Rep. Katie Porter wants to know why cell phones have more safety features than guns ...
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00:00This is my cell phone, Mr. Killey, it scans my fingerprint each time I go to unlock it.
00:08Is this a weapon?
00:09No, ma'am.
00:10Can this fire bullets that shred people's vital organs?
00:17This phone?
00:18No, Congresswoman, it can't.
00:20Then why should this device require more steps to operate than your company's firearms, which
00:25have been used in accidental shootings, mass shootings, and homicides?
00:29Congresswoman, respectfully, your cell phone doesn't generate internal pressures of upwards
00:35of 60,000 pounds per square inch.
00:37These fingerprint scanners are offered in some firearms.
00:41Some manufacturers sell this, and they work.
00:44Your company and Mr. Daniels' company chooses not to.
00:49Magazine disconnects are also not new.
00:51These features come standard in every gun that is sold in my home state, and those features
00:57prevent accidental deaths.
01:00In 2020, 149 children died in incidents when the person did not intend to fire the gun.
01:10Mr. Killey, Mr. Daniels, kids are dying because you refuse to implement these safety technologies
01:15like fingerprint scanners and magazine disconnects.
01:18And these technologies were studied and developed decades ago.
01:22Mr. Killey, will your company commit to adding fingerprint scanners to every firearm Ruger
01:27manufactures?
01:28No, Congresswoman, we will not.