. >> andy raymond i like the way sterling arsenal actually painted this thing. >> stahl: last year, andy, co-owner of engage armament, announced that he'd sell the armatix ip1, a smart pistol made in germany. who did you think would be interested in that kind of a gun? >> raymond: typically, what i like to call "fence sitters," so people who aren't normally into guns and don't normally want one. you know, "i'm too afraid" or whatever. >> stahl: did you anticipate the reaction that you got? >> raymond: no. >> stahl: within minutes of his announcement, angry emails and phone calls started coming. >> raymond: we got about 2,000 phone calls and maybe about the same emails. >> stahl: all against? >> raymond: yeah, that was just in one day. i mean, it was insane. i mean, one person threatened to burn down the shop. another person threatened that i would be raped-- that was classic. >> stahl: you would be raped? >> raymond: yeah. >> stahl: did you get any death threats? >> raymond: yeah. the crazies did come out of the woodwork. >> stahl: that's him that night, shaved head and whiskey bottle at

. >> last year, andy raymond, co-owner of engaged armament, announced he would sell the armatix, rp 1 did you thing would be interested in that type of gun? >> typically what i call fence silters. people who aren't into guns. don't normally want one. oh, i am too afraid. whatever. >> reporter: did you an tips patriot the react, that you got? >> no. >> reporter: within minutes of his announcement, angry e-mails and phone calls started coming. >> we got about 2,000 phone calls, maybe the same e-mails. >> reporter: all against? >> yeah, just in one day. it was insane. one person threatened to burn down the shop. another person threatened that i would be raped. that was classic. >> reporter: you would be raped. >> yeah. >> reporter: did you get death threats? >> yeah, crazies came out of the woodwork. >> that's him, shaved head and whiskey bottle. stayed in his store to guard it and posted on facebook. >> obviously i received numerous death threats today, i really [ bleep ] appreciate that, [ bleep ], a great thing for gun rights whechb rights. >> he thinks the campaign against him was vi

i pull the trigger, i get nothing. >> andy raymond never sold a single smart gun.eversing course amidst an outpouring of vitriol from gun rights activists. >> i received numerous death threats. i really [ bleep ] appreciate that, classy, a great thing for gun rights when you threaten to shoot somebody. >> those threats were fuelled by a controversial new jersey law mandating that once smart guns became commercially available, gun dealers in the state must eventually only sell smart guns. the law was designed to help spur the development of smart guns by guaranteeing a market. but it allowed the nra and its allies to stoke paranoid fears. >> it was obviously an attempt to use technology as an excuse and cover for what was essentially and is a ban on every conventional handgun ever made. >> claims like that prompted new jersey senate majority leader loretta weinberg to come on this show and offer to roll back the law if the nra and its allies would stand down. >> if in fact they would get out of the way, i would move to repeal this law in the state of new jersey. >>