[Vigilant1]

Well, the gun banners are pushing for a 'ballistic fingerprinting' database. It looks like they'll have one in Maryland now, with even the inconvenience of having to get any legislation through Congress. These bullets and fired cases that they collect will be scanned into a database, and remain on file forever.

BTW, just in case national ballistic fingerprinting passes, you can get a 'fire lapping kit' at most gunstores. It contains bullets coated with various grades of industrial grit. You reload these into cases with standard reloading equipment, and fire them in your gun. You fire the coarsest grit ones first, then move on to the finer grits. This will 'lap', or sand down the rifling grooves in your barrel, removing those nasty factory machining marks and smoothing out the interior of the barrel for better accuracy. Of course, it will also completely change the 'ballistic fingerprint' of the gun. Lots of target shooters use these kits on their guns. Best to get them now, before any ballistic fingerprinting bill passes, as they're going to be sold out & backordered soon after such a bill becomes law. Also, you might want to get a spare extractor, ejector, firing pin and to carefully polish up the bolt face with a Dremel tool and rouge pad. That will change the unique marks left on ejected brass cartridge cases, marks that are electronically photographed and added to 'ballistic fingerprinting' databases as well. Just a tip for you....

[Politically Correct]

You've missed the point.
If you've had the gun "fingerprinted". Now they know you have a gun.
They don't really care if you change the fingerprint.

[clodkicker]

The government can't keep track of the people coming in to this country. How are they going to track every gun and round?

[Concerned]

VIGILANT1 WROTE: "Well, the gun banners are pushing for a 'ballistic fingerprinting' database. It looks like they'll have one in Maryland now, with even the inconvenience of having to get any legislation through Congress. These bullets and fired cases that they collect will be scanned into a database, and remain on file forever."

VIGILANT1 ADDED: "BTW, just in case national ballistic fingerprinting passes, you can get a 'fire lapping kit' at most gunstores. It contains bullets coated with various grades of industrial grit. You reload these into cases with standard reloading equipment, and fire them in your gun. You fire the coarsest grit ones first, then move on to the finer grits. This will 'lap', or sand down the rifling grooves in your barrel, removing those nasty factory machining marks and smoothing out the interior of the barrel for better accuracy. Of course, it will also completely change the 'ballistic fingerprint' of the gun. Lots of target shooters use these kits on their guns. Best to get them now, before any ballistic fingerprinting bill passes, as they're going to be sold out & backordered soon after such a bill becomes law. Also, you might want to get a spare extractor, ejector, firing pin and to carefully polish up the bolt face with a Dremel tool and rouge pad. That will change the unique marks left on ejected brass cartridge cases, marks that are electronically photographed and added to 'ballistic fingerprinting' databases as well. Just a tip for you...."

That is VERY interesting!

Personally, I don't like guns. But I am all FOR citizens having them.

I understand the murder rate went WAY DOWN in states in which people started carrying concealed weapons---the "bad guys" weren't as likely to try something if they thought THEY might be killed by a "good guy" carrying a concealed weapon. The "Beltway Sniper" would have been STOPPED/DEAD in short order in THOSE states!

You know, isn't it AMAZING that for 200 YEARS, short guns and rifles NEVER jumped off of the mantle and went out and killed people??? But now, they apparently do---at least if you listen to the RADICAL, LEFT-WING LIBERAL EXTREMISTS, aka RATS.

HOW could this country go on for 200 YEARS without "sensible gun laws" keeping those guns on the mantle? HOW did kids RESPECT guns and NOT take them down unless he/she had PERMISSION from their parents to touch/use them? HOW did kids OWN---and USE---their OWN rifles?

Oh, this is too much for me to think about. But I don't have to---the RATS are trying to legislate to make it so nobody but LE's have access to guns so we can have another 1939 GERMANY or 2002 IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN here in the USA.