The market could be for families with children in the house who want self defense, but haven't yet taken the plunge for safety reasons. I'm not sure how large this market would be.
I have kids and guns and I don't trust this technology to work when it needs to work, both in a defensive scenario and with my kids. Keep-It-Simple-Stupid.
Basic gun safety dictates that a gun is always loaded, even if your fingerprints don't match.
There's a theory behind handguns like Glocks that manual safety switches are too complicated when you're experiencing the intense response of a defensive shooting. Taking gloves and jewelry off, adjusting your grip, or the nightmare of having to screw with electronics is just asking for problems.
Keeping guns stored in a vault with children present is generally a good idea if you have one or more weapons that you occasionally use. However for self defense purposes, you typically don't want to be fiddling around with a vault if someone is invading your home. I'm not commenting on the likelihood of that scenario, but it is something people consider when they own firearms.
A surprising number of people like the idea of fingerprint scanning, biometric sensing, bluetooth bracelet detecting ... gun vaults. Inside of which is a 100% reliable non-smart firearm.
Everything is a tradeoff. When I have kids, I'll probably have a small bedside safe of some kind... and just be willing to accept that it makes it a little slower to get the gun out.
I was actually referring to a specific product called a Gunvault. It isn't great for preventing a burglary, since it can just be carried off, but it opens quickly and is a decent way of keeping children's hands off of a gun.
Don't people have guns for self defense? What if someone invades your home in the middle of the night - do you want to have to start fiddling around with your gun vault?
Basic gun safety dictates that a gun is always loaded, even if your fingerprints don't match.
There's a theory behind handguns like Glocks that manual safety switches are too complicated when you're experiencing the intense response of a defensive shooting. Taking gloves and jewelry off, adjusting your grip, or the nightmare of having to screw with electronics is just asking for problems.