CABL Forum - nobama and his buddies

This is attempted gun banning through the back door. Even if you don't shoot but know people who do, pass this along. Although I've had some sort of firearm since I was a teenager, I'm not a "gun nut". Until last summer I don't think I'd even shot, and rarely even looked at, my Ruger in over five years. I just realized last year that losing our right to own them was possibly going to be taken away by the most liberal anti gun politician to ever draw breath. I was right. Regardless of what Comrade NObama said on the campaign trail, his record is 180 degrees from the lies spewed from his marxist mouth. They're really trying to slip this in under the radar. Why would the liberal scum hell bent on trashing the second amendment have to take your guns away when all they have to do is make it impossible to afford the bullets? Gun control has nothing to do with guns and EVERYthing to do with control. Cities and states with low restrictions on gun ownership and concealed carry rights have crime rates drastically lower than others. Vermont is smack dab in the middle of the ultra-liberal north east but they have a more conservative view on guns, allow concealed (actually, I think they may allow OPEN carry) carry and have a crime rate that's DRASTICALLY lower than the surrounding states. So why would our beloved government want to disarm us? Control.....period.

Why Microstamping and
Bullet Serialization Won’t Work
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?id=311&issue=100

http://www.sportsmenslink.org/legislation/State-Issues/Microstamping-Encoded.html
Microstamping and Encoded Ammunition

Be prepared if your state adopts microstamping or encoded ammunition legislation.

* Be prepared to pay higher prices to cover the cost of the new technology and equipment that ammunition manufacturers would be forced to purchase.
* Be prepared to pay a per-round tax on every cartridge you purchase to cover the cost of maintining a state database.
* Be prepared to wait a long time to purchase ammo for less popular calibers.
* Be prepared to have your identification ready so that the State Police can maintain your ammo purchasing records.
* Don't think you have enough or could stock up; you'll have be prepared to turn in your old ammo!

Microstamping

Microstamping is a patented, sole-sourced technology, that laser engraves the firearm's make, model and serial number on the tip of the gun's firing pin so that, in theory, it imprints the information on discharged cartridge cases. Supporters of microstamping greatly exaggerate the capabilities of this technology. Two separate research studies have independently established and concluded that this technology is "unreliable and can and will be easily defeated by criminals in a matter of seconds using common household tools."
The Brady Center and the Educational Fund of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence will use microstamping to attempt to restrict law-abiding citizens and further their agenda. For example, H.R.1874 was introduced in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) to require microstamping on all firearms. Gun control supporters see microstamping as another way of incrementally achieving what Congress and state legislatures have not done in a single stroke - prohibit the sale of guns. At the state level, California is not alone; microstamping legislation has also been introduced, but defeated, in Maryland.
On October 13, 2007, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, signed AB1471 into law. As of January 1, 2010, the law will define (and prohibit the sale of) any newly-designed semi-automatic pistol as an "unsafe handgun," unless the pistol is equipped with two or more internal parts that imprint, onto the cartridge case of a fired round of ammunition, a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model and serial number of the pistol. Despite claims by the bill's supporters that it benefits police efforts, it was not universally supported by law enforcement agencies.
Encoded Ammunition
Encoded Ammunition legislation was introduced into Maryland and several other states in 2008. In Maryland, HB517 - The ‘Encoded Ammunition' Bill required that each bullet and each casing would be engraved with matching serial numbers and each box of ammunition would have the same serial number as the ammunition. All handguns and a list of ‘assault-type' rifles that would require encoded ammunition were listed this bill. .22 calibers were included.
The bill also called for a nickel tax to be added the price of each round. The tax-per-round would go into a special fund to maintain the database of all the encoded ammunition purchased in the state. When a person buys a box of encoded ammunition, they must present their identification. Personal information and how much ammunition is purchased are entered into the State Police database.

Points of Interest

* Two independent studies have been ignored throughout the entire legislative process, one of which was funded by the California legislature to test the practicality of microstamping.
* Experts at the University of California-Davis concluded from their comprehensive study on microstamping that this patented technology is "flawed" and "At the current time it is not recommended that a mandate for implementation of this technology in all semiautomatic handguns in the state of California be made. Further testing, analysis and evaluation is required."
* The studies clearly demonstrate that firearms microstamping technology is unreliable.
* The implementation of microstamping and/or bullet encoding will only adversely affect the market and create impossible regulations for the industry.
* Microstamping/encoding is done not in the interest of public safety but rather as a means that will lead to the extinction of firearms.
* Microstamping/encoding will only burden law-abiding citizens and is not the best public safety policy or economic decision for states.
* The California legislation was not universally supported by law enforcement.

Action
NASC works with state caucuses to inform them about the technology before this legislation is introduced in their own legislatures. NASC partners NSSF and NRA will assist at the state level.

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