The law requires gun manufacturers to adopt micro-stamping technology on new types of handguns introduced in California.
Friday, March 26, 2021
California bill aims to jumpstart law requiring ‘microstamps’ to link bullet casings to handguns
Gun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with California’s unique law requiring individual identifiers on all bullet casings, a mandate that has been toothless since it was approved in 2007.
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Is it retro so you have to bring your ammo back in to have it stamped? (HEH) Yea, that'll work.
ReplyDeleteThat's not how microstamping works. The stamp is part of the gun, and the gun stamps the used brass.
Delete“The main priority here is to really overcome the obstinance from gun manufacturers,” Gabriel told The Associated Press. ”They’ve resisted at every step of the way.”
ReplyDeleteThey'd use the same argument about mandating cars be able to get 200 miles per gallon...the "obstinance of the auto manufacturers".
Run fine emery cloth across firing pin tip.
ReplyDeletePick up random empty brass at range. Sort for micro stamp. Leave sorted casings at crime scene.
If you're committing a crime, use a revolver.
DeleteI suspect this just to make the stuff more expensive and therefore create more tax revenue.
ReplyDeleteJust make it mandatory for criminals and gang members.
ReplyDeleteSo I guess it will also be mandatory to dump cases out of your revolver after committing said crime to make it easier for the feebies to collect the micro-stamped cases?
ReplyDeleteThey didn't include revolvers in this bill, amazingly enough.
DeleteSo if you live in CA, you won't be able to buy any firearms? I hope the gun manufactures tell the state of California that they will also refuse to sell to the police and other state agencies.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm hoping for if this bill is signed into law... that the manufacturers tell every law enforcement agency in California that they can shove it up their blue buttholes sideways.
DeleteThen perhaps they can go back to the good old days of S&W Chief's Specials or Colt Official Police .38 Specials. Heh.
Let them follow in the footsteps of Ronnie Barrett.
DeleteFrom the article:
... There are 86,000 active law enforcement officers in the state of California. Folks are going to want to sell to them, want to be able to compete in that market,” Gabriel said.
"No they don't." /John Cleese voice
Smith, Colt, Glock, et al will be more than happy to keep selling the older models to California.
But making it apply to police and telling them it makes their job easier is a "No Sale."
Kevin at the Smallest Minority did an essay on the subject. He took a sledgehammer approach and demolished their logic and then pounded the rubble into dust:
ReplyDeletehttps://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2005/01/why-ballistic-fingerprinting-doesnt.html
Worth the read.
Phil B
"Obstinance" Looks like Jesse learned a big word.
ReplyDeleteI recently took up quadcopter RC flying and just found out that the FAA wants to mandate RFID tags be put on every single drone, and possibly every RC aircraft. For "safety" of course. I was on an RC forum reading about it and posted a response. Essentially wrote, "welcome to the fight for individual rights" and briefly described microstamping and the cluster-fuck that is ATF rules and approval letters. Suggested that if they wanted a primer on how to fight Gov beurocratic BS to brush up on the struggle to preserve gun rights.
ReplyDeleteHopefully before the FAA goes full-on ATF.
Your problem isn't with the FAA, it's with clowns who fly UAVs in restricted air space during wildfires. They've been the reason air operations have been suspended for as much as a half a day on many fires in the West. The RFID mandate would allow fire agencies to know who these idiots are who are selfishly threatening lives and property just so they can post a worthless video on YouTube or attempt to sell it to a media source in order to profit from it.
DeleteYah, gun makers should make a "Calipornia" model just for CA law enforcement with the idiotic "microstamping" feature. And charge about $2,000 extra for it.
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