Chiappa and the RFID chip

[Ichiban]

They just don't seem to get it.  I suspect that once word gets out their North American market is going to essentially disappear.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/09/27/more-on-chiappas-gun-rfid-plans/
In July I reported that Italian gun maker Chiappa was adding RFID chips to all their firearms. This was supposedly just for inventory control. I was very critical of this move. It did not sit well with me and I knew it would not sit well with the American public either. The latest issue of the European gun magazine Gun Trade World quotes Chiappa's Cinzia Pinzoni saying "The information on the microchip can be rewritten several times" and "the chip is very difficult to remove ... accompanies the weapon forever providing all the information gathered regarding its production ... and the registration of the gun and the owners details.". Scary, very scary!

[TAB]

for a agency or say a gun rental a RIFD chip would make life easier.  quick scan and you get could get all the info about the gun you need.  You could do that with pen and paper, but it would be faster with a RFID.

[Pathfinder]

TAB, you may be a young father, but you are still an idiot.

The rest of the story is this:

"Chris Dumm at TTAG contacted a Chiappa representative about the Gun Trade World article and he responded by saying ...

    Since our project is still in a phase of development – our goal was to implement the RFID system in spring 2012 – we still have plenty of time to develop a similar system, but employing a removable label instead of a chip inlet inside the receiver. This label made of plastic material can be applied to the trigger guard of the weapon, follow throughout the production cycle and be removed prior to marketing or by the customer.

    The US consumer can rest assured that Chiappa Firearms is placing the customer’s interest first and foremost, while developing the most efficient method of firearm manufacturing possible.


Translation for those who need it is they are blinking in the face of the sh!t storm they created.

[Ichiban]

for a agency or say a gun rental a RIFD chip would make life easier.  quick scan and you get could get all the info about the gun you need.  You could do that with pen and paper, but it would be faster with a RFID.

Having a RFID chip implanted in you arm would make life a lot easier for a lot of agencies as well. 
Hell, my dog has one.  What could possibly go wrong?

They should stick with the bar code scanner.  That way they have to have physical possession of the gun to get the information off of it.  My FN has a bar code and that is okay by by me.  A RFID chip is not.

[tombogan03884]

for a agency or say a gun rental a RIFD chip would make life easier.  quick scan and you get could get all the info about the gun you need.  You could do that with pen and paper, but it would be faster with a RFID.

As a former unit armorer I have to agree. It would have been much easier and faster to do Serial number inventories by just waving the "reader " at the weapon racks and then hitting the "print" button. instead of unlocking the rack removing each weapon read the SN find it on the list, verify it replace the weapon take down the next weapon etc .
As an individual I'd scrape the f*cker off and stick it on the back of a cruiser.

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[justbill]

Chiappa makes some interesting firearms but I would never consider buying one if they used RFID technology outside the manufacturing facility. It's a removable sticker or no sale. I'm certain I'm not alone in this opinion.

[Hazcat]

Chiappa makes some interesting firearms but I would never consider buying one if they used RFID technology outside the manufacturing facility. It's a removable sticker or no sale. I'm certain I'm not alone in this opinion.

Yer damn skippy!

[twyacht]

Been kinda keeping half an eye on this,...thought the company would realize,...Uh,...this is a dumb idea,....but the story remains around.

I guess, when it effects the "bottom line".....they might reconsider.

[Ping]

I agree completely with what Tom said in reference to being a armorer and a civilian owning this firearm. A rf or barcode would have saved me hours of work in the Air Force. But I would not want a chip in any of my firearms unless I placed it there for a anti-theft purpose and identification.