Posted on 03/18/2009 9:55:17 AM PDT by NCBraveheart
Many of you may have rec'd and email about the enactment of something called " Ammunition Accountability Legislation" that will ban the sale of ammunition. Is this just more internet paranoia or is there something to it??
AmmunitionAccountability.org seems to confirm they are pushing for it in several states.
I have no doubt that Obama/Biden/Brady would support it if they get the chance.
Check keyword “ammocoding”.
Generally, these laws have been introduced in about 20 states, but have gone nowhere.
You have to ask? lol
Yes, it is true. Fortunately, it does not have a great deal of traction (yet). The real travesty of this, aside from the obvious, is that the introduction of these bills in state legislatures across the country is being driven by the company that invented the microstamping technology, as a way to drum up business. That’s a company that needs to be driven out of the marketplace.
Is your search engine broken?
From:
http://www.nationalgunrights.org/ammoaccountability.shtml
“Their legislation has been introduced in 18 states, however none of introduced pieces of legislation have gotten beyond committee hearings in any state. All the introduced bills died on their respective calendars when each state legislative session adjourned sine die.”
Enemy base camp: http://ammunitionaccountability.org/
IIRC, it isn’t an outright ban, just more of the microstamping madness which would be a sort of back door ban.
“But few anti-gun proposals are so overtly aimed at destroying the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As we began noting on www.nraila.org in January, so-called “encoded ammunition” or “serialized ammunition” bills would require ammunition manufacturers to engrave a serial number on the base of the bullet and the inside of the cartridge casing of each round of ammunition for popular sporting caliber center-fire rifles, all center-fire pistols, all .22 rimfire rifles and pistols, and all 12 gauge shotguns. In all but one of the bills, people would be required to forfeit all personally owned non-“encoded” ammunition. After a certain date, it would be illegal to possess non-“encoded” ammunition. Reloading would be rendered illegal.
People would be required to separately register every box of “encoded ammunition” and the registration would be supplied to the police. Each box of ammunition would have a unique serial number, thus a separate registration. Gun owners would have to maintain records if they sell ammunition to anyone, including family members or friends. The cost of ammunition would soar, for police and private citizens alike. The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturing Institute estimates it would take three weeks to produce ammunition currently produced in a single day. A tax of five cents a round would be imposed on private citizens, not only upon initial sale, but every time the ammunition changes hands thereafter.”
The above taken from NRA/ILA:
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=4265
Microstamping was introduced in California.
AB 1471
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AB 1471 or AB 1471 Crime Gun Identification Act of 2007 is legislation passed by the California State Senate on September 6, 2007 and then by the California State Assembly on September 10, 2007, with votes of 21–17 and 43–29 respectively.[1]
It was then signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 13, 2007, becoming the first legislation of its kind to enact Firearm microstamping.[2]
California’s “unsafe firearm” laws, which include AB 1471, do not apply to any firearms used or purchased by any law enforcement agency.
I wish I could talk my husband into posting here.
He’s a whole lot more up on this stuff than I am.
NCB go to http://www.washingtonwatch.com/ these folks do a good job of listing current proposed bills in both the senate and house.
Well, there’s a bill on the PA gov website, so it looks real enough. Whether there’s a chance of it getting anywhere is another question...
Various states have had legislation introduced regarding AAA. However, none have gained any traction in any but the most anti-gun states like Californication and New Jersey. I believe that it was even introduced in Tennessee, but it has less than a snowball’s chance in hell of being passed here. Even most of the Rats in the state legislature are pro-gun.
Snopes is not reliable. They totally drink the Obama Kool-Ade.
It’s true. The two guys that patented the process are pushing it with backing from the usual suspects, Brady Center, VPC and the other anti-gun groups.
They have further floated ammo taxes which could push ammo up a total of around $1 a round with the ammo ID included.
The whole premise is badly flawed. For those who purchase a box of coded ammo, a few minutes with a collet style bullet puller, some fine emery close to polish off the number from the base of the bullet and a seating/crimping die will solve the coded bullet problem. Revolvers, single shot rifles or bolt action rifles are recommended to maintain custody of the brass.
Is there anyone from Kalifornia that can tell us how it’s working there so far? Is the price of ammo outrageous? What does a box of .223 or .45 ACP go for? Are they enforcing this at sportsmen’s clubs and public shooting ranges? Is there a huge black market for ammo? Enquiring minds want to know.
The new law hasn’t taken effect yet. But ammo is getting scarce in stores as people buy it up.
Tim in the PRK (Peoples Republik of Kalifornia
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