By way of Guffaw…
Gun control: Cartridge ID law to take effect
A hotly contested gun-control law that was passed in 2007 is finally ready to be implemented, Attorney General Kamala Harris said Friday: a requirement that every new semiautomatic handgun contain “micro-stamping” technology that would allow police to trace a weapon from cartridges found at a crime scene.
The law, signed by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, made California the first state to require micro-stamping, which engraves the gun’s serial number on each cartridge. But the legislation specified that it would take effect only when the technology was available and all private patents had expired.
The article says the micro-stamping gadget “would be required on newly sold semiautomatics, effective immediately.” I have absolutely no idea what would be involved in retrofitting existing unsold pistols with firing pins with itsy-bitsy serial numbers, if that’s even possible. So I assume Californians will be restricting to buying new revolvers only? Because the state gov just effectively banned new semi-autos?
Enquiring minds want to know. But not badly enough to go see for themselves.
Thanks, Joel. How sad we must connect over such idiocies.
I expect a run on the sale of firing pins from out of state vendors to begin shortly.
Billf
these burea’rats’ have obviously never seen a revolver.
clarence