Biofire's Fire-By-Wire 9mm Smart Gun
Luke C is at GunCon checking out one of the more talked-about booths on the floor this year: Biofire and their 9mm Smart Gun. This isn't your average striker-fired pistol. It's a biometric handgun, secured by both fingerprint and facial recognition, and the first product of its kind to actually reach market. While the smart gun has been tried before, the BioFire Smart Gun fires 9mm Luger through an electronic "Fire by Wire" trigger, with a fingerprint sensor in the grip and a 3D infrared facial recognition sensor at the rear of the slide. Whichever system verifies the user first unlocks the gun, and it locks itself the instant it leaves an unauthorized hand. It runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, has an integrated laser sight, and ships with 10 and 15-round magazines.
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They have my curiosity, if they drop an optics ready version, they will have my attention.
So which police departments have adopted this? Surely they're all falling over themselves to get something easier to use and more reliable against gun theft than a level 3 holster?
I’ve had FaceID and TouchID fail to recognize me too many times to trust my life to biometrics. It’s a noble idea but a terrible idea.
They Should Not Have Done This