Depending on the gun, those might stop it from functioning anyway! (sometimes catastrophically)

You've a non-zero chance of being impaled with a sword falling from the sky (one could fall out of an aircraft that has one in it's cargo, or fall from a highrise) - but I'd think saying "yet" here would sound incredibly silly.

It doesn't, but it would (presuming it functions) prevent them from shooting up the place with it.

That man was stupid at several levels.

Even if it was unloaded, you can still cause injury - what does he think the cap is, a unicorn fart?

The fun part of #3 would be keeping it clean enough to function reliably.

Use the wrong extinguisher on a stovetop oil fire, or an electrical fire, and get back to us when (if) you get out of the hospital, and tell us how not dangerous using an extinguisher incorrectly can be.

Proper locks prevent that already. Mine encloses the trigger and pins prevent the trigger from being moved - what's neat about this is you don't have to disassemble anything to put it on / take it off.

You could even store it loaded and locked if you wanted to only be semi-stupid - the lock won't work if it's chambered (trigger sits forward more when cocked, and the pins would prevent that - you'd shoot it by trying). Unlocking is fast - insert key, twist, pull.

It literally takes me longer to unzip the bag, remove the rifle, and open the scope covers.

Indeed, having the right to own something doesn't remove your responsibility should your stupid use of the right kill someone or break something.

I'm not sure I understand how someone who crams a pistol in their waistband is a "responsible gun owner."

A "responsible gun owner" is going to have a proper holster for the purpose - which would prevent accidental discharges by preventing access to the trigger (by fingers, or snagging on stuff).

I already do that because it's the most convenient place to put it... whoops!

Somehow I manage to avoid the temptation to text, surf the web, or watch youtube while I drive, though. I guess that makes me the special one?

The other trouble I've had is prerequisites being poorly defined.

I tried to take an AI course that said the only requirement was algebra. Sure! Suddenly, calculus! Though I struggled through that as I've had some prior exposure, what put the tombstone down for me was probability. I just couldn't wrap my head around it, and the course assumed you already understood it all.

Oh! I think I remember what goes on, now. The antennas are inductively coupled. If that helps!

Well, the neat part about operating in the reactive near-field is the reception is detectable. I'm not 100% on how it works, but I remember that much from studying for my ham license.

I don't know if it's possible to fake that phenomena.

Oh, lovely.

(I am fully aware that deauths happen outside of encryption and that's how aircrack and the like work. I was, perhaps naively, hoping this 'product' wouldn't exploit that.)

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