all semiautomatic pistols sold in California to have microstamping technology.
That means each bullet would have a unique marking making it easier for law enforcement to trace the gun it was fired from back to its owner.
Nice end-run around the Constitution. This technology does not exist, and cannot exist. Anyone wanting to argue that needs to stop watching stupid cop shows.
Perhaps they’re talking about stamping the firing pin, somehow. Are you aware of the forces at work at the tip of a firing pin? A “micro” stamp won’t survive 2 shots.
each bullet would have a unique marking
Yeah, stamped in lead. The material that flattens, deforms, shatters on impact. This is as dumb as the Batman scene where he extracts shards from the wall and magically reconstructs the bullet.
Or maybe they don’t know what a bullet is and they meant the shell/casing? And we’re going to micro stamp the billions of shells produced annually? And what does that get us? Doesn’t tell you anything about the exact gun that fired it. Aaaand we’re back to stamping the firing pin.
Let’s ignore physics and pretend this is still technically feasible. Stamping any sort of unique ID on a firing pin, bullet or shell is going to be wildly cost prohibitive. Which is the exact point.
Legislate impossible tech, or in a magical world where possible, make it so no one but the rich can afford it. This bill would effectively make every gun and shell illegal in CA.
NYSRPA vs Bruen decision by the Supreme Court will invalidate this law just as it recently did to their magazine capacity law. They are literally wasting the citizens tax dollars with this legislative performance because any lawyer knows that it will get overturned after seeing the many recent rulings on the topic. A couple of federal district courts even ruled that you can be an illegal drug user and retain 2A rights based on Bruen this year, because that restriction does not fit the historical context of gun control laws. Microstamping obviously fails that test even harder.
Nice end-run around the Constitution. This technology does not exist, and cannot exist. Anyone wanting to argue that needs to stop watching stupid cop shows.
Well agree it doesn’t exist but to say it can’t exist is silly
Perhaps they’re talking about stamping the firing pin, somehow. Are you aware of the forces at work at the tip of a firing pin? A “micro” stamp won’t survive 2 shots.
Yeah, stamped in lead. The material that flattens, deforms, shatters on impact. This is as dumb as the Batman scene where he extracts shards from the wall and magically reconstructs the bullet.
Or maybe they don’t know what a bullet is and they meant the shell/casing? And we’re going to micro stamp the billions of shells produced annually? And what does that get us? Doesn’t tell you anything about the exact gun that fired it. Aaaand we’re back to stamping the firing pin.
Let’s ignore physics and pretend this is still technically feasible. Stamping any sort of unique ID on a firing pin, bullet or shell is going to be wildly cost prohibitive. Which is the exact point.
Legislate impossible tech, or in a magical world where possible, make it so no one but the rich can afford it. This bill would effectively make every gun and shell illegal in CA.
NYSRPA vs Bruen decision by the Supreme Court will invalidate this law just as it recently did to their magazine capacity law. They are literally wasting the citizens tax dollars with this legislative performance because any lawyer knows that it will get overturned after seeing the many recent rulings on the topic. A couple of federal district courts even ruled that you can be an illegal drug user and retain 2A rights based on Bruen this year, because that restriction does not fit the historical context of gun control laws. Microstamping obviously fails that test even harder.
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The technology to “make it easier” to trace the gun exists.
Simple patterns can tell you the make of the weapon, for example.