Now, I'll concede that a firearm, or Anything manmade, is subject to fail at some point in its 'life', and firearms are no exception. Now, folks can bandy about a whole bunch of conspiracy theories about why FP readers have fallen to the wayside, and many the folks who claim to 'know' the absolute truth. But just a little common sense might shed a ray of light into that dark spot. A firearm is mad...e of x number of machined parts designed to work in conjunction with it's neighbor with the final result of a firing pin striking the ignition system of the projectile, also machined to close tolerances. But for a factory defect in the firearm or ammo, which seldom occurs but not impossible, user abuse and neglect, which is more than countable, a well made and well maintained firearm will work as intended. There are no 'electronic', or battery dependent parts, or bio sensors involved. Firearms are a simple mechanical instrument with no more moving parts between the pulling of the trigger, and the contact with the ammo's firing pin, than is needed or warranted to do the job, which is Fire The Bullet. The more things, especially 'electronic', that are installed to facilitate the final action of the firearm that is installed simply creates more opportunity for failure. FP readers, while in theory seem like the answer to 'safe' firearms, are a finicky lot. But in reality there are way too many variables that can affect the 'reader' from doing its job. Just a few for instance; a gloved hand, a sweaty or dirty hand, using the hand opposite the one that was bio'd to the 'reader', the need to use, such as in Law Enforcement or the Military, a team mates firearm that was bio'd only to another member, a firearm that has been submerged in water which might short out the electronics, corrosion of the electronics due to a humid environment, and those are just a 'few' of possible variables that 'could' affect the reliability of these Bio Metric FP Readers. It is not likely that any L.E. agency will risk the lives of their officers by throwing an electronically controlled firearm in the fray, nor is it likely that our Military, as one commenter posted to the contrary, will either. The 'safest' firearm is one that is locked in a safe. Once it is in the hands of a human being, all bets are off, no matter if it's controlled mechanically, or electronically. It's unfortunate that America still lives with the 'wild west gunslinger' mentality where we feel we are less the human without one, or two, or three, or whatever. That will probably never change, and might get worse down the road, but Bio Metric firearms are not likely to make Americans any safer, only responsible ownership, and sensible laws can do that. 
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