An idea that started in his parents basement, nineteen year old Kai Kloepfer from Boulder, Colorado created a gun that works like an iPhone.
“Kai is the mark Zukerberg of guns,” Ron Conway said.
Conway is putting money into Kloepfer’s project. The freshman at MIT created the gun to require the owner’s fingerprint in order to shoot. Similar to the iPhone, if it isn’t the right fingerprint the gun will stay locked.
“I think this could be huge, I think this could be the future of firearms,” Kloepfer said.
But co-owner of LSG Tactical Arms, Steve Burns, a local gun shop says this isn’t a good idea.
“I don’t see that that it is ever going to become integrated into any operations of guns,” said Burns.
Currently, it takes a second and a half for the fingerprint to read and then unlock the trigger.
“That lag time is all the bad guy needs to overcome you,” Burns said.
Even with the backlash Kloepfer is looking for funding and will continue to work on his product.
“I’m now to the point now where I can raise money and build a team where I’m not just a kid in his parents garage creating a startup,” Kloepfer said.
