Welcome to right this moment’s Photo of the Day! Here we’ve a really controversial 22 pistol. This is the Armatix IP1 Smart Pistol that made large waves in 2013 and rippled all the way in which till 2016. These pistols have been designed by a former worker of H&K. They have been made with good intentions by all accounts for the reason that “authorized user” can be the one one who may hearth these pistols. This was completed with RFID know-how and an accompanying watch. Basically, the person would “turn on” the pistol with the watch and solely have the ability to use the pistol whereas the watch was inside a foot or so. Despite all of our preliminary discomfort this actually began with a New Jersey legislation that mainly acknowledged that the invention of a real good gun would negate any future gross sales of nonsmart weapons in that state. This brought on comprehensible uproar amongst American gun house owners and these pistols by no means made a lot if any industrial appearances.
“Armatix Inc import marked. With factory case, papers, wristwatch, batteries, and tool. The included wristwatch is part of the electronic safety mechanism and enables the pistol to fire. The matching wristwatch must be within 10 inches for the pistol to function.”
Lot 570: Armatix IP1 “Smart” Semi-Automatic Pistol with Case and Watch. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved January 9, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/2063/570/armatix-ip1-smart-semiautomatic-pistol-with-case-and-watch.
