the department of homeland security would not comment on concerns about this technology falling into the wrong hands. neither would the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives because they don t regulate scopes. just guns. while anybody buying this gun new would have to clear a background check, after the initial sale, under federal law, the gun owner can legally sell this technology to anybody without regulation or record. nice. reporter: aaron smith, cnn money, austin, texas. joining me now, ceo of tracking point, jason schaub el. also josh horowitz, director of the coalition to stop gun violence. gentlemen, welcome. jason, i want to begin with you first. i ve read all about this gun. i understand your company is on track to sell 500 of these guns this year. tell me who s buying them. well, normally we have sports jb men and long range target shooters who are buying them.
guys who want to go on safari. guys who have ranches and coyote or ferel hoggish shoes. for sporting purposes. josh, you hear that? it s for sporting purposes. does it still make you nervous. yeah, well, look, i want to commend jason on the great use of technology. i just think the industry has been completely innovated for lethality. this is one more example. i wish they would innovate for safety a little more. we just saw recently a 4-year-old shoot his father who was in the law enforcement by accident. i d love to see some of this technology used to make safer, smarter, more protective firearms. what is the safety, jason? i read about password protected scope. tell me about that. so, you know, from a proliferation perspective, every owner when they store their firearm has the option to enter into a four digit passcode much like they would do on their phone if they don t want their phone to be used by someone else. it locks out the advanced functionality. it s an option we gi
action hunting rifle that someone else owns for hunting or sporting purposes or that a police department would own for its own purposes. all we ve done is use technology to make it more effective and to increase basically enhance the shooter s experience when using that firing system. josh, 30 seconds. i want you to get the final word in, final question if you have one. when you say more effective, that means more lethal. more killing ability. taking the average criminal and making him into a trained sniper. if there s innovation to be done, let s use that innovation to make firearms safer and protect users in the general public. jason schaubel and josh horwitz, thank you both. back to the live pictures. we re watching these two workers still standing there, still stuck high, high above midtown manhattan here. we re watching, getting some new information. we ll bring it to you after this quick break. at university of phoenix we know the value of your education is where it can
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