Ravenwood - 04/29/05 07:30 AM
If I'm ever shot in California, I'm glad to know that the cops can carve the bullet out of my body and use it's microprinted serial number to track down my killer. Assuming, of course, that they can still read the serial number on the mishapen and fragmented bullet. And assuming that the killer is using legally registered ammo. I mean, a guy that would shoot me in the face wouldn't use illegal ammo too, right?
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The bullets have scratch-off serial numbers, as part of the lottery. Every bullet you buy wins you a chance at $50,000.
Posted by: Ron Hardin at April 29, 2005 7:16 AMI wonder if they are planning on putting serial numbers on all the shot pellets in a shot shell??? Hope they have a hell of a harddrive to store it all on....LOL
Posted by: Gunner at April 29, 2005 10:20 AM"It would require handgun manufacturers to mark bullets with unique identifiers, such as serial numbers."
That statement demonstrates the general level of firearms knowledge held by most reporters. "No, no, no! I wanted the Glock that writes on the bullets in Lucida Script!"
"Those numbers would be used to track whom the bullets are sold to, including the name and address of the purchaser."
Backdoor handgun registration.
Posted by: Steve Scudder at April 29, 2005 12:51 PMI would think that implementation would be a box of bullets microprinted with the same serial number. The number could be read off the outside of the box and scanned (or keyed into) a database upon purchase.
It's not so much handgun registration as it is bullet registration. Still, questions abound about who holds the database.
And so much for buying surplus ammo.
Posted by: Ravenwood at April 29, 2005 1:10 PMThat has got to be one of the stupidest plans I have ever heard of!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell, I never buy handgun cartridges; I reload all of mine except for .22's. And most of mine are hard lead semi-wadcutters.
What is to keep people from sanding off the numbers from commercial bullets.
Melt then all down and recast, or better yet just cast your own from any lead you might find. Do you think criminals will register their bulltes? Only use registered buletts in crimes? How many are lying around unregistered? will they command higher prices and be used only for murder and mayhem? Or will you have to turn in all unregistered bullets, they don't go bad with time.
This proposal to spend your money is almost as nutty as Canada's firearms registration plan.
When you give the government your money they will spend it.
Posted by: bill at April 30, 2005 10:02 AMThey'll just truck them in from other states and sell them on the black market like they do cigarettes.
Posted by: Ravenwood at April 30, 2005 10:31 AMIsn't the real point to shut down the sale of bullets, or enabling the prosecution of anyone selling normal (affordable) bullets?
Posted by: Steck at April 30, 2005 6:02 PMOr I buy bullets for a friend and declare them stollen. What then?
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