Justfire: Over The Top Smart Gun Technology?

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Two Georgia inventors at a company called Justfire were just granted U.S. Patent 10,362,278 for a handgun sensor ensemble connected to the cloud via blockchain technology. While this system appears to be targeted at the law enforcement market as the next step beyond body cameras, it won't be long before gun control advocates demand that civilian firearms owners adopt the technology.

The patent abstract:

ABSTRACT

A firearm environmental recording apparatus, which may be used with a firearm environmental recording system, may include: a firearm attachment structure configured to attach to portions of a firearm; a processing unit; a camera configured to record image data; a microphone configured to record audio data; and an inertial sensor module configured to provide to orientation data. The image data, audio data, and orientation data may be associated with and/or stored in a database, such as a blockchain database of a blockchain network, so that a chain of trust and the integrity of data recorded by the one or more firearm environmental recording apparatuses is maintained and accessible in a secure unalterable state. Nodes of the blockchain network may include client devices, servers, and firearm environmental recording apparatuses, and tokens of a cryptocurrency may be provided to nodes for performing data transactions in the blockchain database.

Not much in the firearms media on this development, but the blockchain angle has garnered some coverage in the technology media:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-aw...cording-system

US Awards Patent for Blockchain-Based Firearm Data Recording System
Max Boddy -- July 30, 2019

Two American inventors have won a patent for a blockchain-based recording system for ballistic data.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded two inventors — Jason Palazzolo and Kevin Barnes — a patent for a “firearm environmental recording apparatus and system” on July 23.

This apparently could include multiple recording devices, including a camera, microphone, and spatial sensor module that can record velocity, spatial measurements and acceleration data.

The filing states that a blockchain database or network could be used to store or be associated with any of the data gathered by the mechanisms.

Justifire and evidence for self-defense

According to LinkedIn, Jason Palazzolo is the founder and CEO of a company called Justifire. On its website, Justifire advertises a product called a “blackbox for your firearm.” The featured device attaches to the barrel of a pistol and contains the same features mentioned in the patent — video, audio and spatial recording and data gathering.

The website claims that the purpose of this technology is to provide proof of self-defense, saying, “This valuable data could be used by its owner as evidence of an event where lethal action was required.” Justfire additionally claims that only it will be able to access the encrypted information, by default:

“Data and video footage that involves a violent action taken against another human will be automatically recognized by the device and instantly encrypted, becoming un-accessible to all parties except Justifire Technologies LLC. Data will be provided to the owner of the device only through specific legal request, preventing any party from submitting the public to graphic illegal actions.”

Blockchain-based gun monitoring

As previously reported by Cointelegraph, Missouri State Representative Nicholas Schroer proposed a bill in 2017 to make blockchain-based gun monitoring illegal. The bill, which was entitled “Imposes Restrictions on the Use of Firearm Tracking Technology,” stated:

"It shall be unlawful to require a person to use or be subject to electronic firearm tracking technology or to disclose any identifiable information about the person or the person's firearm for the purpose of using electronic firearm tracking technology."

However, the bill did include exceptions to this policy, specifically for law enforcement officials, merchants using distributed ledgers to report sales and firearm owners who have expressly issued a written authorization for monitoring their weapons.

This system transforms your EDC handgun into Hawgrider's nightmare TV.

[Shooter McNasty]

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There's the 4th and 5th Amendments....
Plus I wouldnt the the whole world to know how bad my skeet shooting went yesterday.....