I suggest we micro-stamp CO2 emissions, that way we can fine/imprison polluters, (how do we punish Mount Vesuvius?).
The lack of logic in this exercise amazes me. As if criminals go to teh local gun shop and legally purchase a roscoe, then run out and use it in a crime.
If the study indicates that these markings either wear out rapidly (I shoot approx. 10k rounds per year out of two combat handguns) or can be easily removed (but not easily checked), what value?
When, in the course of human events....
God Bless
Molon Labe
What value, indeed. Here’s the kicker:
“The researchers did not have access to patented information allowing them to read the bar- or gear-codes, and so could not determine if these remained legible enough to be useful.”
In other words, all that came before was a waste of time, and a shameful waste of printer paper. Meaningless. Why then even bother publishing these “findings” when there were none?