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Check out this bill Rep. Leon Young, from the video, is trying to get passed:
AB221:
This bill prohibits a gun manufacturer or a firearms dealer from transferring
a semiautomatic handgun that does not produce an identifying code (microstamp)
on each cartridge case it expends if both of the following apply: 1) the handgun was
manufactured on or after January 1, 2011; and 2) the handgun has not previously
been transferred to a person that is not a manufacturer or dealer (new handgun).
This bill also prohibits a manufacturer in this state from manufacturing, on or after
January 1, 2011, a semiautomatic handgun that does not produce a microstamp. A
person that violates one of these prohibitions is subject to a fine of up to $1,000 or
imprisonment for up to nine months, or both.
AB221
The bill also requires manufacturers and dealers who transfer a handgun that
is required to produce microstamps to certify that the handgun, if it is a new
handgun, produces microstamps and that the manufacturer of the handgun will
disclose to a law enforcement agency that has collected a microstamp from an
expended cartridge during a criminal investigation the make, model, and serial
number of the handgun that expended the cartridge.
AB221
This bill prohibits a person from modifying a semiautomatic handgun that
produces microstamps if the person intends to prevent law enforcement from being
able to access the microstamp on an expended cartridge. A person who violates this
prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of up to $1,000 or
imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. A person who transfers a
semiautomatic handgun that he or she knows has been modified in violation of this
prohibition is subject to a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than nine
months, or both.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,
the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a
report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to
result if the bill is enacted.
For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
So frustrating...:banghead: