Proposal for serial numbers on bullets in Illinois

[BugI02]

Tracing the bullets back to the store that sold them.....
Ok ... Now tie that in with president hitlary's plan to allow gun manufacturers and sellers to be sued.
Starting to see the big picture?
Also, this will drive up costs for the sellers... Another way to drive down sales and put them out of business.
Are the gang bangers stealing guns and ammo really going to be stopped by serial numbers?
No. This will have zero effect on them.
chitcago doesn't have a gun problem....it has a resident problem.

Not just the sellers, but the producers, too. The equipment necessary to emboss unique serial numbers into the brass will be expensive and will slow production.
Illinois will become a weird boutique market where ammo is much more expensive, which will encourage more theft/'informal' importation.

 

[BugI02]

I suggest that we apply serial numbers to the absentee fathers of the gang members who are causing all the gun violence so we can trace them.

They do, it's called DNA

 

[BugI02]

That's true, but as it stands now, you have to have the gun to match it to the case. With an intact​ microstamped serial number, you could find where the gun was sold from the case alone, and start the search for where it ended up.

Could you do that without a comprehensive registration database. Wouldn't that make any pre-registration gun more desirable to those of nefarious intent

 

[mcapo]

This should be the poster child for "common sense" gun laws.....how pointless. Oh wait, there is a very clear point. Making gun manufacturing, sales and ownership so cumbersome that legal gun owners slowly disappear.

Never been a time as critical to vote for pro-2nd Amendment legislatures at EVERY level of government.

 

[Cmak85]

So happy I moved to Indiana 8 years ago... IL sucks..

 

[BE Mike]

So happy I moved to Indiana 8 years ago... IL sucks..

A buddy of mine moved to Texas from Illinois a few years ago now. It was primarily due to the craziness with Ill. gun laws. Luckily he could move to a small town, because he is retired and didn't need to find a good job.

 

[rugertoter]

Saw this one too. More "dumb" solutions to a supposed "problem". This is not only stupid, but it won't work.

 

[BugI02]

So you're saying it fits the profile of every other .gov 'solution'?

 

[Amishman44]

How would that track to the individual who actually committed the crime...who probably did NOT purchase them from a store him/herself?

I have a sticker on the rear window of my truck cap..."CRIMINAL CONTROL: Not Gun Control!!!"

 

[CraigAPS]

How would that track to the individual who actually committed the crime...who probably did NOT purchase them from a store him/herself?

I believe the idea is to track the round to the original purchaser and track its path from there to the crime/criminal. Would it work??? I'm doubtful.

 

[BE Mike]

I believe the idea is to track the round to the original purchaser and track its path from there to the crime/criminal. Would it work??? I'm doubtful.

The "chain" from the seller to the ultimate user looks like it has a few weak links.

 

[THE BIG SITT]

I believe the idea is to track the round to the original purchaser and track its path from there to the crime/criminal. Would it work??? I'm doubtful.

"Oh yeah, I sold that ammo a couple of days ago. Who to? I don't remember."

 

[pudly]

"Oh yeah, I sold that ammo a couple of days ago. Who to? I don't remember."

Since that is so common and so easy, the logical next step is to register all ammo purchases and all resale of ammo, tracking it wherever it goes. Exactly the same as universal background checks for guns. Both are a first step towards documenting where every firearm/ammo is located. If you can't see where the anti-gunners are going with each of their "common sense" gun control proposals, you will sacrifice gun rights every time.

 

[printcraft]

"Oh yeah, I sold that ammo a couple of days ago. Who to? I don't remember."

Works until they criminalize not keeping the record of to who..... like if you have a gun stolen and don't report it you are a criminal too that I "think" passed just recently.

 

[CraigAPS]

...if you have a gun stolen and don't report it you are a criminal...

Isn't that already a law in several states like NY and CA?

 

[Bill of Rights]

"Oh yeah, I [strike]sold[/strike] shot that ammo a couple of days ago. [STRIKE]Who to? I don't remember."[/STRIKE] Where? Plead the fifth.

Fixed. Go ahead. Prove I didn't. What? You found it at a crime scene? Guess someone must have dug out my rounds and reloaded them.

 

[patience0830]

These idiots would run out of numbers. Almost on the bullets just in my basement.