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March 22, 2009
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This is some legislation that is being talked about here in Pennslyvania as well as other states. It's an interesting concept but really... with bullet coding do you really think that criminals will get buy their coded ammo with their own name... id... or even buy coded ammo at all?? Seems like just another way for the feds to drive up the price for law obiding citizens.
http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Technology.htm
I see a whole new black market opeining up for unidentified bullet/brass sales or couterfeit coded ammo linking your bullet to someone else.
No more buying brass in bulk off of gunbroker as they would all be coded..
90% of the ammo I shoot is "frangible"... I can't imagine there being much left to identify.
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January 24, 2009
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Drew055 said:
Thoughts?
The whole thing stinks.
I would imagine that the bullets would be encoded on the back that faces the gunpowder, since that's usually the part that remains the most intact. Still, it's not a definite that it will remain intact.
And if they're coding brass, so they can pick up spent cases off the ground & try to trace where the came from...well what happens if the bad guy uses a revolver? No cases on the ground to pick up.
It's just an idiotic idea & another cog in the gun control wheel. Sounds like another little reminder call to my legislators is in order...again...because they seem to forget quickly.
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March 2, 2008
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This kind of stuff will keep coming up-bullet encoding, microstamping, registering a fired cartridge case, etc., and it's dangerous every time. If one of these goes through anywhere, the foot is in the door for more.
We can hope that our President recognizes that he has more serious problems to deal with that LEGALLY owned firearms and the ammunition that goes into them, but he does have a rabid anti as AG, and an excise tax on ammunition and components will become an attractive revenue stream for a government that is spending like a lumberjack on payday.
Lot's of reasons to not like the NRA, but it's the only National (International?) group out there that can fight these things everyplace they crop up. My personal policy is still to give 10% of purchases to the NRA as a donation, I'd rather pay a 10% donation than a 50-100% excise tax.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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