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Remember that incredibly stupid "smart gun" law that McGreevey signed back in 2002? How will Heller reflect on that? The reason I'm thinking about this is because a big part of the Heller case was about not being able to ban an entire class of firearms. "Non-smart guns" is a HUGE class of firearms..... Reference: NJ smart gun law

'Smart Gun' Still Hasn't Hit Mark By RICK HEPP   Lt. Carol Ellis, of the New Jersey Institute of Technology Police, demonstrates a gun programmed only to fire when she pulls the trigger. (Photo by John Munson)     [Newark, NJ] -- Five years ago, New Jersey became the first state to limit the sale of handguns to weapons equipped with technology that prevents all but the gun's owner from firing a shot.The controversial law, aimed at reducing the number of children killed by handguns through accidents, suicide or acts of violence, had one very big caveat: It would not...

Sixty people crowded into a small room at the Bayonne police firing range to witness smart gun technology. Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president of research and development at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), stood near an oversized screen displaying a real-time video of an NJIT policeman shooting an experimental handgun in an adjacent indoor range. Although there was no applause as shots rang out, the action demonstrated that smart gun knew friend from foe. Sixteen electronic computerized sensors embedded in the gun’s grip distinguished known from unknown users. “We’ve only just begun and we’re pleased to say...

<p>Scientists at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) were awarded $1.1 million by the US Department of Justice to continue testing a safer personalized weapon.</p> <p>"We're still on target with a delivery date of January, 2006, for a commercial-ready prototype of a smart gun," said Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, vice president for research and development at NJIT and professor of mechanical engineering. "This new money allows us to keep field tests and evaluations running smoothly with researchers at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), in Picatinny." The gun has been in testing at Picatinny for almost a year now.</p>

<p>PALM BEACH, Florida -- A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands.</p> <p>The tiny chip would be implanted in a police officer's hand and would match up with a scanning device inside a handgun. If the officer and gun match, a digital signal unlocks the trigger so it can be fired. But if a child or criminal would get hold of the gun, it would be useless.</p>

Applied Digital working on 'smart gun' Palm Beach Post staff and wire reports Wednesday, April 14, 2004 PALM BEACH -- A new computer chip promises to keep police guns from firing if they fall into the wrong hands. Applied Digital Solutions of Palm Beach (Nasdaq: ADSXD, $3.11) announced Tuesday that its VeriChip unit has entered into a memorandum of understanding with gun maker, FN Manufacturing, to develop a "smart gun" that could limit the use of a gun to the owner or an authorized user.An implantable chip would be injected under the skin of the gun's owner. The chip would...

Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, VeriChip Corporation, has entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with FN Manufacturing a leading gun manufacturer to develop a first in the world of firearms. The team's objective is an integrated User Authorization System for firearms using VeriChip RFID technology. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this firearms manufacturer produces small arms for military and police forces, as well as the commercial market. The company is engaged in R&D efforts to study and develop various technologies (commonly referred to and understood in industry and the private sector as "smart...

NEWARK, Jan. 6 — State researchers on Tuesday unveiled their work so far on developing a childproof "smart gun," while members of the state's Congressional delegation said they would seek federal research grants to help advance the technology, which is intended to revolutionize gun safety. (Snip) ... the current model of the handgun they have developed has 16 sensors built into the handle, which holds not a bullet clip, but electronics. The automatic handgun that they are developing uses electronically fired ammunition that is stored in the weapon's barrel rather than in the handle. (Snip) One key feature of the...

At first blush it seems like a great idea. A gun that can determine if the person holding it is an authorized user. A smart gun that will fire only if it recognizes the shooter's thumbprint. Pretty neat. Homeowners would want it because it eliminates the danger of their kids or anyone else using it. The cops surely would want it, as it eliminates the danger of a bad guy getting ahold of their weapon and turning the tables. Then there's the problem of teenage suicides--most prevalent where there is easy access to guns, such as the homes of law...

NEWARK - New Jersey-based research to develop safer handguns will get a $1.1 million boost from the federal government if a grant contained in a national spending bill is approved. Gov. McGreevey joined U.S. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Jon Corzine and U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez, all New Jersey Democrats, in announcing the grant yesterday. The money is contained in an $800 billion appropriations bill that cleared the House last month and awaits action by the Senate. The grant would go to the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, which has been working on prototype "smart gun" technology. The money...

(1010 WINS) (TRENTON) Officials at the New Jersey Institute of Technology said efforts to develop a so-called "smart gun" have taken another step forward after a weapons manufacturer signed on to the production process. A Florida-based company intends to design a handgun that would incorporate technology under development by the school and another partner that would allow only certain users to fire the weapon. New Jersey was the first state in the country to pass such a law last year when it required the technology to be used in all new handguns sold three years after the state attorney general...

<p>It rests -- Italian, gray, unloaded -- in the right palm of Michael Recce, although the professor is such an un-gun guy he can't remember what the weapon is, even if it is the sun of his solar system. It's a gun; enough said.</p>

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian gun maker Metal Storm Ltd. and the New Jersey Institute of Technology have signed an agreement to manufacture a "smart gun" that can only be fired by its owner. In a joint statement issued Friday, the company and NJIT said they would combine Metal Storm's electronic handgun — known as the O'Dwyer Vle — with the institute's "dynamic grip recognition" technology. Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT's vice president for research and development, said Metal Storm's electronic handgun is "the most viable option" for using its smart gun technology. Sebastian said the gun would meet standards under...

I'll never forget the infamous quote of former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, "We've got to make safer bullets." She simply had no concept what bullets are supposed to do. Rush Limbaugh thought it so ludicrous, he ran a clip of that statement on his television show. You might call a full metal jacket bullet, as used by the military, a "safer" bullet. But the purpose of a military round is to wound, so two additional combatants are taken out of action to carry the wounded one to treatment. The purpose of a police round is to stop an aggressor's felonious...