IDENTILOCK, the Fingerprint Recognition system, claims that their mission is not only to bring new technology to the gun lock world, but it is to prevent gun-related accidents and lift the negative stigma that surrounds firearms. However, the problem with this is that this type of technology is largely untested and not failsafe. Batteries do go dead. Technology glitches do happen. Firearms malfunction as well, but generally speaking, if you keep your tool of self-defense in decent condition and fire and clean it regularly, these types of occurrences are fairly rare. In addition, this technology is very elitist. Guns are not cheap to purchase, and adding this technology only makes it that much more expensive. Although this technology has some negative consequences, however, it could prevent unauthorized discharge of a firearm by children, people attempting to commit suicide, and people untrained to use the weapon.
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