Tech Tuesday: I Want A Smartgun

I want a smartgun. No, not the pieces of shit everyone's always pushing for full of extra failure points of electronics and rings or fingerprint readers and whatever. I want a smartgun that counts the rounds in the magazine, that tells you if the magazine isn't seated properly, warns you of a jam in case you don't catch it under stress, a gun with an integrated light and/or laser from the start instead of some flavor of aftermarket finagling. The Taurus Curve had the integrated-from-the-start light/laser combo. Now, while it's currently an aftermarket change, there's a slide replacement that adds ammo tracking (with proper magazines) and similar.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/01/24/shot-2019-radetec-smart-glock-slide/

The video also includes a shot counter, and a traditional smartgun of the "only shoots for some people" variety. Politicians trying to force the latter style of smartgun on everyone aside, I'm not wholely opposed to the concept of the safety smartgun for those who seek it, but I want it to be an OPTION for those who want it.

In the future, it'd be nice to have it able to sync to smartglasses, if it can do it securely, or failing that perhaps a smartwatch. Screens are getting smaller, lighter, and sturdier, but the ability to confirm your weapon's status without actually looking at the thing. That would also be able to warn you it's trying to come loose in the holster, if such sensors are equipped. An integrated camera for AR aiming integration, or the ability to aim without exposing anything but your gun and hand, could be useful if the rest of technology is up to the task, but nothing else springs readily to mind that isn't potentially a detriment. Much of scifi has the ability to change fire modes and such, but that introduces a point of failure if software hitches or gets hacked.