Posted November 2, 2017 4:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

The state of New Jersey has a law on the books that ostensibly supports smart gun technology. In particular, the law permits only smart guns to be sold in the state shortly after the technology becomes viable. However, a news report speculates that the law is a big part of why development of that technology is lagging.

Donald Sebastian spent 12 years developing a “smart gun” that would only fire when in its owner’s hand.

But the gun created by Sebastian and his team at the New Jersey Institute of Technology isn’t likely to hit the market anytime soon.

In fact, smart gun technology may never take hold in the American market. And that has a lot to do with a law adopted by New Jersey lawmakers over a decade ago that backfired so spectacularly its effects have been felt across the entire country.

“It created all the necessary conditions to increase the polarization as opposed to create a common ground,” Sebastian said.

The rocky road for firearms usable only by one person has caused consternation within the gun industry for more than a decade. The technology is seen by some as a restriction on gun rights, which the National Rifle Association …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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