Since the Year 2000 more than 2 million Americans have been shot and half a million have died from gun violence; more than all US combat deaths combined since the end of the Civil War.

Despite the diligent efforts by various national gun safety groups, meaningful common sense gun safety legislation has been stalled for decades at both the federal and state level and the chances are slim for any near-term progress.

New smart gun technology that can be operated only by the authorized user is about to enter the US market.

Technology that has the potential to reduce by 50% the almost 20,000 suicides each year by firearms…and virtually eliminate the 10,000 annual firearm injuries to our nation’s youth.

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