Posted on 07/15/2023 10:14:45 AM PDT by Twotone
New Jersey is moving to implement a controversial two-decades-old law requiring the sale of so-called "smart" guns in the state.
On Thursday, the state Attorney General's office announced that the Personalized Handgun Authorization Commission has approved “performance standards and qualifying criteria” for personalized handguns to be sold in the state, which officials described as a key step to implementing the long-delayed law.
Under the new criteria, manufacturers seeking to be added to the state’s personalized handgun roster must demonstrate the handguns have reliable personalization technology, features to avoid accidental discharge or damage and comply with state and federal law, the AG's office said.
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin called the move a "major milestone" by defining the features of "smart" guns to be made available for sale in New Jersey.
"Too many times gun violence is the result of an individual gaining access to someone else’s gun," he said in a statement. "These can be criminals, or people in crisis, or young children who do not understand that they are not playing with a toy. We know the effects of these repeated tragedies far too painfully in New Jersey and they must end."
In 2002, New Jersey passed the so-called "smart gun" law, which required gun retailers to sell personalized weapons within 30 months of their emergence on the market.
But implementation of the law has been delayed for more than two decades amid wrangling over the regulations and a lack of guidelines for the state's personalized handgun roster.
Meanwhile, the law has been criticized by gunmakers and Second Amendment advocates, who say it has stifled innovation and full-scale development of new technology.
"Gun control supporters advocate laws to prohibit the sale of firearms that do not possess "smart" technology, as a way to prohibit the manufacture of traditional handguns, raise the price of handguns that would be allowed to be sold and, presumably, to imbed into handguns a device that would allow guns to be disabled remotely," the National Rifle Association said in a recent blog post.
Platkin said adopting the new criteria will allow the program to move to the next stage, which will involve designing protocols for testing proposed personalized handguns, creating a formal application process, and preparing to accept applications from gun makers.
New Jersey already has some of the nation's toughest gun control laws, and Democrats who control the state Legislature have been pushing for even tighter restrictions.
A law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy last year seeks to prevent licensed firearm owners from carrying guns in at least 25 "sensitive places" like government buildings, libraries, public transportation and daycare centers.
The measure was approved in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the N.Y. State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen case, which struck down a New York law requiring applicants to show “proper cause” to get a permit to carry a firearm.
Gun owners' groups filed a lawsuit to block the changes and convinced a U.S. District Court judge to block provisions of the law limiting firearms in sensitive public places.
But a federal appeals court restored most of New Jersey’s new gun control laws while the legal challenge plays out.
state police first...
Security detail for @asshole politicians first
Anyone with a brain could fix the weapon to fire.
And all counties and municipalities. Let’s not forget all the private security contractors hired by the Trenton elites. Loretta Weinbergs detail can go first.
BLM second. Kate Steinle: from wiki
The gun used by García Zárate had been stolen in downtown San Francisco from a Bureau of Land Management ranger’s personal vehicle on June 27, 2015, according to the Bureau of Land Management.[7] The ranger, John Woychowski, testified at trial that he had left the weapon holstered and unsecured in a backpack under the front seat of his personal vehicle while he went to dinner with his family.[13] The car’s window had been broken.[
Hey, I’m sure all the criminals there are shaking in their boot knowing every time they fire their smart gun the police will know right away who fired it.
True “smart guns” hunt down people and are responsible for “gun violence”.
;-)
Indeed.
First step toward criminals running wild in the state. Both government and feral urban criminals.
With democrats, smart guns will have AI downloaded into them, and when fired, the guns will just say ‘bang, bang, you’re dead!’.
That would be entertaining.
Smart guns = stupid politicians.
It should be Illegal for governments to Mandate no matter what
Yet another reason to buy weapons and ammo now, folks.
Won’t stop stupid criminals.
Yes.
I would say reloading equipment as well.
I believe smart guns was proposed 40 or 50 years. It went over like the lead balloon and U-No-Watt in the punchbowl.
Ping.
My guess is they work fine until you really, really need it.
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