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March 6, 2018 | Milicent Cranor
Tags: accidental shootings, gun control, gun safety

What Gun Background Checks Can’t Detect: Stupidity

Raised age requirements and background checks for gun purchases won’t fix absent-mindedness. Or stupidity.

Podcast
July 1, 2016 | Jeff Schechtman
Tags: gun safety, guns

Guns Will Soon Be as Smart as Our Phones

Imagine guns that will only fire with your fingerprints or biomarkers, that can do facial recognition, and that send out a GPS signal as to their location. Will that make guns safer?

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