Robocop

    I didn’t think I’d be posting today — my forehead is still too bloodied from beating it against the tabletop during Bush’s press conference last night. But I just had to point out this news story I just read, about Verichip’s “smart gun” technology. According to AP: “The tiny chip would be implanted in a police officer’s hand and would match up with a scanning device inside a handgun. If the officer and gun match, a digital signal unlocks the trigger so it can be fired. But if a child or criminal would get hold of the gun, it would be useless.”
    Drawbacks include an inability to defend oneself using a partner’s gun, the possibility of being wirelessly hacked and causing the officer to repeatedly punch himself in the face, and the automatic casting of sixteen thousand “no” votes for Al Gore when in contact with a Diebold e-voting machine. Nowhere do they mention the drawback of the police officer needing to have a freaking computer chip implanted in his body, like he’s some bear cub in the wild.
    It’s an interesting concept and it might be a great benefit, but I really can’t see it being successfully implemented. I’d expect most gun owners would insist their hands be cold and dead before agreeing to such an implant.
    Re: the press conference…