RFID chips inside of guns
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RFID chip, or Radio Frequency Identification Device. Simply put, it is a small, un-powered device that can be individually recognized by computer systems that are connected to transmitters that emit electromagnetic fields. Sounds dope, right? Right...anyway, the device has a myriad of applications as it each chip has a unique signature that would be linked to you and only you and by integrating this chip into your person or your property, you enable your items of choice to be only accessable to you or people you give copies of the chip to....woah.
This is a game changer
I hope you see where I'm going with this. Add these chips to guns and not only can your gun not be used by anyone else but the reverse application of the chips being able to disable guns in certain areas is now available. The latter areas being schools, airports, businesses, etc...Any place that people shouldn't be firing firearms, really. And it wouldn't take much to add a simple switch circuit into the mechanics of the gun. Shit doesn't have to look like the gun below.
But wait....
These things are a dystopian nightmare. If Big Brother didn't have you by the balls already, you're really in a vice now. There is already thousands of people with these chips implanted in them and the number is only increasing. Plus, most gun owners are anti-government and these chips could be used to locate your guns and you respectively so, in a way, this is completely counter-intuitive.
But wait again...
The tide changes when you put the chips on a infallible system called BLOCKCHAIN(Its blockchain, bitch)
into the mix. Now, through simple smart contracts and global consensus, a gun can only be armed in certain regions, under certain conditions as determined by a system that is essentially un-hackable.
....And theres more.
Nothing is really infallible, is it? Shit, the structure of an atom nucleus has been split by man....Its hard if not impossible to know what IS and what ISN'T possible these days. Plus, people can print guns freely so where there is a will to buck the system, there is a way. And what happens when lives are lost because someone didn't have permissions to use a gun? Well, there are negative ramifications to every advancement in technology and grey areas will always exist but I think the right technology will make human life better. It has to, really, because its not going anywhere anytime soon.
What do you think?
I think this could at least be a solution for the accidental shootings by kids that find guns at home. For the organized shootings, people with bad intentions will always find a way so i dont know if big brother will ever be able to change that. Still, if part of all shootings can be avoided with this technology, i vote pro!
Yea this could easily save lifes from negligent gun owners who don't secure them away from their kids. We both agree that those with malicious intent will find a way. I can already imagine a black market for counterfeit RFID chips. Applying RFID and Blockchain technology to guns will definitely make it harder for people to commit mass shootings but it might also make it harder for people to overthrow corrupt governements. As usual, all our advancements are double-edged swords.
Completely, utterly, absolutely, and forever impossible.
How many firearms currently exist? The common answer is about 300 million in America. There's strong arguments that the number is closer to a billion. And that's just in private hands, not even agencies and on the shelves, let alone the massive purchasing activity if this were ever, somehow, made mandatory. But let's pretend its 300 million.
Now, how many different models of firearms are there? Thousands if not tens of thousands, all with slightly different parts and specs. Let's say ten thousand.
So we have 300 million firearms, in ten thousand different configurations. Lets pretend that about every 10 firearms design is similar enough to accept the same RFID kill switch. Let's also pretend the designs are evenly distributed throughout that 300 million, just for simplicity.
That puts us right at 300,000 each of 1,000 slightly different parts. 1,000 different parts that all have to be tested for a huge variety of firearms to ensure they don't change the function, even in the slightest.
Now, let's talk about how you install these parts. Can it be done by the user? No. It can't. Not for every firearm, some of which require special tooling to disassemble and assemble. But let's pretend that's only 1 out of every 100 designs. That leaves us with 100 designs, or 30 million firearms that require outside assistance to install the RFID chip.
So, you've got the design, manufacturing, testing, and installation costs to worry about. So how much is it? And who pays for it?
And none of this even comes close to explaining how you enforce installation. There's no registry, so how do you find the guns? Who pays for the part? The gun owner? Why? You're gonna force me to pay for a part that I have to then install that you tell me is a good thing? How do you know I installed it? How about the ones I can't install? I'm paying the gunsmith for that too? Why? And again, how do you enforce it? And how do you ensure I leave this thing in the gun?
Any kind of cut off or identification system for firearms is only feasible on new production models. And no company wants to be the first because of various laws that mandate that all new production will include the technology within a few years of its invention. This is an actual thing.
In a vacuum, sure, this might be a solution. The sheer staggering magnitude of implementation renders it pointless. And still doesn't address that the only people that are going to obey their RFID chip are going to be the people that weren't a problem in the first place.
"Completely, utterly, absolutely, and forever impossible."
You are completely right about this except for the 'forever impossible' part. Logistically speaking, there is no way to install chips on pre-made guns and theres enough of guns and parts to last for decades if not centuries depending on use. However, any major national change in any facet of our lives takes generations to see results so this concept can only exist in the far future and completely depends on the adoption of blockchain technology and the corresponding social and financial revolution that comes with that adoption.
I'm honestly not sure whether this idea would damn us or save us if implented. Blockchain can either be the basis of our utopia or the instrument of our dystopia. It honestly depends on how much we, as the human race, prioritize decentralization.
What I am sure of, though, is by the time its all said and done, guns will be electric and use an electromagnetic rail system to fire projectiles faster(and quiter) than gunpowder ever could. Alot of the original appeal will be gone as bullets will fall to needles spiked with nerve agents that can do a variety of things to a human from temporary paralysis to rapid death with only one needle needing to make contact.
As they become more effecient, they will be less abrassive and ultimately loose their recreational appeal. There won't even be recoil anymore. Its speculation, sure...but I'm positive this will be the future of firearms.