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"Smart" Guns | Personalized Firearms

Conceptually, a "smart" gun is one that incorporates technology that would prevent the gun from being used by an unauthorized person. Currently, no viable guns equipped with such technology exist.

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 NRA doesn’t oppose the development of “smart” guns, nor the ability of Americans to voluntarily acquire them. However, NRA opposes any law prohibiting Americans from acquiring or possessing firearms that don’t possess “smart” gun technology.

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Real Clear Science  

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Smart Guns are Stupid Science

The power has been out for two months. Word of mouth, around the FEMA depots, says it should ...

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Scheduled to be Heard in the Senate on Thursday

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Scheduled to be Heard in the Senate on Thursday

As previously reported, Senate Bill 816 was heard in the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee and passed on ...

Persistent Anti-Gun Lawmakers Still Determined to Pass “Smart Gun” Bill in New Jersey

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Persistent Anti-Gun Lawmakers Still Determined to Pass “Smart Gun” Bill in New Jersey

On Thursday, January 28, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee will once again hold a public hearing ...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Vetoes Misguided “Smart Gun” Legislation

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Vetoes Misguided “Smart Gun” Legislation

Today, Governor Christie pocket-vetoed Senate Bill 3249 /A. 4717, sponsored by state Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-37) and state ...

LA Times  

Monday, January 18, 2016

Will smart guns make us less safe?

The gun control movement's latest hobby horse is the smart gun. President Obama included federal support for smart gun research ...

New York Times  

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Smart Guns Are a Delusion

Eventually, all American gun control advocacy descends into science fiction. "If we can set it up so you ...

Obama Misleads, Cites Bogus Data at CNN “Town Hall”

News  

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Obama Misleads, Cites Bogus Data at CNN “Town Hall”

On Thursday, January 7, President Barack Obama appeared in the CNN-produced “Guns in America,” an invitation-only “town hall” ...

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Passes Assembly Committee

Saturday, January 9, 2016

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Passes Assembly Committee

On Thursday, January 7, the Assembly Appropriations Committee passed Senate Bill 3249 with a partisan 6-3 vote.

Obama Issues Executive Actions on Guns

News  

Friday, January 8, 2016

Obama Issues Executive Actions on Guns

On Tuesday, the president announced a series of gun control actions in the form of “executive actions” during ...

Washington Times  

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

‘Smart gun’ technology sought by Obama through executive action

The Obama administration announced on Monday that the president has directed the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland ...

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Established in 1975, the Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is the "lobbying" arm of the National Rifle Association of America. ILA is responsible for preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals in the legislative, political, and legal arenas, to purchase, possess and use firearms for legitimate purposes as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.