Borough President Eric Adams Asks Students to Design Smarter Guns

City Tech and NYU Tandon School of Engineering have already agreed to participate in the $1 million competition.


Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams wants students to use their design skills to keep Brooklyn safe. Yesterday, he challenged local colleges and universities to come up with proposals for smarter guns — a gun, for example, that could only be operated by one specific person.

“As a former police officer, I know from personal experience the deadly consequences of illegal guns on the streets of New York City,” he said in a statement.

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