Obama wants to use smart guns to curb gun violence in America

President Barack Obama unveiled on Monday new measures to limit the scourge of gun violence in the United States, and indicated that his administration will champion technological advances to help limit the damage caused by guns in America. In a memorandum titled “Promoting Smart Gun Technology,” uploaded to the White House website on Monday, Obama writes: “The Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Homeland Security (departments) shall, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, conduct or sponsor research into gun safety technology that would reduce the frequency of accidental discharge or unauthorized use of firearms, and improve the tracing of lost or stolen guns.” Some of that “gun safety technology” could limit the threat of children obtaining and accidentally firing guns. Guns that recognize fingerprints and radio-frequency identification to track guns are other options. “If a child can’t open a bottle of aspirin, we should make sure they can’t pull a trigger on a gun,” Obama said.