At 03:46 PM on Tuesday February 2nd 2010 (44 Days 8 Hours ago)
Onionpaste posted the following:


That's when the officer pulls out his concealed Glock 27 an- OH GOD HE'S BEEN SHOT / STABBED / WHATEVER.

Not to mention it is ugly as fuck. I like Glock because they're moving away from stupid stuff like this, and are actually making guns EASIER to shoot, thus requiring less thought (IE, taking off the external safety, making it one less thing to worry about when you're getting shot at).

At 10:50 AM on Wednesday February 2rd 2010 (43 Days 12 Hours ago)
Colonel Lance posted the following:


There are plenty of ways this could not be a problem with a jamming device.

For instance the gun could have no automatic lock by itself, it could be the watch alone. So if you jam the watch then all you're doing is stopping the gun from locking which isn't too bad, since the gun should already be activated because the cop should do that before they even leave the station.

However there still are plenty of risks. Like if the code is cracked then a criminal could just have a device that hacks the watch and makes it send the disable signal. Or plenty of other things, but still my point is that a jamming device could easily be countered.

Technology is wonderful and terrible at the same time.

At 11:00 AM on Wednesday February 2rd 2010 (43 Days 12 Hours ago)
Onionpaste posted the following:


Lance, that would make sense, except how would the watch send a disable signal over ever-increasing distances?

Also,

Once the authentication procedure has been completed the weapon’s integrated locking electronics and actuators unlock the weapon automatically when it is within a predefined distance of the watch. In this way even if the gun is lost in a scuffle, it will be useless if it is not close enough to the watch. Also, if the watch is ripped off or removed, both the watch transponder and weapon are deactivated immediately.

Part 1 indicates that it UNLOCKS when it gets close, which would imply that the watch sends an unlocking signal. 2 is the same kind of thing. 3 is really where the evidence is that it sends an unlock signal, since it says the transponder is deactivated, which locks the weapon, meaning that the watch sends an unlock signal.

IMO, this would cause more problems than it would solve. Yes, officers get shot by their own weapons, but I think implementing this would create even more deaths from technological failure resulting in lack of a firearm against an armed criminal.

At 11:47 AM on Wednesday February 2rd 2010 (43 Days 11 Hours ago)
Txhark posted the following:


Just make it like a tred mill. Have a little cord that attaches from the watch to a slot in the gun and when the the little card gets pulled out of the gun the gun locks. Then the watch would be useless except for telling time and the gun would basically be normal except for the annoying little card you would have to slip in and out of it every now and then. Same concept just a little more retarded.

At 11:59 AM on Wednesday February 2rd 2010 (43 Days 11 Hours ago)
DranoK posted the following:


Nice. Now the piggies will get string wrapped around their wrists and basically tie themselves up.

If cops can't keep control over their own damned weapons maybe they shouldn't be fucking cops.