So what are they going to start doing? Have weekly firing pin inspections?
“Show me your papers and firing pin!”
“So what are they going to start doing? Have weekly firing pin inspections?”
What they are hoping for is that Glock, Taurus, Ruger, S&W, Colt, Kahr, and so on will say no, we simply won’t ship to New york at all, too much hassle and exposure to legal problems. Or, that a gun currently selling for $900 will retail for $1500, so much fewer will be sold.
And prospective gun owners won’t be willing to put up with all the ancillary stuff that is sure to come down the pike. Like weekly firing pin inspections, or having YOUR code be accidentally entered into the police database after a gang shooting so SWAT comes to YOUR house by “mistake”.
As detailed in #55, all a cop has to do is see you in possession of a gun with the microstamp disabled, and he has an easy felony arrest to his credit. The cops will look for any opportunity to check your gun. If you are at the range, off-duty cops will check ejected brass. If you are involved in an act of self-defense at home, they take YOU away. Etc.
Let's say your wife decides to divorce you. All she has to do is to inform the police that you have tampered with the microstamping of your gun. Boom, you are under arrest for a felony, and not in a position to contest the divorce or child custody. She might even be the one who sanded down the microstamp, but try proving it.