Sorry....Sig Sauer, but you

[newKid]

Originally Posted by Broadside

It's RFID technology for track and trace just applied to weapons for LE, Military and Gov. A lot of firearms and high dollar items walk off. Doesn't mean they will be tracking or tracing your personal weapon. This is nothing new, the technology has been around for a while. We use it for tracking inventory ect.... You can even put technology together to provide a 3D view of where equipement is in relation to a bld ect. It's not like they are tracking weapons in a large geographic area. This is limited to a base, armory or few buildings. The technology gets expensive to cover large areas.

I doubt Sig will put the technology into every weapon and this offering will be LE/Gov deal as stated. It's great to see firearm companies being forward thinking with technology. They are about 5 years behind retail and mfg.

indeed. its a grat idea for tracking military and LE weapons. but for the private consumer. .. its a nono. . .

[Tempest]

doubt Sig will put the technology into every weapon and this offering will be LE/Gov deal as stated. It's great to see firearm companies being forward thinking with technology. They are about 5 years behind retail and mfg.

You're missing the point. Now that the tech exists, it's just a matter of time until it becomes law to put these in all guns and the police will be able to drive down the street and know what house has what guns, where they are in the house, and how often they have been fired. All without a warrant.

This is VERY scary technology!!

[TacoMalo]

What's that blinking blue light on your rifle??? Oh that's my bluetooth hands free weapon kit with optional OnStar... haha

I guess if they're just tracking their inventory in their own buildings that's ok, but if they try to put that crap in so that all they need to do is drive by your home and see what you've got then it's a major no no!!!

Just like that dang exxon speedpass crap, it's only a matter of time before somone figures out how to clone it by passing something near your keys.

[Broadside]

You guys are paranoid. They are not tracking civilian weapons or gear. They are tracking gov/le inventory the range is within 100 feet. The technology is cost prohibited to do anything on a large scale. This type of technology has existed for a long time. What this does is takes the administrivia away from LE for inventory mgt.
They are not tracking civilian weapons with this.

[quote]
Visible Assets, Inc. based in Stratham, New Hampshire designs manufactures and supports wireless real-time asset visibility solutions and networks based on the RuBee (IEEE P1902.1) standard. RuBee is highly secure, human safe, intrinsically safe wireless technology that works in harsh environments. RuBee tags have a range from 1-100 feet, are not blocked by steel and are not affected by water. RuBee tags may be directly embedded into items such as weapons, mission critical tools, medical devices, cell phones, and products stored on shelving. Visible Assets provides integrated visibility solutions for a variety of markets though RuBee partners, like Sig Sauer. RuBee Visibility Networks are installed and working in numerous hospitals sites, mobile service vans, livestock sites, integrated circuit production facilities and many secure DoE sites. [\quote]

[Tempest]

Paranoid? You mean like assault weapon bans, ammunition registration and micro stamping?

Ed, do you have the link to the original story? I can't find it.

[UncleBuck]

Originally Posted by Tempest

You're missing the point. Now that the tech exists, it's just a matter of time until it becomes law to put these in all guns and the police will be able to drive down the street and know what house has what guns, where they are in the house, and how often they have been fired. All without a warrant.

This is VERY scary technology!!

RFID can be defeated by simply microwaving the chip.

[Tempest]

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

RFID can be defeated by simply microwaving the chip.

Sure, but do you want to explain to an ATF agent why your gun doesn't show up on their scanner during a "random" range inspection?

[Liquid Rhino]

Originally Posted by Broadside

You guys are paranoid. They are not tracking civilian weapons or gear.

+1. There's no reason to get all up in arms (forgive the pun) over this. It's strictly for inventory tracking on LE/Mil installations & makes sense considering they have to account for dollars spent & make sure no one walks out with anything. I don't see what all this fuss is about, let alone why some of you are already crying about how you'll never buy *insert manufacturer here*'s guns because of this. We all know that tune will change as soon as they come out with the next magazine-cover pistol or rifle.

[TacoMalo]

Originally Posted by Broadside

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They are not tracking civilian weapons with this.
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YET!



A lot of people thought microstamping was not going to catch on either...

[JBHorne]

This is a great idea for LE and Military use. I think that is all Sig is planning. I don't ever see them implementing this technology into civilian purchases. And even if they did, I'm sure you could just remove the RFID chip. Or just forget about it since RFID only works very short distances.

I think you guys are too paranoid about this...

I like the idea!