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  • 'Smart gun' requirement still at least five years away

    12/10/2004 10:07:54 AM PST · by neverdem · 29 replies · 596+ views
    Newsday ^ | December 9, 2004 | STEVE STRUNSKY
    Associated Press BAYONNE, N.J. -- Researchers are making progress in developing "smart gun" technology, but it will still be at least five years before a New Jersey law requiring it can take effect, officials said Thursday. Using sensors in the grip, the technology would prevent a handgun from being fired by anyone but its owner. Scientists, politicians and police officers attended a demonstration Thursday of a system being developed at New Jersey Institute of Technology that identifies a gun's authorized user but does not control the gun's firing mechanism. Donald Sebastian, NJIT's vice president for research and development, said it...