Microstamping for Macroinfringement

[FWiedner]

Microstamping for Macroinfringement

by David Codrea

California Assemblything Paul Koretz (D-West Hollyweird, etc.), has introduced a bill that “would, commencing January 1, 2007, expand the definition of unsafe handgun to include semiautomatic pistols that are not designed and equipped with a microscopic array of characters, that identify the make, model, and serial number of the pistol, etched into the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol, and which are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the firearm is fired.”

Furthermore, “This bill would provide that…no handgun may be submitted for that testing unless the handgun is” so designed and equipped.

This will, of course, stop and/or solve no violent crimes (as if that's justification for infringing on our rights). That’s not the point.

The point is to further limit the availability of firearms to California citizens by drying up their sources of supply. The state started with their stupid “drop test” requirement (as if there was an epidemic of “gun deaths” and injuries resulting from that nonexistent problem, and as if there were no remedies through the courts if there were), and then moved on to mandated loaded chamber indicators (like the kind that was on the Beretta 92 Compact L that Michael Soe used to kill Kenzo Dix during a practical joke—but a Center to Prevent Handgun Violence-backed lawsuit was still filed because the gun didn’t have a written warning on it as well).

Like the reptiles that leave brass at crime scenes get their guns through channels traceable to them. Koretz, of course, knows that. It's just another calculated harassment of gun manufacturers and dealers, designed to drive them out of business by creating prohibitively expensive compliance requirements.

This is more "In your face, California gun owners!" from someone who hates them. It is, in fact, a hate crime.


http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2005/02/microstamping-for-macroinfringement.html

[Shorty]

Ya gotta give 'em credit, though.  They never give up, and never run out of stupid ideas fight against the horrible GUN!  :roll:

[iiibbb]

iiibbb, I copied your post as a separate article called "Burglar-alarm policy prompts call to arms".

It just seemed like it should be a stand-alone rather than a comment on the subject ot this thread.

I couldn't figure out how to post it under you name though, Sorry about that.  No offense intended.

FW

[Old Syko]

Would not such stupidity as this bill prompt the further development and use of caseless ammo?  I didn't know until just recently how much of this stuff was being used by certain organizations.  It certainly would eliminate the case imprinting wouldn't it?

[Shorty]

Old syko,
Don't forget, they also wanted to have serial numbers engraved on bullets.  :roll:   Yeah, like I said, they never run out of stupid ideas.  :roll:

[Old Syko]

Yeah Shorty, I remember the serial number crap, but to an honest person there is a good way around that too.  Problem with things like this is that folks like ourselves become the criminals when we circumvent the so called system.

The folks we are against in this battle aren't as bright as most would give them credit for, but they are both consistent and persistent.

[fe352v8]

I am a liberal, and this sounds really, really, really, stupid to me.  It may make the identification of the gun or shooter easier and thus their apprehension easier, but it in no way does it prevent crime.  If the threat of punishment is such a great deterrent to crime then the US, with one of the largest prison populations in the world, should also be one of the safest countries in the world.

life is no joke but funny things happen

jon