Finger proof guns

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A person I know vaguely - who doesnt like guns, can you belive it?- mentioned that there is a weapon that was sold and touted as being resistant to finger prints- the dreaded TEC9. I find this very hard to believe, and suspect it is like the "x Ray proof Glock" and "cop killer bullets". Can anyone shed any light on this?
 
Never heard a thing about it. Trust me, I'd have seen it in one of the gun articles on Wikipedia. Your fried is full of bull. :)
 
I beleive it was advertised a having a finger print "resistant" finish

which means that its not 100% finger print proof.......
 
Another show of how anti-gunners know nothing about firearms and therefore shouldn't voice their opinion. They see a little bit of violence of tv or hear of a shooting and say "oh my god, guns are badddd", and open their uninformed mouths.

Well, thats that.
 
As I happen to have one, I can attest that they do show fingerprints. Like most polymer handguns, half plastic/half metal, if you tough the metal upper, it leaves prints all over the place. Touch the plastic grip and nothing shows.

Back in the 80s, when plastic guns started showing up, one of the anti attacks was that they were made of plastic specifically so they would not show fingerprints.
 
Fingerprint resistant

The plastic frame and the metal finish on the Tec 9 are somewhat finger print resistant, meaning your oily fingerprints will not leave nice clearly seen images, like they do on polished blued steel (like the slide of commercial Colt) Of, course the police labs can still get fingerprints off the gun.

Since the finish was described as "fingerprint resistant", the anti gunners automatically assumed that (a) the police could not get fingerprints off the gun, and (b) that the company specifically designed the finish this way to make the gun appeal to criminals.

Since they published these assumptions, and offered them in sound bytes, the real world effect of their bleating was the gun more popular with the ciminal element, as they now believed they could have a "fingerprint proof" gun.
 
This was the issue in the fictional film "Runaway Jury".


I think the interesting question is not whether the finish is actually "fingerprint proof" or not, but whether the gun was marketed as "fingerprint resistant" or "corrosion resistant".

The language "fingerprint resistant" is an awful strange choice for marketing the gun for legal purposes, which was the point made in the film. What sort of clientelle is more concerned about fingerprints than corrosive agents in general?
 
I never saw an advertisement regarding this, but I did hear something about this once. I didn't pay much attention because it's so anti-gun stupid...

However, if a gun company ever did advertise this "feature and benefit" then it would be very irresponsible and bad press.
 
Finger print proof gun - Jeeeezuz, what stupidity!:barf: One more page from the "Antigun Bigot's Big Book of Fairy Tales."

I'm sure that's a good reason for tha antigun bigots to go on a crusade to outlaw polymer framed pistols and any gun with a rust resistant finish or any finish other than bluing.
 
When I read "finger proof guns" in the title of the thread, I thought, is this about Garand thumb, and if so why is it in L&P? Somebody suing for Garand thumb?

Sorry, can't be serious all the time. :D
 
Sorry folks; there is no solid, dry substance that won't hold fingerprints. If you touched it, there's prints there, whether you can see them or not, and they stay there for a surprisingly long time. Rough surfaces can make them difficult to read, but they're there, none the less.

If you doubt this, try this experiment: Take an item that you think won't hold prints and touch it lightly. Now put it in a sealed container (glass jar, etc.), along with a cotton swab containing a liberal amount of superglue. Don't let the glue or cotton touch the object; it's not necessary. Let it sit overnight, and the next day, your prints will show up in vivid white. (There are ways to speed this up, but it involves HAZMAT)

I wouldn't try this with a gun though. The prints are literally superglued to the surface and are a real bear to remove.
 
I did some googling the other day.

Apparently, they are taking it somewhat out of context.

The ad claimed that their Tec-Kote finish was resistant to fingerprints, sweat rust, petroleum distallates of all types, gun solvents, gun cleaners, all powder residues, and salt spray corrosion.
 
Fingerprint resistant finishes are like parkerized finishes. All they meant when they marketed the TEC-9 was that the finish would not be marred by the acid in fingerprints which tend to be corrosive.

The anti-firearms crowd scooped this up and ran with it saying that the firearm was targeted to criminals who would not want to leave their fingerprints on a crime firearm.

If they can make up a lie, or turn the truth into a lie, the anti-firearms crowd will do just that. The "person you know" simply bought into the lie -- just like he was supposed to.
 
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