[NormsRevenge]

Read AB1471 at http://www.assembly.ca.gov

[OCCASparky]

Good luck getting the gun companies to go along with that one, guys.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The firing pin that stamps the cartridge will either have to be so soft that it could be easily erased, or so brittle that it could break, he said.

Explain this please.

[mowowie]

Any idiot with half a brain could see that this will cause far more problems than solve.

[Brad from Tennessee]

If this passes all anyone has to do is change out the firing pin in the pistol.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

A few swipes of emery cloth over the “stamp” and all is gone.

[mylife]

So what stops a criminal from going to a gun range to pick up some brass, so he can commit a crime with a revolver and “seed” the crime scene with someone elses empties?

[Thumper1960]

So, Kalifornians can buy ammo in another state. Or, reload.
Kalifornian politics strikes me as almost as weird as it gets, for this country.

[rockrr]

How much embarrassment do you suppose they’ll have when it is discovered the extent of “police issue” ammo is used in the commission of crimes?

[BuffaloJack]

Only a complete idiot would put an intentional flaw (identifying mark) in an impact tool (firing pin). The only thing that will come out of this is a lawsuit on behalf of someone either killed or maimed firing this accident waiting to happen. A first year engineering student will easily see that the means to this device will cause the metal to fail.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

“We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest ...
So then we’ll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law, and maybe again and again.
Right now, though, we’d be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice.
Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time ....
The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of guns being produced and sold in this country.
The second problem is to get handguns registered.
And the final problem is to make the possession of *all* handguns and *all* handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — totally illegal.”
— Pete Shields, Chairman Emeritus, Handgun Control, Inc. ( “The New Yorker”, July 26, 1976 )

[1066AD]

Then they’ll introduce annual inspections to check that every pistol is still stamping legibly ?!

[drypowder]

The politicians pushing this are supposed to be smart and well informed but this is so absurd I suspect it is only the beginning of a broader ploy that will eventually lead to (DEMOCRAT'S) legislation to increase state restrictions on all types of ammunition. Arnie will have to prove himself on this one. I'm still p.o.ed over the fact he signed the no sale of 50 calibers in CA into law.

[goldstategop]

Its a hoax. A microstamp on a bullet can simply be filed off with a few common tools. The anti-gun nuts know nothing about guns.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Amerigomag]

This is a legislature with way too much time on their hands. One can see why the Texas model, which meets briefly every other year, is becoming a popular idea in California.

In the mean time, if our liberal, Austrian governor signs the legislation into law, pistol vendors in California will be elated as sales skyrocket over the next three years while consumers rush to beat the micro stamp grand opening in 2010.

Post micro stamp, there with always be wheel guns if you just have to have a compact weapon for neighborhood drive-bys.

[stevio]

Stoooopid!!!!