My first inclination was not to respond to this post. Theproposed legislation failed inall 18states where it was introduced. It never got out of committee in any of those 18 states. The driving force behind this is one company with some new technology to peddle. They get some anti-gun political hack to introduce a billthey hope will bring them business.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/print_are_states_going_to_require_serial_numbers.h tml
Such a proposal is being pushed by a company that holds a patent on bullet-coding technology. But none of the 31 bills introduced last year ever made it out of committee.[/align][/align]
Despite the urgent tone of this widely forwarded message, which we have been asked about dozens of times, the "Ammunition Accountability Act" so far has shown few signs of life. The National Research Council last year, in a report requested by the Department of Justice, called the technology "promising" but stopped short of recommending any requirement, and instead called for more research and competition.
The idea is being pushed mainly by a single company that holds a patent on bullet-coding technology, so far without much success. Last year lawmakers in 18 states proposed legislation that would require handgun ammunition to be coded, but not one of those bills came to a vote or even made it out of committee. In 2005 the California state Senate approved a so-called "Ammunition Accountability" measure by a vote of 21 to 18, but the proposal then died in the Assembly without coming to a vote there.[/align]
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