Experts believe that soon Americans will be more likely to be shot to death than die in an automobile-related accident. (In 2014 firearms killed 33,000. That same year, 32,675 died in car wrecks) Newsweek writes about Silicon Valley’s answer to U.S. gun violence: perfect user-authenticated firearms. The technology allows only the owner of a gun to pull the trigger. But the biggest road block to the widespread use of smart guns is politics. “The gun companies have chosen to sit on their asses and not innovate,” said Ron Conway, a billionaire investing in the technology. “Silicon Valley is coming to their rescue.”