Posted on 06/02/2022 6:49:39 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
In 2010, gun-control activists thought they were on the verge of a major victory in Albany.
Led by then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and backed by his considerable fortune, activists were pushing a bill requiring new handguns be equipped with microstamping -- technology allowing a unique code to be etched into each bullet casing as it's fired. The marked casing could then be used to determine the make, model and serial number of the weapon from whence it came. The technology has been billed as an aid to law enforcement seeking to identify a gun used by an assailant.
Ultimately, they came up short. It’s remained that way for the last 12 years.
Now, as New York reels from an increase in gun violence, gun-control activists appear on track for victory once again.
(Excerpt) Read more at gothamist.com ...
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20220531/new-york-massive-ten-bill-gun-control-package-introduced-by-albany-democrats
I’m reminded of this simple factoid: anyone can paint the barrel tips of their real guns orange.
I am completely against infringements on the right to keep and bear arms.
That being said, if a gun is used illegally, tracing the illegal activity to the owner of the gun does not seem to necessarily be bad.
It’s Bloomberg, so perhaps I’m missing the obvious, so I’ll ask: How does this negatively affect law-abiding citizens?
Gee, guess that only works if the criminals registered their guns….. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Microstamping does nothing about mass shootings. In mass shootings we know who the shooter is. The police recover the weapons used near the corpse of the shooter.
I believe costs for guns and ammo will increase significantly.
Is some kind of indelible microstamping even possible, with today’s technology? And will it ever be used in identification of a particular weapon? Especially the dreaded “ghost guns”?
The only “up” side for the gun controllers, is that it will make a new purchase of a hand-held gun more expensive, thus pricing many potential buyers out of the market.
That is assuming the weapon is ever actually bought, and not simply stolen from somewhere.
OK. Thanks. I had not thought about the financial consequences.
Here’s my understanding. Every bullet would be stamped. Therefore, when you buy any ammunition, each specific round would then be attributable to you. This information would then presumably be put into some database. This would be a huge added hassle for manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. And a big windfall to whatever tech / database company who gets to put this infrastructure into place.
“How does this negatively affect law-abiding citizens?”
It would make such guns prohibitively expensive for the average American. But the elites will be able to afford them, and to the Rats that’s what counts.
ridiculous...Won’t save one life.
*sigh* I own a tool and die business, specifically I’m a mold maker by trade for 41 years now.
There is absolutely no way they can identify by either positive or negative embossed characters in a chamber, or anywhere on a gun for that matter, that my polishers couldn’t remove in a matter of mere seconds.
Thinking this through is nonsensical, the important thing is to RUSH to pass something, anything, that feels good.
Ah, there's the rub. Criminals don't care and the penalties for the law-abiding getting caught having scrubbed the stamp will be astronomical.
” A bill requiring new handguns be equipped with microstamping — technology allowing a unique code to be etched into each bullet casing as it’s fired.”
Criminals will just use revolvers because they do not eject the case. Microstamping the bullet will fail as the bullet impact will destroy the microstamp in most cases. This is just another ill thought out liberal fantasy.
So the car trunk dealers on New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, they’re on board with microstamping?
micro stamping... aim small, miss small.
doesn’t ballistics show a certain microstamping...
is it just to make the cops jobs easier?
What does "shall not be infringed" mean to you?
Guess they haven’t considered that destroying/defacing the stamping apparatus should likely be easier than filing the serial number off a gun.
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