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Owner-authorized handguns : a workshop summary / Lance A. Davis and Greg Pearson, editors ; National Academy of Engineering of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gun control--United States--Congresses.
- Gun control.
- Firearms--United States--Congresses.
- Firearms.
- Firearms--Safety measures--Congresses.
- Firearms--Design and construction--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 67 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The feasibility and potential impact of so-called smart handguns has generated considerable public interest and debate. This report summarizes a June 2002 workshop at the National Academy of Engineering that examined three related issues: the state of technology for owner-authorized handguns; the role of product liability in the development and marketing of such firearms; and the potential impact of these smart guns on health and crime. Smart-gun technology has the potential to prevent unintended or undesirable uses of handguns, such as accidental shootings; the shooting of police officers by assailants using the officers' own weapons; suicides; homicides with stolen handguns; and other gun-related crimes. However, information presented at the workshop suggests that considerably more research is needed to bring a reliable and commercially viable product to the marketplace. The report also notes that the impact of smart-guns will be influenced by legal issues, human behavior, economic conditions, and other factors.
- Contents:
- FrontMatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Overview
- Workshop Summary
- Session 1 Technology for Owner-Authorized Handguns: Speaker Presentations
- Speaker Presentations
- Panel Presentations
- Session 2 Liability Concerns
- Session 3 Impact on Health and Crime
- References
- Appendixes
- Appendix A List of Participants
- Appendix B Workshop Agenda.
- Notes:
- Summary of a workshop convened June 2, 2002 by the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, D.C.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-16686-1
- 1-280-17957-0
- 9786610179572
- 0-309-52608-6
- OCLC:
- 923259231
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