. >> my name is kai kloepfer. i'm an 18-year-old innovator from boulder, colorado and i spent the last three years of my life developing a smart gun that only works for the owner. the smart gun works by identifying the user's fingerprint before the firearm is able to fire. this means that when a child finds an unsecured firearm in the house and picks up -- picks it up and starts to play with it it doesn't turn into a life-altering accident. it all started for me with the aurora theater shooting. living in boulder, colorado the theater in aurora where that shooting occurred is only 45 minutes away from my house and impacted not only me but the colorado community as a whole. the smart gun technology that i've developed is very secure. the fingerprints are stored on the firearm and encrypted using military-grade technology. the next main step for me is to take that technology and move it to an actual metal live firearm. throughout the course of my research into accidental shootings and deaths in the united states, i

. >> my name is kai kloepfer. i'm an 18-year-old innovator from boulder, colorado and i spent the last three years of my life developing a smart gun that only works for the owner. the smart gun works by identifying the user's fingerprint before the firearm is able to fire. this means that when a child finds an unsecured firearm in the house and picks up -- picks it up and starts to play with it it doesn't turn into a life-altering accident. it all started for me with the aurora theater shooting. living in boulder, colorado the theater in aurora where that shooting occurred is only 45 minutes away fromm my house and was something that deeply impacted not only me but the colorado community as a whole. the smart gun technology that i've developed ivery secure. the fingerprints are stored on the firearm and encrypteteusing mililiry-grade technology. the next main step for me is to take that technology and move it to an actual metal live firearm. throughout the course of my research into accidental shootings and deaths

. >> my name is kai kloepfer. i'm an 18-year-old innovator from boulder, colorado and i spent the last three years of my life developing a smart gun that only works for the owner. the smart gun works by identifying the user's fingerprint before the firearm is able to fire. this means that when a child finds an unsecured firearm in the house and picks up -- picks it up and starts to play with it it doesn't turn into a life-altering accident. it all started for me with the aurora theater shooting. living in boulder, colorado the theater in aurora where that shooting occurred is only 45 minutes away from my house and was something that deeply impacted not only me but the colorado community as a whole. the smart gun technology that i've developed is very secure. the fingerprints are stored on the firearm and encrypted using military-grade technology. the next main step for me is to take that technology and move it to an actual metal live firearm. throughout the course of my research into accidental shootings and death