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.

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