Mandatory 'Smartgun' 'Would Make Every Gun Illegal'

Left embraces electronic firearm that operates only in owner’s hands

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Advancements in gun technology could soon increase safety by weapons responding only to authorized users, but Attorney General Eric Holder is embracing the innovation only as a means of declaring every other firearm illegal.

That’s the contention of Frank Miniter, author of “The Future of the Gun.” Miniter also shared how the media bias surrounding gun issues is perpetuated and why liberals and the media almost always lose the big national debates over guns.

In the book, Miniter explains how Americans may soon be able to purchase firearms that recognize their owners and only function in their hands.

However, he said it’s about to become the latest flash point in the battle over the Second Amendment.

“We’re starting to see electronics embedded into guns. The smart gun controversy is out there, where a gun can actually recognize a user and then not work for someone who’s not authorized through that gun to use it,” Miniter said. “The anti-gun movement wants to make that mandatory. By making it mandatory, it would make every gun available now illegal.”

He added, “Attorney General Eric Holder had a conversation with one of the makers of one of the smart guns, Bill Gentry of Kodiak Arms. Holder was going on about possibly using the government to authorize it and have that sort of control. Bill Gentry said, ‘Wait a minute, Mr. Holder. If you try to mandate my technology, I will burn it down.’

“This is the level that this is separating between gun owners and those who understand this topic and some on the government side who see this as an effort to control it.”

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When this debate erupts, Miniter said he fully expects the mainstream media to dutifully align themselves with the gun-control movement. In the book, Miniter interviews longtime Washington Post movie critic Stephen Hunter and CNN co-founder Jim Shepherd. Both men discuss how they changed from endorsing gun control to embracing gun rights.

Miniter said Hunter in particular gave him valuable insight into why there is so little balance in coverage of gun issues.

“I asked why they think this way and what we should do. He said, ‘There’s a groupthink, especially with young reporters. They believe in consensus. They believe in conformity. Stepping outside that conformity puts an individual by themself. That would take them out of that pack, and they wouldn’t get the promotions in the newsroom,’” he explained.

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