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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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Washington Post  

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Obama details executive action on gun restrictions

The Obama administration on Monday unveiled a series of new executive actions aimed at reducing gun violence and ...

Smoking Gun

News  

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Smoking Gun

Few would care if the “smart gun” debate was only about the emergence of proven, reliable guns theoretically ...

NJ.com  

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

N.J. lawmakers act to put a 'smart gun' in every gun shop

The bill (S3249) would require retailers that sell guns to carry at least one smart gun in their ...

“Smart Gun” Legislation to be Heard by New Jersey Senate on Monday

Friday, December 4, 2015

“Smart Gun” Legislation to be Heard by New Jersey Senate on Monday

On Monday, December 7, the New Jersey Senate is scheduled to consider Senate Bill 3249.

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Passes Senate Committee

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation Passes Senate Committee

Yesterday, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee passed Senate Bill 3249 with a partisan 3-2 vote. 

NJ.com  

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Revamped N.J. smart gun bill advances after drawing fire from opponents

Opponents and the author of New Jersey's controversial 13-year-old smart gun law, widely blamed for holding up the ...

Friday, November 13, 2015

New Jersey: “Smart Gun” Legislation to be Heard in Senate Committee on Monday

Next Monday, November 16, the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee is scheduled to consider Senate Bill 3249. 

News  

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Exclusive: We Test The Armatix iP1, The Not-So-Smart Gun

In May 2014, NRA staffers secretly tested the Armatix iP1, the so-called “smart gun” that at the time ...

NJ.com  

Monday, November 9, 2015

Under new bill, a 'smart gun' in every N.J. gun shop

More than a dozen years after passing a "smart gun" law that is now blamed for stopping them ...

60 Minutes Showcases "Smart" Guns Technology

News  

Friday, November 6, 2015

60 Minutes Showcases "Smart" Guns Technology

You may be wondering why CBS 60 Minutes aired a segment on “smart” guns last Sunday. After all, a gun ...

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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.