Woodsrider wrote:
Serious hypothetical question: if someone invented a fool proof way to secure any gun, new or old, so that it only operated in the hands of the right people (the owner and whoever the owner wants to give access to) and the wrong people (criminals, nut cases, etc.) could not get access to this technology, would the Right be on board?
What if someone invented a fool proof method of tracking guns so that if a legal gun got stolen, the authorities could track it down via GPS and arrest the criminal?
I know this is hypothetical but even if the technology was perfect my guess is the NRA would shoot it down anyway. Which means it is not worth even trying to make guns safer. Why waste the investment money?
I'm not a member of the NRA, and I'm not sure I can speak for the "right", but you basiclally answer your own question, which is:
If you could create a perfect device, would the user lobby approve it?
Well, Duh, of course they would. It's a perfect device that improves safety. The problem is no device is ever perfect. Your question assumes an impossible condition.
And to your second question, how do you assure that GPS tracking is never used for nefarious purposes? Answer, you can't. See IRS, US Attorney General, Lobbyists, Congress, Bridgewater speed trap, etc.