Sources: Smith & Wesson agrees to change gun marketing, design

BTR: That's the gist of the HUD press release. (Maybe also not a reliable source) S&W has agreed to devote a certain part of their cash flow to smart gun technology, or as they put it, "authorized user" technology, and after three years all the guns they sell which aren't curios and collector's replicas will have to incorporate it.

There's got to be SOME trick here, on S&W's part, doesn't there? Smart gun technology is nowhere near practical as yet, and they have to know that there's not going to be much of a market for fantastically over-priced, and unreliable arms.

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Sic semper tyrannis!
 
The danger and outrage here is not what S&W has to do to their weapons, but what the Code of Conduct for dealerships must abide by, including:

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The code of conduct will require authorized dealers and distributors to:

Gun shows: make no gun show sales unless all sales at the gun show are completed only after a background check.

Safety training for purchasers: transfer firearms only to individuals who have passed certified safety course or exam and demonstrate to purchasers how to use all safety devices and how to load, unload, and safely store the firearm before completing the sale.

Multiple handgun sales: all purchasers of multiple handguns to take only one handgun from the store on the day of sale, at which point a multiple sales report will be filed with ATF. The remainder of the guns can only be collected after 14 days.

Child access: require persons under 18 to be accompanied by adults in gun stores or gun sections of stores.

Weapons attractive to criminals: not sell large capacity magazines or semiautomatic assault weapons.

Compliance: provide law enforcement, government regulators, and the Oversight Commission established in this Agreement with access to documents necessary to determine compliance; cooperate fully in the Agreement’s Oversight mechanism.
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Not all people under the age of 18 in a gun store unattended? Is this for real? If so, how can anyone say this isn't an attempt to kill new membership in the "gun culture" (so to speak)?

I can't believe S&W would agree to such an oppressive and ludicrious policy. Or maybe I can.

I suggest we all e-mail S&W's CEO:

ceo@smith-wesson.com

[This message has been edited by BTR (edited March 18, 2000).]
 
Gee, think about it, in the future none of your S&W mags with a capacity over 10rnds will work in any new S&W models! Small price to pay? S&W agrees not to sell to dealers who allow buyers to carry more than one purchased
handgun out of store on purchase date? Required safety training of staff and buyers? If you have no proof of ever attending a school you must now pay for schooling even though you've been around guns for how many years? Don't sound right to me. Have the socialist gun-grabbers compromised anything?
 
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