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Letter: Letter

Published 26 July 2003

From T. Martell

It’s funny that the police are enthusiastic backers of this technology, given that they are not willing to implement it in their own weapons.

They know that the “safe” gun technology is about as reliable as a desktop PC, and they wouldn’t want a computer glitch to determine their fate in the heat of an armed confrontation with a criminal. Neither would a civilian gun owner faced with similar circumstances.

This whole “safe” gun debate misses the point. This is a human behavioural problem. A gun cannot kill someone on its own. It requires human intervention.

Kankakee, Illinois, US

Issue no. 2405 published 26 July 2003

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