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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
to be hard as diamond, the costs would be way more than suggested, which really means that the price of any handguns sold in cali are going to skyrocket. This is the true intent of the law, not to aid in crime solving, but to make it too expensive for california residents to buy new handguns. sales based gun ban.
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The Police Officers Association of California puts the cost at a dollar or two. The director of forensics at U Cal-Davis put the cost the $8 the first year and $2 in subsequent years. He also said the technology may not be ready for prime time - but they have two years to improve it before it is implemented.
http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/c...w.asp?c=225172
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
Again, there are way too many 'workarounds' to defeat this technology. It is ludicrous to suggest that 'common thugs' are too stupid to defeat this microstamping and then to turn around and say these same thugs are smarter than the average citizen so it doesn't pay to resist/fight back, etc.
It has the support of upper law enforcement because it effectively will prevent citizens from obtaining new handguns. Notice that this law exempts LEO's, meaning they can buy guns that don't require microstamping. why are they exempt from the same laws as us?
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Is it correct that if somehow the common thug has the tools to file it off that the firing pin will no longer work? If so, either it cant be filed off because it is too hard or it can and the firing pin will no longer work -- win win
Law enforcement wants to prevent and solve crimes, not take your guns away, but I know you will never be convince you of that.
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it is NOT a crime fighting tool anymore than the gun database is. This is just another regulatory scheme to ban guns. This law currently does not affect cali handguns that are already on the 'safe' roster. What will happen then is that this will be called a loophole and there will be callse to amend the law to close the 'loophole'. This is a gun ban, pure and simple.
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There was no discussion of grandfathering the legislation to include existing handguns at any time during the legislative hearings....so you really have nothing to substantiate your oft-suggested claims of plots to ban guns.
Will it help in solving crimes? Too soon to tell but if the technology meets its promise, it will.
Will it hurt law abiding citizens? I dont see how, other than adding a very small % increase to the cost of handguns after Jan 1, 2010.