Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Tue Dec 8, 2015, 05:32 PM Dec 2015

N.J. Senate passes bill revising 'smart gun' law

State lawmakers voted Monday to roll back a stringent gun control measure, saying this rewrite of a 12-year-old law mandating the eventual exclusive sale of “smart guns” in New Jersey would help push manufacturers to get the technology onto store shelves.

With little debate, the state Senate voted 22-15 to approve the bill, which was introduced last month.

If it becomes law, the bill would require all firearms wholesalers and retailers in the state to offer at least one smart gun model for sale. Those outlets would also be allowed to sell all other legal models of handguns.

The current law mandates that, three years after smart guns become available for sale in any state in the country, no other type of handgun could be sold in New Jersey.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/n-j-senate-passes-bill-revising-smart-gun-law-1.1469281

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N.J. Senate passes bill revising 'smart gun' law (Original Post) SecularMotion Dec 2015 OP

I wonder how quickly the cops in NJ will adopt smart guns. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #1

not for a long time Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #2

I could be wrong ... but they probably exempted themelves DonP Dec 2015 #3

When the people passing gun control laws branford Dec 2015 #4

They finally figured out ... Straw Man Dec 2015 #5

The citizens of NJ shouldn't stand for people playing politics with their lives. ileus Dec 2015 #6

The FBI jeepnstein Dec 2015 #7

"Madame, here at our meat counter we offer an exquisite cut of Muskrat." Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #8

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,763 posts)

1. I wonder how quickly the cops in NJ will adopt smart guns.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue Dec 8, 2015, 06:14 PM

Dec 2015

My guess is "never".

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

2. not for a long time

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 8, 2015, 07:21 PM

Dec 2015

DonP

(6,185 posts)

3. I could be wrong ... but they probably exempted themelves

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 8, 2015, 08:34 PM

Dec 2015

"Smart Guns" will gain widespread acceptance, as soon as a municipality adopts them exclusively for their police department and they prove to be reliable and safe as advertised.

Oh, and available in a larger caliber than a .22LR.

branford

(4,462 posts)

4. When the people passing gun control laws

Reply to JustABozoOnThisBus (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 8, 2015, 08:54 PM

Dec 2015

demand that their security only carry "smart guns," then I'll begin to take notice.

When the military exclusively adopts "smart guns," that's when my opinions may begin to truly shift.

Straw Man

(6,774 posts)

5. They finally figured out ...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 01:50 AM

Dec 2015

... that their "once one smart gun is available" ban on all other firearms was a guarantee that no current gun manufacturer would want to have anything to do with the development of smart-gun technology. "Yes, let's hurry up and develop a product that will force the removal of all our other products from a major market."

What were they thinking? That some tech start-up would want to enter the highly competitive and politically volatile firearms business?

ileus

(15,396 posts)

6. The citizens of NJ shouldn't stand for people playing politics with their lives.

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Wed Dec 9, 2015, 06:57 AM

Dec 2015

jeepnstein

(2,631 posts)

7. The FBI

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 11:11 AM

Dec 2015

They're kind of one of the top authorities on defensive handguns and ammo in the U.S. When they adopt a "smart" gun, then you can be pretty sure that others will follow. Until then it's just a gadget.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

8. "Madame, here at our meat counter we offer an exquisite cut of Muskrat."

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:53 PM

Dec 2015

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