Last week we talked about the (supposedly) 'sole-source" vendor of "Microstamping Technology" - the mechanical process which allows firarms to stamp an unique code on any cartridge fired from that firearm.
*(Note: this is entirely different from "Encoded Ammunition", which stamps an unique code on each round of ammunition during the manufacturing process, and which does not reference the unique firearms which fires the encoded ammunition.)*
This week we received a comment from the inventor of "Microstamping Technology", Todd Lizotte. He noted the difference from "Microstamping Ammunition" and "Encoded Ammunition", and generously offered:
" If you have any questions, please send them to me and I will answer them directly."
Taking him at his word, tonight we sent Mr. Lizotte a reply which detailed many of the concerns of legitimate, legal and responsible Firearms Owners with the expectation that in due time he will respond to them individually and collectively.
We think that we have represented the concerns of firearms owners with fairness and respect, and the questions that we asked are entirely of the "What if ...?" genre.
Because we intended to evoke thoughtful, well-considered responses from a man who presumably was aware of the issues involved (both technical and legal), we made no effort to soft-pedal the question. We are reluctant to be confrontational, and even less willing to undermine the readiness of Mr Lizotte to respond candidly to the posed questions, so the actual content of the questions posed will not here be presented "out of context".
If it needs to be said (and we think it does), we owe a debt of gratitude to a man who presents a technological advance which is so universally opposed by legitimate firearms owners, and then proposes to defend it in a public forum.
As soon as we receive a response, which may take a while, we will deliver them to you unedited, unexpurgated, and without comment.
Thank you, Mr. Lizotte.
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