Mike
From the experts, SAAMI.
This is exactly what the Kali polidiots want: No ammo in Kali. It has been their stated goal all along. I forget who the polidiot was who said that if they cannot ban guns, they will ban the ammunition. I believe that was Sarah Brady of Handgun Control, Inc.
I just hope that the ammunition guys do as Barrett rifles has: Forbids sales to the Kali government. "If we can't sell to the people, we won't sell to you."
"The bill does not exempt law enforcement from its requirements. "
It will for the bill to pass.
There will be a small fortune to be made running ammo into Kali.
And here, in 10 words, is the real reason they seek to require it. No ammunition? No guns!
This technique is bassackward. The engraving should be done as hologrammed rifling where a machining process layers the rifle grooves with proportions to the weapon's serial number. Beginning with a common identifier groove, the serial number could be determined by the width and depth of rifles groove which corresponds to the digits 0-9.
This would work much like a radial version of a combined Moorse code and Braille. With laser cutting techniques, the cost per weapon could be roughly 2-5$ and it's by far easier, less expensive, and less paperwork to track a weapon by a serial number imprinted onto ammo than it is to log serial numbers for every round of ammo.
Therein lies a quandry. What could the government do to assure compliance? fine every legally registered owner for not complying? confiscate non-compliant weapons, a direct violation of the Second Amendment? or offer incentives to the legal for having this done?
Really, I don't know. But right now, I don't believe the unsolved cases warrant a breach of S.A. rights of current law abiding citizens and I believe any attempt to criminalize those who rather not comply with "new laws" would make the government guilty of violating the "ex-post de-facto" provisions of the Constitution, so if we continue the breach by breach steps on this path government tends to follow, we might as well throw the whole document to the trash.
Exactly what CA legislators want.
What they expect to have take its place (black market boom in ammo, alienation of otherwise profoundly law-abiding citizens) is up for grabs.