Gun Control & RKBA

OP: Wonder how this will play out.. would require removing a gun control law that actually obstructs developing smartgun technology.

It's apparently a conditional gun control state law; actually isn't really in effect, only passively. Perhaps an aesthetic compromise somehow. It appears to be binding only to New Jersey residents, forcing them to switch to smart guns if a single smart gun is sold anywhere in USA. I don't understand how this really 'obstructs' developing smartgun technology, even tho ceasefire wants it repealed:

oct 22, Thursday, 2015: ... lawmakers in New Jersey are considering doing away with a controversial law mandating that all firearms sold in the state be smart guns if one were sold anywhere in {US}. Gun industry groups, particularly the NRA, fiercely oppose the law. An announcement about the mandate is expected Monday.
The New Jersey mandate was cited in both protests, with fears that other states would follow, fundamentally altering the firearms industry. But now New Jersey Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D), the sponsor of the law, appears ready to remove the biggest obstacle in the marketplace.
Asked whether she would soon end the mandate, Weinberg said: “We haven’t finalized anything yet. I will be ready to make an announcement on Monday.” {presume oct 26}
Ralph Fascitelli, CeaseFire, a prominent Seattle group working to reduce gun violence, said “nobody is going to look at this again until the mandate is resolved.” And now that the mandate might be going away, Fascitelli is organizing a coalition of interested parties to make another run at bringing smart guns to market.

seattle weekly: .. Fascitelli, who says Washington CeaseFire would also like to see the {NJ} mandate repealed because of its counterproductive effect.

One state holds the country hostage? I can understand New Jersey (quick edit) gun owners opposing the NJ 'law', but how does it affect Washington state? or Rest of USA?

consider the sources: A poll earlier this year of gun owners by a market research firm showed that 40% would “swap” their guns for smart guns.
But a 2013 poll by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which represents gun manufacturers, showed 81% of more than 1,200 people polled said they wouldn’t buy a smart gun.