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Dr. Thompson Questions Micro-Stamping Bill
(Muskogee, OK) October 25th, 2010---Dr. Charles Thompson, conservative candidate for Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District, has serious questions about H.R 5667. The bill was authored by Rep. Dan Boren. It commissions Attorney General Eric Holder to study the feasibility of microstamping firearms.
“Boren keeps reassuring everyone that this bill is the complete opposite of what it appears to be, but I’m not buying it” said Dr. Thompson Monday. “We already know microstamping is a bad idea—why spend the taxpayer’s money and risk AG Holder coming to an erroneous conclusion?”
Microstamping is, according to the National Rifle Association, the process in which a gun’s firing pin has a code engraved on it. In theory, it will then imprint this code onto each bullet fired. Proponents say it will allow police to better solve crimes. Opponents say it is a form of gun registration.
“There is no doubt that microstamping would be an infringement on our 2nd Amendment rights. With this fact in mind, what other argument would we need? Is the Constitution of the United States not defense enough?” said Dr. Thompson.
Feasibility studies are usually commissioned as an early step in the planning process. They provide planners with budget estimates and a calculation of the plan’s impact. The NRA points out on its website three studies that “microstamping repeatedly failed”.
“If microstamping has already done poorly in tests, why give it another try?” continued Dr. Thompson. “Furthermore, why give a liberal crony of Obama’s the opportunity to spin the statistics towards a gun control agenda? H.R. 5667 is just another example, like his vote to adjourn without extending tax cuts, where Boren acts like a Washington liberal, but tries to hide it with slick talking that mocks true conservatism. Boren is certainly not listening if he thinks the people of the 2nd District will fall for this invasion on their 2nd Amendment rights.”
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Actually, more than being an infringement, this bill is plain retarded.
ReplyDelete1. When ATF does a trace, they usually already have the gun. (How else do they get the serial number?)
2. So you find cartridges on which the microstamp has miraculously been retained--you trace the serial number back to where it was bought, and find the buyer--and guess what---he no longer has the gun because he sold it before the two-party law was put into play. the gun's passed through who knows how many hands to end up where it is (or do you suppose that criminal somehow made it past the DOJ background check and actually got himself put on record as buying this particular gun that he planned to use in a crime?)
I've been handling ATF traces for the last 8 years at The Gun Shop in El Centro, CA, and in every case I can remember, the traces went back 5 or more years. They might provide hazy clues about where the gun's journey began, but rarely do they reveal where the gun is right now.
The gun laws in California are enough to make any sane person scratch her head.