Gun rights groups await judge's ruling on California's 'microstamping' law

Fox News ^ | February 17, 2015 | Malia Zimmerman

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California's gun laws are among the nation's strictest, but a looming decision in a federal lawsuit could effectively ban handguns altogether in the Golden State, according to plaintiffs who want a judge to toss out a state law requiring all new handguns to be equipped with technology that "stamps" each shell casing with a traceable mark.

The problem with the “microstamping” law, which was signed into law by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007 but only took effect in 2013, is that it relies on an unworkable technology, according to gun manufacturers and attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation. If guns without the technology can't be sold in California, and gun manufacturers can't implement the technology, the law is, for practical purposes, a handgun ban that violates the Second Amendment, goes the argument.

“This is about the state trying to eliminate the handgun market,” said Alan Gura, the lead attorney in Pena v. Lindley, filed on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation against the Chief of the California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms. “The evidence submitted by the manufacturers shows this is science fiction and there is not a practical way to implement the law.

“At some point gun sales will cease,” he added.

California Eastern District Judge Kimberly Mueller is considering Gura's request for her to enjoin the state from imposing a ban on the sale of new handguns based on lack of compliance with the microstamping law while the case, first filed in 2009, until the technological challenges are resolved. Although Mueller has not said when she will issue a decision, Second Amendment Foundation officials believe it could come any day.

[Big Red Badger]

problem seemed to start when the
Gov. did the house keeper.

[Still Thinking]

Yep, in my view Arney is a democRat.

Well, his ex is a Shriver and he can't keep his dick in his pants, so I'm gonna have to agree with you there.

[Still Thinking]

I hear you, and then appealing to the 9th Circus but there’s some hope at least from SCOTUS.

Shockingly, the 9th has actually made a few correct rulings recently. Either there's something in the water or they're keeping their powder dry for some EXTRA bad rulings to come.

[Still Thinking]

Any texturing fine enough for a unique number of adequate length would be very shallow, and there is often (always?) float in firing pins, where they strike the primer by momentum like a cue ball rather than simultaneous contact between hammer, pin, and primer. Probably to allow for manufacturing tolerances and/or wear.