WTH????

http://nationalreport.net/weapon-rfid-system-kentucky/

Weapon RFID System Bill – Mandatory Tracking Of Kentucky’s Gun Owners

In a controversial move today, Kentucky law makers slipped a bill through the senate making the installation of a tracking device or “Weapon RFID System” in firearms mandatory by state law.

The program’s preliminary launch will be in Clark County, Kentucky, specifically in the city of Winchester.

Winchester is probably best known for spawning the late Helen Thomas and their 1998 contribution to the Guinness Book Of World Records for most underage tobacco users per capita in the United States.

Nestled in the eastern portion of the blue state, the city of Winchester also is home to several academies of higher learning and is thought to be more intelligent and liberal than the rest of the state.

Kentucky itself boasts one of the highest gun ownership rates in the country.

Officials say they hope the bill will catch on so they can push to have it implemented nationwide.




The legislature seems to be inspired by Chicago Official, Alderman Willie Cochran, who approached his own city’s Committee On Public Safety back in January of this year with a similar idea. Cochran proposed it would be:

“Just like if your car gets stolen, OnStar can tell you where your car is. If your gun gets stolen, and you report it, we should be able to find that gun.”




By the beginning of next year it will be mandatory that all registered firearms within the state of Kentucky be implanted with a Weapon RFID System. Those who are found to be non-compliant by the deadline will face steep fines, jail time or even the loss of the firearm.

Gun owners will be required to show up at a predesignated location where they’ll pay a small fee and hand over their firearms to be implanted.

Any weapon that is still active must be have the Weapon RFID System installed. So this also means some antique or specialty guns will need to be looked over as well.

This program ensures that communities are kept safer when incidents of gun violence occur. By being able to track weapons used in violent crimes the perpetrators are apprehended quicker sparing further casualties. It will also enable law enforcement to locate stolen firearms by using the Weapon RFID System.

Lawmakers feel it is a acceptable compromise to install the chips rather than permanently confiscate every gun in the state as they have in countries such as Australia, Canada and the UK.

The lack of gun ownership surely hasn’t negatively affected our neighbors from “down under” or any country with strict firearm laws.

After all the horrible gun violence in our nation this journalist agrees that it is high time to start searching for viable solutions.

What kind of infrastructure would be able to track a passive RFID signature on a weapon? It would in no way be similar to 'on star'.

Whatever, the gooberment could kiss my ass

All I can say is if you want em come and get em

X2

exactly dead center......

It wont pass. But it is sure evidence that they will stop at nothing to disarm the general public.

If they want to take my guns , they can have them. The barrels will still be smoking and there would be a lot of work for the coroner. Damn the government.

Yep, proof positive that there's idiots in Kentucks government too

I think they're planning on a Syria happening one day right here on U.S. soil.

wow,..is this true?? if it is it sounds like it already has passed!

Even more ludicrious is the comment by the writer of the story:

justin
September 6, 2013 at 11:20 am
your off your rocker! how is this gonna stop violence? the criminals who already have illegal firearms won’t get the RFID installed. this will only cost the law abiding gun owner money and give the gov more control and oversight into our life’s! this is wrong
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Jane M. Agni
Jane M. Agni
September 6, 2013 at 2:27 pm
I for one believe that criminals can change, and that there’s a common thread of decency among all of us. Once they see their fellow citizens handing over their guns to register they will comply as well, surely.
There’s no reason to mistrust our Government. They have only our best intentions in mind here.
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No way i would hand over any of my guns and there is no way they need to know what guns i have or how many i have. they should vote out everyone who woild vote this into law.

Heck you could get a sacrificial weapon and have the chip attached. Then place that joker in your choke point and set the trap...ha. Don't worry, that idea is nothing but an idea at this point.

I for one believe that criminals can change, and that there’s a common thread of decency among all of us. Once they see their fellow citizens handing over their guns to register they will comply as well, surely.
There’s no reason to mistrust our Government. They have only our best intentions in mind here.

See guys...she thinks we need to lead by example. Once the criminals see us turning over our guns..then they will follow. Then we can all hold hands around a campfire and sing Kumbya!

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

Hey Josh..is this BS?

I can neither confirm or deny that it is legit but I'm throwing up the bullshit flag. Take this quoute for example:

“Just like if your car gets stolen, OnStar can tell you where your car is. If your gun gets stolen, and you report it, we should be able to find that gun.”



Onstar works on GPS technology, not RFID. Directlyfrom Onstar's website:

OnStar services require vehicle electrical system (including battery), wireless service and GPS satellite signals to be available and operating for features to function properly. Subscription required. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. Visit OnStar.com for details and system limitations. Services vary by model and conditions.



Next, let's find a definition for RFID & it's capabilities:


Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags attached to objects. The tags contain electronically stored information. Some tags are powered by and read at short ranges (a few meters) via magnetic fields (electromagnetic induction). Others use a local power source such as a battery, or else have no battery but collect energy from the interrogating EM field, and then act as a passive transponder to emit microwaves or UHF radio waves (i.e., electromagnetic radiation at high frequencies). Battery powered tags may operate at hundreds of meters. Unlike a bar code, the tag does not necessarily need to be within line of sight of the reader, and may be embedded in the tracked object.

RFID tags are used in many industries. An RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly line. Pharmaceuticals can be tracked through warehouses. Livestock and pets may have tags injected, allowing positive identification of the animal. On off-shore oil and gas platforms, RFID tags are worn by personnel as a safety measure, allowing them to be located 24 hours a day and to be quickly found in emergencies.[citation needed]

Since RFID tags can be attached to clothing, possessions, or even implanted within people, the possibility of reading personally-linked information without consent has raised privacy concerns.




That website is a bullshit satirical news site and it's pretty apparent when you read the old stories.

The lack of a power source on the RFID's victim and the lack of a sensor infrastructure make the concept impossible. I think it is nothing more an a politician trying to make a name while actually looking like a fool.

From what I gather, RFID is pretty close to a proxy badge. For logistics within a warehouse construct, it makes sense. For a weapon that could go anywhere in the world, not so much.

The range is very limited.

A good magnet would take care of them I believe