`SMART GUN' BEING DEVELOPED FOR POLICE.Byline: Associated Press House lawmakers unveiled a high-tech ``smart gun,'' being developed for use by law enforcement officers, which can be fired only by its owner. The .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol, being developed by Colt's Manufacturing Co. Inc., uses radio-frequency technology to block an unauthorized person from firing it. Experts estimate one in six police officers killed with a firearm is shot with his or her own weapon taken by assailants. ``What we're trying to do is reduce those risks,'' Rep. Steven Schiff, R-N R-N Raion (Russian, district; used in postal addresses) .M., told a news conference Wednesday. Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New also released a study on ``smart gun'' technology conducted with a grant from the National Institute of Justice, research arm of the Justice Department. ``There's still work that needs to be done,'' said Doug Weiss, a researcher with the lab's power electronics and custom controllers department. Doug Overbury, Colt's vice president of engineering, said the new firearm developed by the company would be ready for use by law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). in about three years. Overbury said the technology add about 50 percent to the cost of a firearm. A receiver inside the gun's magazine picks up electronic signals from a transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. worn by the user inside a wristband wristband An identifying bracelet attached to a Pt's wrist at the time of admission to a health care facility, which may be the only identifier used during a person's stay in a hospital or ring. |
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