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A “smart gun” is designed to only work in the hands of the gun’s proper owner. With the first smart gun potentially coming to market later this year, can the tech deliver on its promise?
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Champe Barton, reporter at The Trace
Kai Kloepfer, founder and CEO of Biofire
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