Posted on 01/24/2014 5:24:11 PM PST by Olog-hai
A new gun law proponents say helps law enforcement has driven Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger out of California, and affirmed the suspicions of firearms rights advocates that the measure is really about making handguns obsolete.
The two companies have announced they will stop selling their wares in the nation’s most populous state rather than try to comply with a law that requires some handguns to have technology that imprints a tiny stamp on the bullet so it can be traced back to the gun. The companies, and many gun enthusiasts, say so-called “microstamping” technology is unworkable in its present form and can actually impair a gun’s performance. …
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Judging by condition of bullets that hit nearly anything, the only thing you can conclude from that bullet is what caliber it was, more or less. If there is some intact surface that touched the barrel then perhaps one can look for scratches that are made by that individual barrel. But the casing is designed to release a bullet without much fuss. Many .22LR bullets can be pulled out of the casing just with fingers, and there is precious little contact surface that was ever shared by the brass and the lead.
It would be minimally useful because revolvers do not eject spent brass, and there would be nothing left for investigators to investigate.
I think the rest of the states should hold an election to determine if CA can continue to be part of the U.S.A.
I’d vote against it.
I wonder how much money the State of California has made off of sales tax on S&W guns over the last 10 years.
Guess they’ll have to tax something else more to make up for the loss.
.22LR uses a bullet with a heel, so it’s probably not the best example.
As long as the gun remains on the roster, S&W will continue to make it, and sell it in Cali. There are a few still on the roster, so S&W will be in the Cali semi-auto pistol business for a while yet.
When, oh when, will the arms manufacturers wake up? Were I one of them, gun or ammo manufacturers, I would immediately and publicly, cease all sales to state and federal police forces. and hold that stance until all gun-grabbing ceases.
I applaude Smith and Wesson and Ruger for their corporate issued statements.
Now, when do you, dear reader, think we ‘might’ hear from:
Wilson Arms; Kimber Arms; Springfield Armory; Colt; or even, (gulp and deep breath), that-Austrian-company-that-why-I-don’t-know-manufactures-the-ugliest-thing-to-be-called-a-pistol; any European firearms manufacturer that sells in this country?
(To quantify my question, I prefer steel pistols that you can carry in Condition One, do NOT have ‘decockers’ - and have viewable hammers, with a downward-to-fire traveled safety.)
For example:
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