The microstamping process only imprints the primer from my understanding but is nearly worthless after a few hundred rounds anyway.
Ever look at the head of a hammer after a few hundred blows. The surface will never be just like new. It ends up with nicks and scratches everywhere which after a few hundred more blows change again.
The firing pins will eventually get to the point where they are flat and do not imprint. . . but let them have their fun. It's not like it's going to change a thing in their crime rates. They will just blame it on the other states.
Anyone want to invest in building some gun shops just outside the Kalifornica border for law abiding citizens to ignore the nazi control?
BTW info from gunfacts.info
MICROSTAMPING
Background: Microstamping is a proposed means for
imprinting unique serial numbers onto cartridges fired
from a gun. Similar to “ballistic fingerprinting,” it
allegedly helps police identify what firearm might have
been used in a crime. Microstamping uses precision
equipment to remove microscopic amounts of metal from
the tip of the firing pin
Myth: Independent testing by
forensic technologists shows the
technology is reliable
Fact: Firing pins are readily removable and swappable in most models of handguns, and
with inexpensive replacement parts. Criminals who file down serial numbers on the sides
of guns won’t hesitate to file or exchange firing pins.
Fact: 46% of impressions ranked as “unsatisfactory” (i.e., illegible) after only ten
rounds.
389
Fact: Reloaded ammo (which is extremely common due to the economics of recycling
casings and home reloading tools) will make prosecuting cases nearly impossible once
the “reloaded ammo” defense is raised (for microstamping that imprints case sides). A
case may have two or more markings, making the final shooter impossible to identify.
Myth: Filing the firing pin will make the gun
inoperable
Fact: Firing pins are designed to be pushed deeply into the primer (igniter) of the round.
The depth of the engraving (approximately 0.005 inch)
390
is vastly smaller than the
tolerance of the firing pins drive depth.
Fact: In a test, the engravings were removed using a 50-year-old knife sharpening stone
in less than a minute. The firearm still operated correctly after the filing.
391
Myth: The cost per firearm will be cheap
Fact: The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the representative for firearm
manufactures, estimates the cost will be upwards of $150 per firearm, more than tripling
the price of self-protection and making it unaffordable for low-income people.
392
The
Brady Campaign dispute those with firearm manufacturing experience claiming micro-stamping would cost only 50¢?
389
NanoTag
TM
Markings From Another Perspective, George G. Krivosta, Suffolk County Crime
Laboratory, Hauppauge, New York, Winter 2006 edition of the AFTE Journal
390
Ibid
391
Ibid
392
Etched bullets interest law enforcement, The Record, September 25, 2006
Ever look at the head of a hammer after a few hundred blows. The surface will never be just like new. It ends up with nicks and scratches everywhere which after a few hundred more blows change again.
The firing pins will eventually get to the point where they are flat and do not imprint. . . but let them have their fun. It's not like it's going to change a thing in their crime rates. They will just blame it on the other states.
Anyone want to invest in building some gun shops just outside the Kalifornica border for law abiding citizens to ignore the nazi control?
BTW info from gunfacts.info
MICROSTAMPING
Background: Microstamping is a proposed means for
imprinting unique serial numbers onto cartridges fired
from a gun. Similar to “ballistic fingerprinting,” it
allegedly helps police identify what firearm might have
been used in a crime. Microstamping uses precision
equipment to remove microscopic amounts of metal from
the tip of the firing pin
Myth: Independent testing by
forensic technologists shows the
technology is reliable
Fact: Firing pins are readily removable and swappable in most models of handguns, and
with inexpensive replacement parts. Criminals who file down serial numbers on the sides
of guns won’t hesitate to file or exchange firing pins.
Fact: 46% of impressions ranked as “unsatisfactory” (i.e., illegible) after only ten
rounds.
389
Fact: Reloaded ammo (which is extremely common due to the economics of recycling
casings and home reloading tools) will make prosecuting cases nearly impossible once
the “reloaded ammo” defense is raised (for microstamping that imprints case sides). A
case may have two or more markings, making the final shooter impossible to identify.
Myth: Filing the firing pin will make the gun
inoperable
Fact: Firing pins are designed to be pushed deeply into the primer (igniter) of the round.
The depth of the engraving (approximately 0.005 inch)
390
is vastly smaller than the
tolerance of the firing pins drive depth.
Fact: In a test, the engravings were removed using a 50-year-old knife sharpening stone
in less than a minute. The firearm still operated correctly after the filing.
391
Myth: The cost per firearm will be cheap
Fact: The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the representative for firearm
manufactures, estimates the cost will be upwards of $150 per firearm, more than tripling
the price of self-protection and making it unaffordable for low-income people.
392
The
Brady Campaign dispute those with firearm manufacturing experience claiming micro-stamping would cost only 50¢?
389
NanoTag
TM
Markings From Another Perspective, George G. Krivosta, Suffolk County Crime
Laboratory, Hauppauge, New York, Winter 2006 edition of the AFTE Journal
390
Ibid
391
Ibid
392
Etched bullets interest law enforcement, The Record, September 25, 2006
