Posted on 04/13/2012 9:37:13 AM PDT by lowbridge
New York must require microstamping of all semiautomatic handguns —the criminals’ weapon of choice —that are made or sold in the state.
Manufacturers would etch a number on each gun’s firing pin, which would stamp that number onto the shell casing when the weapon is fired. Two years ago, California passed a similar law that has yet to take full effect.
If microstamping were in force, shell casings found at crime scenes would become calling cards —easily traced back to the gun that shot them and, therefore, to its registered owner.
The technology in no way interferes with anyone’s Second Amendment rights. Hunting rifles would not be affected at all. And why should a law-abiding handgun owner care if his or her shell casings bear an identifying mark?
Meanwhile, microstamping would give a powerful tool to police —who regularly discover shell casings that traditional ballistic fingerprinting can’t trace.
Up against these common-sense arguments, the gun nuts have gone ballistic in Albany.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
I'd be far happier if he was wearing a toe tag.
In these idiots' minds?
It would be "Ya know...one of those big brown ones that has that scopey thingy on top and makes a really loud bang noise."
Moron! First of all, the arguments for such a registry are far from common-sense, as they can be defeated and/or gamed easily, to wit:
1) Use a revolver and leave no brass.
2) Use a sawed-off shotgun and leave no brass (and also have a far more lethal weapon).
3) Grind down the firing pin.
4) Replace the firing pin.
5) Pick up brass from somewhere else and drop it at the crime scene - this would at a minimum make for much more work for the police, even if they "got their man." Worse yet would be to implicate others. The crown jewel would be to use the same model of handgun used by police in the local jurisdiction, and get your throw-down brass from a range that the police practice at. Oh, would there be fun and games then!
As anyone with any sense knows, criminals will simply not obey this law. It is a simple attack on law-abiding gun owners, in this case by making it more expensive to buy guns (you don't think that the manufacturers will do the machining and keep a database for free, do you?). Plus, it further ingrains the concept of the government dictating what we can and can't buy.
6) Aren’t there small accessories that resemble a mesh bag that attaches to a semi-auto pistol’s slide to catch the brass as it ejects?
Yes. Back in the early 1980's I bought one for my Colt 1911s. You replace the right side grip with a plastic one that has a connector for the catcher.
It worked quite well but played hell with my sight line until I got used to seeing it in my field of view.
What happens when My gun gets stolen?
What happens if my ammo gets stolen?
What happens next gun owners get tattooed ?
7} With $600 invested in a very simple mechinists lathe, vertually anyone could crank out firing pins in a garage for a few dollars a piece in material.
IIRC, NY just repealed the ~10-year-old law which required documenting (by active firing) the ballistic fingerprint of every handgun sold in the state. This is, for all practical purposes, indistinguishable from microstamping ... and it didn't work, wasting the state & its citizens tens of millions of dollars, resulting in ZERO cases solved/facilitated by such documentation.
NY: been there, done that, didn't work, don't go there again.
My only minor quibbles are that the article should have had a barf alert and that this masthead editorial had been more correctly identified as a meathead editorial.
Meanwhile, microstamping would give a powerful tool to police —who regularly discover shell casings that traditional ballistic fingerprinting can’t trace.
Has traditional ballistic fingerprinting solved any crimes anywhere? IIRC, only NY and Maryland tried this boondoggle, and maybe a couple of crimes were solved for God knows how many millons.
New York needs an enema.
But for someone using the piece to commit murder or armed robbery, if not too bulky or 'kludgey', the catcher would serve better than hunting around for brass.
I thought the governor just nixed this last week as too expensive to in bookkeeping and administration costs.
It was actually quite bulky. It consisted of a fist-sized egg shaped hollow plastic piece with a hole toward the ejection port. It clipped to the grip and sat about one inch from the slide. The mesh bag was attached to the bottom and caught the brass after it was ejected into the plastic "egg."
If I could find it in the basement with my other firearms relic pieces I would get a photo for you but it would takes me an hour or so. I work tonight so I could do it and post the thing tomorrow if you would like.
I have have lots of firearms that come with a spent shell.
It is to demonstrate that the gun was test fired.
Sometimes the target is provided as well and each are signed by Quality Control.
must?
must adopt?
imagine how valuble police expended shells will be.
drop a few at a crime scene or eve a generic call and scream “police brutality” here are the cases. Paging attorney Ambu Lance Chaser, Esq.
LOL!
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