Microstamping case headed for California Supreme court argument: California’s high court is set to hear arguments in a long running case brought by firearms industry groups who say the state’s microstamping requirement is unattainable.
NOTE: "Microstamping" is defined as the process where unique identification codes are stamped on the breech of a firearm, which will be embossed on the base of each cartridge case when the gun is fired.
That the expense and inconvenience of embossing unique identifiers on the breech of each new firearm is prohibitively expensive for manufactures ... is a relatively minor issue. The REAL issue is that if a gun is used in a crime, the last "registered" owner of the firearm will be prosecuted for the crime, unless the sale of the firearms is registered to the new owner.
Otherwise, the last owner is liable to prosecution for any crime committed by the new owner.
This is a sneaky, underhanded trick played upon legal firearm owners to accomplish two goals which law-enforcement has long desired:
(1) track the ownership of every firearm
(2) identify the new owner of every firearm immediately after the transfer
This allows governmental agencies to identify every current owner of every gun, and the government doesn't even have to pass any other laws to enforce universal registration; gun owners will be eager to inform the government about every transaction (so the 'old' owner is not prosecuted for any crime committed by another possessor of the gun) ... establishing a Universal Registration scheme which is supported by every private seller.
Why?
Because if you sell a firearm, and it is not registered to the new owner, you will be held liable for any crime committed with that gun.
It also enforces a law (not now universally enacted) to inform the Government when you transfer ownership of a firearm to anyone else ... including a family member!
It also enforces laws (not now universally enacted) requiring gun owners to "promptly" inform the Government when your gun is stolen. And if you are not aware of the theft of your gun, you are still, presumably, liable to legal action for not reporting the theft.
It doesn't matter how difficult it is to establish microstamping during manufacture of a firearm, or how burdensome it is for a state to track legal transfers. The important thing is that, if this bill passes in California, it will soon be copied by every state whose political leadership is uncomfortable with private ownership of firearms.
It's the perfect law for anti-gun legislatures; it not only stuffs registration down the throat of every firearm owner in America, it makes us say "Thank you, Sir; May I Have Another!"
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