A handgun designed to work only when paired with an accompanying wristwatch is not a "personalized gun," according to a recent report by the New Jersey Attorney General's office.

The determination on the Armatix iP1 pistol is bad news for gun-control groupshoping that the acting attorney general, John Jay Hoffman, would find the firearm fits the definition of a "personalized gun" under New Jersey law. Such a determination would put the state on the path to selling only guns with personalized technology...