New Jersey Passes Latest Smart Gun Measure

By Tom Knighton

For years, the state of New Jersey has had a law on the books that would make so-called smart guns the only firearms available to consumers once they become viable. The idea was to ban all other firearms once the technology they all knew was coming took hold.

Only, that tech hasn’t come about. Many have argued that any serious research into smart gun technology ended with the passage of the law. Gun companies didn’t want to be the one that triggered the clock that would eventually restrict the offerings for NJ residents.

Now, the state has passed a new smart gun bill that makes a few changes. No, they’re not necessarily any better.

Introduced in January by state Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg – who designed the state’s current divisive smart gun mandate – the proposal requires dealers to carry at least one model of smart gun when they become available rather than sell them exclusively. Filed as S101, the measure passed the Assembly 49-23 and the Senate 24-12 with Democrats, who control both chambers, leading the charge. It now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy.

The bill scraps most of the state’s 2002 smart gun law which has has …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms