The future of microstamping

Good article over at The Capitol on the future of microstamping legislation, “Taking another shot.

Some highlights:

“… Andrew Cuomo, has come out strongly in favor of microstamping as well, calling it “a common sense and low-cost method of expanding the ability of police to identify guns used in illegal activities.” …”

While this is technically true, what Cuomo actually did was bury his support inside his 200+ page political manifesto.  I didn’t see him try to campaign on the issue.

“… [Eric] Schneiderman is not leaving the issue to the governor. Already, he said, he is planning to wield his new authority to support legislation in any way possible … Sources close to Schneiderman say that his advocacy for the technology could take the form of a program bill introduced in the next legislative session …”

No surprise here.  I knew he wasn’t going to let the issue drop.

“… But if the recounts end with a Republican Senate majority hostile to gun control legislation, the prospects of passage are dim …”

Good news:  Prospects of passage are dim.

One thought on “The future of microstamping

  1. Microstamping? They’re still ripping us off with COBIS. I suppose that it would be too much to ask, for them to stop stealing our money with one failed gun control fiasco that is aimed exclusively at law-abiding gun owners before they start charging us for the next sure-to-fail fiasco that is also aimed exclusively at law-abiding gun owners.
    Why are we talking about nonsense like microstamping and COBIS when we should be talking about criminals?

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