What a useless “invention”. The make and model of the gun are already clear to forensic investigators merely from the patterns of marks on the case. A serial number is only useful if there is an up-to-date database that associates a name with a gun. Guns stolen and sold on the street, as are most often used in crimes, won’t be trackable that way. AND... if the gun is recovered, forensic investigators are ~already~ pretty good at matching a gun to a bullet or an expended case.
The people that need to know this stuff already get all the information they need without microstamping.
Furthermore, I cannot imagine how such fine engraving will survive very many firings. After putting a thousand or so rounds through the gun, or even just a few hundred, how could there be anything recognizable left on the stamp?
The plan is to take the 2nd amendment down piece by piece, until there is nothing left at all.
“After putting a thousand or so rounds through the gun, or even just a few hundred, how could there be anything recognizable left on the stamp?”
I guess we’ll have to require gun owning citizens to submit their stamping handguns to the police lab for certification every two years, then, aren’t we? Along with proof of residence and a valid picture ID.
This is a follow the money situation.
who is this inventor?
is he a democrat?
Yabbut, they'll sue the former owner bacause they 'let' their gun get stolen and it was used to shoot that 'honor roll student who was just beginning to get their life back together at 26...' when the dope deal went sour...
This is mainly one for the tort lawyers, not any criminal investigators.
Requiring the imprinting of likely otherwise useless information with a system unlikely to work very long/well sounds like a 'gubmint priority' to me. All too typical.