The lead ammo ban appears to be on use within the narrow region where the critically endangered condors live to avoid lead poisonings.
That's substantially correct but here's what has my keen interest:
1) Will outdoor shooting ranges, located within the boundaries of the area where led ammunition is banned for hunting, also be required to ban the use of lead ammunition at those ranges?
2) Will indoor shooting ranges, located within the boundaries of the area where led ammunition is banned for hunting, also be required to ban the use of lead ammunition at those ranges?
A criminal isn't going to be using a freshly purchased firearm with microstamping. They will use firearms stolen or brought into the state in association with other criminal activity. If they do buy a new one, the microstamping capability will be filed and polished off before use.
The level of sophistication of gang criminals using encoded messages indicated they aren't stupid. They will work around this lame approach.
The only people hurt by this stupid legislation are the firearms manufacturers and legal purchasers of firearms. Both will be financially penalized for no good reason.
The microstamping is not stupid, because it is not intended to reduce crime, or for forensic use. The authors know that it will be useless for this purpose. The intent of the bill is to increase the cost of pistols for buyers, and increase the liability risk of sellers, thus reducing the legal supply on an incremental basis.
The "remove the technology" part is the beauty of the plan. The next piece of legislation will note that criminals are doing this, and will criminalize any act that would remove or diminish the microstamping. The practical upshot will be to criminalize home repairs of pistols, and create a huge reporting burden and legal liability for gunsmiths, thus reducing the legal supply further.
They are not stupid.
They are evil.