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thenewgreen · 4632 days ago · link · · parent · post: Remington to Cuomo: We Will Walk If You Require Microstamping
Claims made by the opponents of the technology include:
Stamped casing can only be traced to the last registered owner, not to the person who used the gun when the casings were stamped. In the case of a stolen gun, as is the case for most firearms used in crime, the stamped case would not lead to the criminal.
Unscrupulous individuals could collect discarded brass from a firing range and salt crime scenes with microstamped cases, thereby providing false evidence against innocent people and increasing the workload for investigators.[4]
High costs for testing the efficacy of the technique must be passed on to customers, increasing the cost of firearms for those who obtain them legally.[4]
Microstamping is easily defeated. Diamond coated files are inexpensive and will remove microstamping. Firing pins are normally replaceable and can be changed with simple tools or without tools. Firing a large number of rounds will wear down the microstamp.[4] Marked components such as slides, barrels, firing pins and ejectors are all easily and commonly replaced items.[5]
Microstamping is an immature, sole source technology, and has not been subjected to sufficient independent testing. Transfer of microstamped marks to the cases is less reliable than proponents claim.[4]
Microstamping would be irrelevant/non-applicable for implementation of revolvers as these types of weapons do not eject shell cases necessarily.
Ejected casings can be easily collected and removed from a crime scene.
....somehow it seems like the proponents of the technology haven't quite thought this through.
Until guns can be smartlinked or are constantly in contact with Cloud software, or have the theoretical biological fingerprint readers that people like to talk about, gun control methods seem incredibly ineffective. Serial numbers can be removed, parts can be replaced, evidence can be removed. I suppose microstamping would be able to catch a person who just sort of fired it in anger and wasn't involved with any sort of organized crime or anything? Which seems...I guess okay? That whole stolen gun thing seems like a huge issue with the plan.
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thenewgreen · 4632 days ago · link ·
Doesn't seem like it would be all that effective. Legislators need to create the illusion that they are working to keep you safe.