NJ Politicians Skirt Rules & Swap ‘Smart Gun’ Mandates Without Public Notice

By Ammoland

NEWTOWN, Conn – -(Ammoland.com)- The New Jersey General Assembly Thursday held a hearing on smart gun legislation, ignoring its own rules regarding advance public notice.

The Assembly committee held the hearing and then voted on a straight party line to replace its current failed state “Smart Gun” mandate with another one.

The bill introduced by State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, sponsor of the original New Jersey mandate law, will repeal the original mandate and instead force firearms retailers to carry at least one model of an authorized-user technology equipped firearm in their inventory.

It is expected that the legislation will be voted on in the Assembly as early as Monday and then head to Gov. Chris Christie’s desk for his action.

Contrary to false claims made by some anti-gun groups, the firearms industry is not opposed to the development of this technology.

Our industry is opposed to legislation that would either mandate the use of this technology as a one-size-fits-all solution or that would require it to be placed in stores by state law as if …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand