After months of delays, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin took one step closer to implementing a law mandating that gun stores in the state sell firearms equipped with microstamp technology.
In 2022, Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law that established the process for adopting microstamp technology on firearms sold within the state. The idea of the technology is to have a component within a firearm that leaves a unique imprint on spent shell casings that denotes the make, model, and serial number of the firearm that fired it. This technology would theoretically make it easier for investigators to match shell casings left at a crime scene to a potential suspect.
