{"id":4943,"date":"2011-11-14T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2011-11-14T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T15:11:15","slug":"microstamping-a-minorities-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4943","title":{"rendered":"Microstamping a “minorities” issue?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times is trying to make supporting microstamping a “minority issue”<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Over the last several weeks, the governor has been lavishing attention on minority communities amid signs that some were growing impatient with what they perceived as a lack of attention to their concerns … Many minority lawmakers are looking toward the next legislative session, which begins in January, as they seek to enlist Mr. Cuomo\u2019s<\/a> support on a range of issues. \u00a0For example, State Senator Jos\u00e9 R. Peralta<\/a>, a Queens Democrat, wants Mr. Cuomo to promote legislation that would require microstamping, a form of ballistics identification, on all new semiautomatic handguns …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What crap. \u00a0Microstamping is not a concern in “minority communities.” \u00a0It’s not a concern in “majority communities” either. \u00a0It is a concern to the lunatic fringe at New Yorkers Against Gun Violence<\/a>. \u00a0The only people pushing micristamping in Albany are Michelle Schimel<\/a> and the patent holder of the sole source technology (which does not even work as advertised.)<\/p>\n