<p><video width="300" height="150" controls="controls"><source src="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid932647471001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAGuN0bcE~,rS1wzGXkRNkBi1RYglqd0AIIsZiMZoqu&;bctid=3530829200001" /></video>ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJLA) &#8211; Montgomery County gun shop owner Andy Raymond says he&#8217;s had a change of heart after recent threats to his business.</p>
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<p id="continue">Raymond was interested in being one of the first in the country to carry the &#8220;smart gun&#8221; &#8211; but now he says he won&#8217;t carry the weapon.</p>
<p>The smart gun has technology built in that allows it to communicate with a special watch or bracelet- the gun won&#8217;t operate unless it&#8217;s within 10 inches of that watch.</p>
<p>&#8220;I thought I was doing a good thing, in the sense of getting fence-sitters about guns into guns,&#8221; Raymond explained. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t mean to cause anyone any harm.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, Raymond says then an article from the Washington Post about his plans spread online Thursday, he was flooded with angry calls, e-mails and Internet posts.</p>
<p>He said one person even threatened to burn down his shop.</p>
<p>On his company&#8217;s Facebook page, one person wrote &#8220;horribly bad business decision, but it&#8217;s your business and you will unfortunately have to deal with the repercussions that this will have on it for that decision.&#8221;</p>
<p>Another person online wrote, &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely despicable that you are going to take away the right of so many millions of citizens around the nation just to make a few bucks.&#8221;</p>
<p>Raymond says many called to express the concern that if this gun is sold in the U.S., legislation would go into place to require all guns to have similar technology.</p>
<p>Today, Raymond responded to those concerns:</p>
<p>&#8220;If they want to legislate it, that is the evil thing &#8211; the [smart] gun is not the evil thing.&#8221;<br />
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