N.J. lawmakers may scrap controversial ‘smart gun’ law
Via Claude Brodesser-Akner at NJ.com
Leading Democratic state lawmakers are seriously considering scrapping New Jersey’s longstanding but never-implemented law requiring all handguns sold in the state feature “smart gun” technology that allows only the weapon’s owners to fire them, NJ Advance Media has learned.
The lawmakers say they want to replace or change the Childproof Gun Law with a measure that encourages rather than requires gun shops to sell “smart guns” — and provides economic incentives for Garden State consumers to buy them.
The law, passed in December 2002, dictated that once smart guns were on the market for three years, it would be illegal for any registered or licensed firearms manufacturer or dealer to sell a handgun in New Jersey unless had this personalized technology.
Opponents of the law said the technology wouldn’t work reliably and would compromise the safety of legal gun owners when confronted by armed criminals.
Gun rights are moving in a positive direction in the state of NJ.
After years of fruitless efforts to force ‘smart guns’ on New Jersey’s citizens the law may finally be withdrawn.
What these gun control supporting lawmakers failed to realize was the strength of the market.
Trying to force someone to buy something they don’t want is a fools errand, especially when the smart guns in question are considerably more expensive AND less reliable.
Thirteen years later lawmakers have realized how much more reasonable it is for them to encourage, not require, the purchase of smart guns.
