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Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two decades of questions about reliability and concerns they will usher in a new wave of government regulation.
One of the NJ governor's top gun control priorities has been dropped by a key Senate committee.
(AP Photo/AJ Mast, File) It’s been nearly 20 years since the state of New Jersey approved a bill mandating that so-called smart guns could be the only type of firearm sold in the state once a smart gun model was made available to the public. The law also directed hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money to researchers to develop “smart gun” technology, but despite (or maybe because of) the push, there are still no smart guns available for sale commercially. The state hasn’t given up, however. Back in 2019, the legislature modified the law, which now requires gun store owners to...
N.J. makes new push to get controversial smart guns in stores after failing for years Posted May 10, 2021 A prototype of a smart gun that the New Jersey Institute of Technology spent more than a decade developing. The gun uses sensors to measure a user's hand grip so only authorized users can fire. The NJIT research has ended after running out of funding. (Courtesy of NJIT) Facebook Share The 1911 pistol is one of Timmy Oh’s favorite guns. Oh has experimented on firearms since he was a teenager, looking for ways to make them safer, and he said he was drawn to how the 1911′s “beautiful...
New Jersey Could Soon Require Ammo to Be Micro Stamped Move over Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is showing everyone in the Garden State who is really "the boss" when it comes to gun control. He announced the third major push for additional measures that would restrict firearm ownership since he took office in 2018. Move over Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is showing everyone in the Garden State who is really "the boss" when it comes to gun control. He announced the third major push for additional measures that would restrict firearm ownership since he t...