It would cost nothing to file off the number if I was going to use the round in a killing. Sheeesh!
Well, yeah, but the intent is not to actually help with solving crimes, the intent is to make it more expensive and difficult for law-abiding citizens to own guns.
"It would cost nothing to file off the number if I was going to use the round in a killing. Sheeesh!"
Have these idiots ever heard of handloading? Imagine the price an enterprising hoodlum could get for handloaded cartridges with handmade bullets! A simple bullet mold and some lead and a ladle to melt it in are all you need to make bullets and the handloading equipment and powder, caps etc. are readily available.