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Esty touts White House push for 'smart gun technology'

The White House has released a report outlining a research and development strategy to expedite real-world deployment of smart gun technology.  The report was ordered by President Obama in a January memorandum as part of the administration’s executive actions to curb gun violence.

 

5th District Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty said the release also aims to improve the quality of mental health records input into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.  She says the National Instant Criminal Background Check System database has incomplete data, allowing felons, people convicted of domestic abuse, and other dangerous individuals to illegally buy firearms.

 

Esty says smart-gun technology shows great promise to stop guns from falling into the wrong hands and reduce gun accidents that kill and injure thousands of Americans every year.  She says using federal purchasing power is similar to incentivizing life-saving safety advancements in automobiles.

 

But she says the President's steps alone are not a substitute for Congressional action.

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