新华网2月24日电 据美国科技博客Gizmodo报道，上周加利福尼亚的一家枪店引进了一种新枪：这款.22口径手枪只有佩戴射频识别手表的时候才能开火。这种枪被宣传为“手枪中的iPhone”。
枪的名字是“智能系统iP1”，由德国武器制造商Armatix制造，售价1399美元（刚上市时售价一万美元，现已大幅降价）。这支枪最重要的特性是与之配套的内置密匙和射频识别芯片的手表。手表需要单独购买，售价399美元。手枪在接近手表后，内置安全机制解锁，使之可以发射。手枪尾部的一个LED灯显示为绿色时表示可以发射子弹，显示为红色时表示被锁定：
这个想法主要是为了应对美国一种常见的悲剧：儿童玩枪并误射他人。这种设计也让枪支很难被抢走，因为如果抢劫者没有手表，则无法开枪。“只要枪与手表的通讯中断，比如枪脱手或丢失，枪立刻会实效，”Armatix解释说。这家公司还为谨慎的枪支持有者提供了需要密匙解锁的箱子和其他设备。
但是《华盛顿邮报》指出，智能手枪的批评者并不是枪支持有者，而是反暴力人士。比如，非盈利组织暴力政策中心认为，这并不能减少枪支导致的死亡，只是增加了流通中的枪支数量。“你们只能影响很小一部分持枪者，”暴力政策中心主任乔希·舒格曼对邮报说。
他的逻辑很难辩驳。但是看看未来的情况，用颠簸和其他结束手段约束枪支的使用看起来是不可避免的，即便不能改变美国的枪支管理政策。现在有一些公司在研发类似的系统，比如用戒指来控制的枪和指纹配对的枪。你知道，邦德有这么一只枪，大众也很快就能用上了。
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Will This Watch-Controlled Smart Pistol Really Make Owning a Gun Safer?
Last week, a gun shop in California introduced a new addition to its stock: A .22-caliber pistol that only works when the user is wearing the accompanying RFID-enabled watch. It's being heralded as the "iPhone of guns."
The gun is called the Smart System iP1, a pistol made by the German company Armatix that retails for $1,399 (a significant price cut from its $10,000 debut). The important bit is the watch—sold separately for $399—which is activated with a pin number and contains an RFID chip. When the gun is near the watch, its internal safety mechanism releases and it's able to fire. A small LED on the back of the gun blinks green to indicate when it's shootable, and red to show when it's locked:
The idea, of course, is to make a common tragedy—kids injured accidentally by guns—less common. It's also intended to make it harder to steal, since if the robber doesn't have the watch, they won't be able to fire it. "As soon as the gun loses radio contact with the watch—e.g. if it is knocked out of the shooter's hand or in case of loss, theft, etc.—it automatically deactivates itself," explains Armatix, which also offers a PIN-enabled case and other extras for the cautious gun owner.
But as the Washington Postpoints out, the main critics of smart guns aren't gun owners—they're anti-violence advocates. For example, the nonprofit Violence Policy Center argues that it won't reduce gun deaths, just increase the number of firearms in circulation. "You're really affecting a very small portion of the gun-buying public," said Josh Sugarmann, the director of VPC, to the Post.
It's hard to argue with his logic. But looking further down the road, using radio waves and other tech to better regulate gun use seems practically inevitable, even if it won't fix gun regulation in the US. There are already a handful of companies hocking similar systems, like a ring-controlled version and a fingerprint-tethered system. After all, if James Bond is using one, you know the public can't be far behind.
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