Gun exec’s bold message to Holder: ‘I’d destroy my smart-gun technology before I let the government use it against the American people.’

There’s a revolutionary new gun safety technology that you would think might be embraced by Second Amendment supporters and gun control advocates alike. But then you haven’t been following the cynical means by which politicians will seize on even safety advances to push regulations that serve their political ends.

So argues author and editor of American Hunter magazine, Frank Miniter, in his new book “The Future of the Gun.” The cutting-edge safety advance in question is so-called “smart-gun technology,” whereby when applied, a gun will only function if handled by its owner. Miniter writes:

Smart guns theoretically offer a way for a firearm to be personalized so it will only work for an “authorized person.” Engineers working on smart guns have already tried things like radio-frequency identification (RFID), fingerprint-recognition systems, and magnetic rings to keep an unauthorized person from firing a gun.

 The benefits to such a technology are self-evident. Parents would no longer have to worry about children getting their hands on firearms, and guns stolen from officers and civilians would be rendered harmless.

But while smart guns in and of themselves may seem desirable, Second Amendment supporters fear the threat of a government mandate of the technology. In “The Future of the Gun,” Larry Keane of the National Shooting Sports Foundation tells Miniter:

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