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Senate bill to 'microstamp' pistol cartridges

pitbud5
Found this in Gunbrokers firearm industry news section
[url][/url]http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/06/state/n183257D49.DTL

OK, lets think about this.......how many legally owned guns are used in crimes? Not many right? So why would this be worth it seeing how if it was stolen you are not going to find out who committed the crime or who stole it in the first place.
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  • KSUmarksman
    would this thing not wear out after a couple hundred rounds???

    Again, only an idiot would murder someone with a gun they had just purchased...
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  • spurgemastur
    At least on a 1911, you can just replace the barrel and chamber simultaneously.

    Maybe it sounds good in the media, but it's another stupid law that easily can be circumvented by any intelligent person.
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  • 1911a1-fan
    IT'S OVER NOW where all gonna have to stop our random acts of violence, and murder


    oh! wait







    use a brass catcher or revolver, NEVERMIND







    {yes they make handgun brass catchers}
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  • buschmaster
    becasue they don't think that way. "gun owner = criminal". the damn idiots.
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  • sarge_3ad
    Gun get's stolen. Gun get's used in a murder. Original owner get convicted of murder one. Bad Idea.
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  • pickenup
    Wouldn't it be easier, for firearms manufacturers, to simply quit selling guns in that state? If the people get riled up enough, because there are NO NEW guns, they could change things.

    Of course, that is what the ANTI's want to happen.
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  • gunnut505
    I blame the NRA for not coming up with the idea in the first place!

    Of course it's BS; it's an ELECTION YEAR!
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  • catpealer111
    They should go Judge Dread and put a DNA stamp of the shooter on each bullet (not case) as it is fired.
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  • ripley16
    I like the idea.

    I want my stamp to read:

    TED KENNEDY [:D]
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  • nards444
    like others said there will be ways around it. For one all the guns that around now, dont have it, all the stolen guns that will be out there. Number two, im sure there would be an easy way to mechanically alter the pistol.

    But at the same time it could help the police. And if you are a law abiding gun owner then why do you care, because you should be using your stuff legally
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  • Rack Ops
    quote:Originally posted by nards444
    And if you are a law abiding gun owner then why do you care, because you should be using your stuff legally


    I think we put monitors in every U.S household so the police can check up on us if they so desire.....

    After all, we shouldn't be doing anything illegal anyways [xx(]
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  • Mr. Gunz
    BS law
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  • trc313
    It would be really effective just like serial #'s. Could'nt you file it off?
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  • nemesisenforcer
    where would it stamp the cartridge and where on the gun would the stamp be located? If it's on the firing pin, just change the firing pin. If it's somewhere else, just file it off. Anything that leaves an impression that small can't be very robust and resistant to force, intentional or otherwise.
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  • 11b6r
    Nards- would help the police. R I G H T.... just like the "ballistic fingerprinting" of guns in MD. After a couple of million $$$, and a couple of years, do you know how many crimes have been solved by having a sample cartidge case and fired bullet on file? None. Several years back, the Feds required that commerical explosives by compunded with "taggants"- cermaic microchips blended into the explosives that would allow you to identify the lot number from the residue left after an explosion. No consideration of the cost of the 12 MILLION lbs of explosivwes used legally each day in the US. But they DID manage to blow up two explosive manufacturing plants- seems the explosives were not compatible with the taggant chips. Still trying to regulate THINGS when the problems are PEOPLE.
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