Technological options for user-authorized handguns : a technology-readiness assessment / Committee on User-Authorized Handguns.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academy of Engineering. Committee on User-Authorized Handguns.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gun control.

Firearms--Safety measures.

Firearms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Misuse of handguns is a significant factor in deaths, morbidity, and crime in the United States. One approach to reducing certain types of handgun misuse is to create a user-authorized handgun (UAHG), a firearm that can be operated only by an authorized user(s). Technological Options for User-Authorized Handguns clarifies the technical challenges of developing a reliable UAHG. This report determines the requirements and specifications of UAHGs for those concerned with public and/or personal safety, and identifies technologies that could satisfy these needs.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Technological Options for User-Authorized Handguns""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B Committee Biographies""; ""Appendix C NIJ-Funded Research on User-Authorized Handguns""; ""Appendix D Time and Cost Estimate for the Development of a New Conventional Handgun""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612083488

9780309181754

0309181755

9781282083486

1282083481

9780309551908

0309551900

OCLC:

923274875