Firearm safety is enhanced even further with this new system that may also develop math & logic skills!

Background:

Various governments and organizations have made efforts to reduce the number of firearm discharges by impulsive and/or unqualified individuals.

The Issue:

Currently, by design, a firearm is relatively easy to operate. Unfortunately, this makes it easy to accidentally fire, or for a child to find a gun and shoot it. Additionally, an individual may get very angry in a specific moment (e.g. a “road rage“ incident) and murder someone with minimal contemplation of the consequences.

Proposal:

The proposal is simple: a concerned individual who (perhaps) knew that they were highly impulsive and/or prone to fits of rage could mitigate the damage they could cause by adding a “sudoku lock” to their firearm.

This would be similar to the “you must blow into a breathalyzer installed in your car before you can drive,” which is sometimes used as a restriction on habitual drunk drivers.

As shown in the figure, the trigger could be unlocked by simply solving the associated sudoku.

***Fig. 1:*** *The “sudoku unlock” will reduce the chance of an accidental or impulsive firearm discharge.*

Conclusion:

This same system could also be used by extremely confident hunters to give their prey better odds.

PROS: Provides a built in “cooling off” period for someone who is briefly intensely angry, which should reduce the number of “road rage” shootings. (Unless those people get extremely good at sudoku-solving.)

CONS: Might actually increase the number of irresponsible firearm discharges if people are bored and start playing sudoku on a gun because, hey, it’s right there, why not.