Gun Stamp Bill Has Oklahoma Gun Owners Up In Arms

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Just found this on the channel 6 web site.

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=13353537

Posted: Oct 19, 2010 9:49 PM CDT
Updated: Oct 19, 2010 10:06 PM CDT
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Gun Stamp Bill Has Oklahoma Gun Owners Up In Arms

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Gun owners argue microstamping is just another shot at gun control.

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A laser prints a mark, or stamp, on a firing pin.
By Tara Vreeland, News On 6

TULSA, Oklahoma -- A bill introduced by Representative Dan Boren has firearm owners and gun control supporters in a shootout.

The bill suggests a study into firearm microstamping.

Supporters say microstamping would help law enforcement track bullet cartridges back to the weapon. Opponents in Oklahoma say it's another shot at gun control, and their second amendment right.

Firearm Microstamping is new technology in which a marking is lasered on a firing pin, making the bullet traceable. Guns don't currently have the pin. But they could. And it could even be mandatory for guns to be retrofitted for the piece.

‘Yeah it would be nice to have the ability for law enforcement to find the bad guys. Bad guys probably aren't going to use those weapons," said Medlock Firearms Manager Brad Wells.

Representative Dan Boren introduced the bill which would require a study up on microstamping. The study would determine whether or not microstamping is cost effective.

Gun control supporters say police could pick up the empty cartridges left at a crime scene and run the stamp in a database.

The database would then link the bullet to the gun... and the gun owner. Which supporters say could help investigators solve crimes.

But Medlock Firearms manager Brad Wells says not so fast.

"If you are a criminal, why would you use a firearm that could come back to you? Guns that are used in crimes are stolen firearms," Wells said.

Wells says just because the casing is traced back to the gun, doesn't mean it's traced back to the criminal. And revolvers don't eject bullet cartridges.

"Bottom line is, it's just a way to keep citizens law abiding, and bad guys aren't going to care one way or another," Wells said.

The National Rifle Association supports the microstamping study. The bill was introduced in July and is still in its first stages.

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This is the first I have heard about this bill.

Mark

 

[RWS]

i have heard it said that Boren introduced it so that it would be studied and found to be inefficient.

 

[redneck1861]

I highly doubt that this would ever pass, it would cost billions to "retrofit" our guns, and to pay people to keep up with all of this

 

[Dale00]

i have heard it said that Boren introduced it so that it would be studied and found to be inefficient.

This makes no sense to me. Has anyone seen anything in print that confirms this?

If Dan Boren really said this, then it looks very two-faced of him. If you know something is a dumb idea that won't work, you should speak out against it not ask for an expensive study to prove what you already know. But perhaps he wants to impress Nancy Pelosi and company that he is working toward gun control.

I don't trust Dan Boren and I think he should be voted out.

 

[Glocktogo]

i have heard it said that Boren introduced it so that it would be studied and found to be inefficient.

Kalifornia already knows it can't be done. Why do we need to waste more taxpayer $$$ to prove what we already know?

 

[Buddhaman]

Why stamp something that can be changed out easily? It's not like the law-abiding gun owners are going to commit the crimes anyway, it's the ones who aren't going to get the microstamping anyway. Some people really don't think before they act.

 

[Dale00]

It seems to show that both Dan Boren and the NRA are entirely too much "inside the beltway" in their thinking. If something is demonstrably false just stand up and tell it like it is. But that would mean being confrontational and that would never do for members of the power elite. Time for a change in the NRA and a different representative from eastern Oklahoma.

 

[4play]

What would stop people from "polishing" the tip of the firing pin? What would this do the the Aftermarket industry for replacement parts?

 

[Gideon]

This is how you shut opponents up. Let them find out for themselves that their ideas are idiotic.

 

[Cinaet]

He's just throwing it on the table to appeal to the segment of his constituency stupid enough to fall for it. But I wouldn't be surprised if this was something that we'd see on new firearms 10-20 years down the road. I predict Ruger will be the first to knee-jerk into it.