Smart Guns!

can i run gentoo on it?

It probably runs the linux kernel already.

If that stopped just one school shooting, if that save just one child's life, then it's worth it.

wtf i hate guns now

well, if I would work in army, or hell, even as a citizen I would love to know how many niggers I can shoot yet

fuck no.
I doubt your alarm clock runs linux, this shit obvously doesn't.

All this does is make people more reliant on another point of failure.
Instead of only mechanical issues, now electronic issues are inserted.
There's a reason why electronics with mechanical systems suck, because the mechanical systems fail.
There's a reason why mechanical systems with electronics suck, because the electronics fail.
If you can't remember how many rounds you've shot against how many you yourself loaded into the magazine, you need more practice, not another point of failure.

The gun still shoots even if the electronic stuff stops working completely, you only lose the round counter.

This is the slippery slope that it's heading to. Good thing that guns are simple machines and don't require a whole lot of precise tools to manufacture when necessary.

In any state where gun control is one of the government's goals, electronically fired guns are never, ever, ever going to be allowed, let alone mandated. The reason: