. >> ron conway says he got involved after the sandy hook shooting. >> a memorial service under way for a bart police officer shot and killed last week. sargeant tom smith died after being shot during n evidence search inside of a dublin home. >> i'm in hayward. behind me private viewing is just wrapping up. we can hear bag pipes being played in the background this, was the scene this they were greeted by a somber salute. tomorrow, detective who fired that fatal shot. >> i know he's taking it hard. >> the brother of michael mays told abc7 news his family is devastated by what happened last week. we're doing the best we can to get through this together and really pay respects to the family. >> police identified mays as the bart officer that accidentally shot and killed officer tom smith. >> detective mays as expensive background in criminal investigations where he received extra training and experience. >> in 2013, 200 sworn officers named incidents but draw firearms on 40 occasions. telling us michael is holding up under circumstances. >> it's unimaginable. it's tough for the family. i'

it's headed by noted silicon valley venture capitalist, ron conway. >> let's use innovation to bring about gun safety. let's not rely on washington. today's focus is about that. >> reporter: the inventor hopes to win the seed money. he recalls how he was shot as a 16-year-old boy and says concerns inspished him to come up with this and he's entering the challenge. >> so with the fingerprint, the correct gun owner gets access to the loaded gun in a second. >> reporter: one of the innovative ideas was to use a cell phone to perhaps use a pin code so gur gun wouldn't fire unless the person's cell phone was next to them. other inventers showed us watches that did the same thing. inventers have until march 31st to come up with ideas. back to you. >> thank you. >>> richmond police are investigating allegations that a 6-year-old student at an el sobrante school was inappropriately touched on campus. the girl's mom said the alleged attack happened at east bay waldorf school. she said her daughter was pushed to the ground by one or more boys and there clothes were taken off and she was touche

technology inside might be a contender to one4 million challenges, started by silicon valley investor ron conwayhe's trying to spur gun intelligent technology. >> we're going ofind that entrepreneur who wins this context and build that idea into a huge company. >> a device made by a company called yardarm fits into the back of existing glock pistols, and can alert the owner when the firearm is being handled. >> we can do location tracking and time stamping. >> the national rifle association didn't have a stairmt ready by our broadcast. and walmart, but gene hoffman, chairman of a 30,000 member state gun advocacy group, believes it won't work. >> this is like all door locks, they keep dishonest honest, turn it back into a regular firearm. >> what could the objection being to coding the gun so the gun owner so go ahead, own your gun but it's your gun, it's specific to you. and it can't fall into the wrong hands. that would be a very good thing. >> pressure on the electronics industry made companies like apple and samsung, not the same pressure on gun makers but perhaps with the help of this $1 mil

the technology may be one of for challenges made by the smart tech challenges made by investor ron conway's spurring guntechnology and the first is tech. we'll find the entrepreneur who wins the contest and build the idea into a huge company. >> the challenge attracted several prototypes, a device made by yardarm exists in the back of pistols, letting an owner know who moves it. >> un holstering and holstering. location tracking. >> the national rifle association didn't have a statement ready for our broadcast. and walmart, a retailer of the guns declined to comment if we asked if it had study for a weap weapon. >> jean haufman believes identification technology will not work >> this is like all door locks, it only keeps honest people honest. they can take the technology out and turn it into a firearm. >> can you code the gun to the owner. own your gun, it's your gun, specific to you and it can't fall into the wrong hands. that would be a good thing. >> pressure on the electronics industry made apple and samsung put in features to disable the phones remotely. there's not the same on gun,

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the ron conway of the nsa issue. you should -- >> like. speaking out but i don't have the ability to put together political machinery like you. >> are you kidding? >> he's trying to put too much personal data online. you're saying you're basically comfortable with the government doing whatever they want. >> no. i'm saying it depends on how they digest my data. >> you trust any government authority to do the right thing when it comes to power? >> well, obviously the events of the last 60 days, with the nsa, says there has to be a balance between national security and transparency. i think there is a healthy debate going on about it if, you know, i'm probably not going the tech leader who is the head of that. because i would be misleading people. i'm spending between now and the end of the year working on immigration reform. with forward.us and the awesome founder group in forward.us. i can't sit here and say i'm going to do the same thing with the nsa issue. i'm not a bull [ bleep ] i'm not going to tell people i'm leading the charge on tha