Melvic Smith, CEO of Dimensional Weapons Systems, holds an early prototype weapon at the company's office in College Park, Georgia, U.S., October 11, 2019. Picture taken October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
(Reuters) - A carbine that can call in an airstrike. A computer-aided scope on a machine gun that can turn just about anyone into a marksman.Even firearms that measure and record every movement, from the angle of the barrel to the precise moment of each shot fired, which could provide law enforcement with a digital record of police shootings.
The application of information technology to firearms has long been resisted in the United States by gun owners and law-enforcement officials who worry they could be hacked, fail at the wrong moment, or invite government control.
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