that person. The idea is to…







Finally, After Almost a Decade, Biofire Introduces ‘The First and Only Biometric Firearm on the Market’

To put today’s announcement that Biofire Technologies is finally raising the curtain on the Biofire Smart Gun into context, you have to dial the Wayback Machine all the way back to 2014. That’s when we…


One Potential Problem With The Army’s New Rifle and Optic System . . .

Before I got into journalism, writing, and photography, I worked on computers. Building and repairing computers was a great way to get through school compared to slinging fast food, and in the beginning I was…