Maryland House Democrats introduced a controversial gun safety bill requiring gun owners to forfeit their ability to wear or carry without firearm liability insurance.
Introduced by Del. Terri Hill, D-Howard County, the legislation would prohibit the “wear or carry” of a gun anywhere in the state unless the individual has obtained a liability insurance policy of at least $300,000.
"A person may not wear or carry a firearm unless the person has obtained and it covered by liability insurance issued by an insurer authorized to do business in the State under the Insurance Article to cover claims for property damage, bodily injury, or death arising from an accident resulting from the person’s use or storage of a firearm or up to $300,000 for damages arising from the same incident, in addition to interest and costs,” the proposed Maryland legislation reads.
I think the biofire gun might conform to the criteria that you’re looking for, but it strikes me more as a “nightstand” gun than maybe something you might want to carry around, and I dunno what you really want your gun for.
I think the tech isn’t quite there for a self defense gun because of that stupid New Jersey law that set us back decades.
I’d want it for hunting and target-shooting guns where the firearm failing to fire is an annoyance rather than something that will get you killed.
My self-defense pistol is on my body or unloaded in a locked safe in a hidden compartment on my vehicle with the mag and ammunition locked elsewhere.
But I can’t hide my long guns or target pistols as well.
I mean if you just want something for hunting or plinking, I feel like any classic bolt action rifle would probably be fine, no? The reasoning being that it’s a relatively low risk gun generally, if someone else decides to steal it, compared to like, a tricked out ar-15, and it’s also much cheaper than that, as well. Depending on what you’re wanting to hunt, you could have an air gun, or a much smaller caliber, as well, and improve the cost and relative safety. If you’re looking for hiding and hunting guns, then something that you can take down might be a good call, and then you could store the two halves in different places.
I dunno, I’m assuming you’re wanting to hide your guns from people who might steal them, rather than like, your kids, or friends, or some sort of accidental discharge situation, cause if that was the case, I would probably just recommend one of those trigger locks that everyone tends to poo-poo on, which would pretty easily prevent any accidental idiocy as far as other people are concerned, but not not prevent a committed criminal from breaking through it, and they might steal it pretty easily as well. I guess it doesn’t matter what you end up getting as much, but if you’re really concerned, you could put a bike lock through the magwell, and out of the chamber, and then through some harder piece of your car, so nobody can get it out unless they’re bringing a hacksaw, or unless they’re a great lockpick. I would recommend anything you might get with a tubular lock, those are pretty hard to open, kind of overkill.
I’m okay in my personal setup really. I’ve got plenty of firearms and they’re kept in safes. But I think there’s a plane for smart guns for those who don’t have a thousand dollars to spend in safes.
And there isn’t a gun lock made that can’t be bypassed in seconds. They’re famously insufficient for keeping out curious kids.