The Model Act is a flexible tool that is meant to be modified by legislators to conform to state or local drafting requirements, the substantive requirements of other relevant state and local laws, and the political exigencies of the state or locality. Personalized handguns can reduce the likelihood of certain gun-related deaths and injuries. They would be inoperable by a young child, a despondent teenager contemplating suicide, and a criminal who steals the gun.
Technology currently exists to personalize a handgun.
This model law requires gun manufacturers to incorporate safety into their handgun designs. The model law establishes a Commission that is required to adopt a handgun safety performance standard for all handguns manufactured, possessed, sold, offered for sale, traded, transferred, shipped, leased, distributed, or acquired within the state or locality. The Commission must be appointed within six months of passage of the law. The performance standard must be adopted within one year of the Commission's establishment. The performance standard does not require that a specific design be used to achieve the desired result.