New Posts For Thread: Microstampinghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/MicrostampingMicrostamping is using laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm. When the gun is fired, the microscopic markings are transferred to the cartridge, which, in the case of aThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=521182465#521182465This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zone.Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:00:09 -0500Don't know how catalog sales of firearms would be handled for sure. When a firearm is purchase online legally the gun has to be shipped to a registered firearms dealer or a Federal Firearms License holder (FFL). So a firearm can be purchased withouthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520897903#520897903Don't know how catalog sales of firearms would be handled for sure. When a firearm is purchase online legally the gun has to be shipped to a registered firearms dealer or a Federal Firearms License holder (FFL). So a firearm can be purchased withoutSat, 16 Jun 2012 14:08:40 -0500Infamously, Lee Harvey Oswald bought his Rifle by Mail-Order ...I don't know, but I suspect that NO Firearms are now available by such "Catalog" Sales ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520897643#520897643Infamously, Lee Harvey Oswald bought his Rifle by Mail-Order ...I don't know, but I suspect that NO Firearms are now available by such "Catalog" Sales ...Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:00:36 -0500Prior to the laws about background checks there was no registering guns in Texas. It takes longer to fill out the application to purchase a gun than for the sales person to put one's name, SS#, etc. into a computer and get the results. If one is a lhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520896825#520896825Prior to the laws about background checks there was no registering guns in Texas. It takes longer to fill out the application to purchase a gun than for the sales person to put one's name, SS#, etc. into a computer and get the results. If one is a lSat, 16 Jun 2012 13:34:01 -0500Motor Vehicles have the "VIN" located in several Places ... Right now, Firearms have only one Serial Number ...Whatever ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520890585#520890585Motor Vehicles have the "VIN" located in several Places ... Right now, Firearms have only one Serial Number ...Whatever ...Sat, 16 Jun 2012 10:21:26 -0500They aren't saying it's useless. They are saying it's problematic. You need to get your ideas straight.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520888585#520888585They aren't saying it's useless. They are saying it's problematic. You need to get your ideas straight.Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:30:47 -0500There is no national firearms registration in the U.S. But, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, there are nearly 300 million firearms in circulation in the U.S. The NRA gives approximately this same figure.Of all these guns, pehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520875313#520875313There is no national firearms registration in the U.S. But, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, there are nearly 300 million firearms in circulation in the U.S. The NRA gives approximately this same figure.Of all these guns, peFri, 15 Jun 2012 20:39:12 -0500Certainly not here in Wyoming. You have to go through a background check for the commercial purchase of a firearm. (but not a private purchase.)But, no registration required once you own the firearm.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520850439#520850439Certainly not here in Wyoming. You have to go through a background check for the commercial purchase of a firearm. (but not a private purchase.)But, no registration required once you own the firearm.Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:33:32 -0500This technology would be useful but neither universally applicable nor conclusive proof in court.As opposed to matching gun and bullet after the fact, which is what traditional ballistics testing does, this would allow law enforcement to identify a shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520846107#520846107This technology would be useful but neither universally applicable nor conclusive proof in court.As opposed to matching gun and bullet after the fact, which is what traditional ballistics testing does, this would allow law enforcement to identify a sFri, 15 Jun 2012 07:50:53 -0500I suspect that for most of us around the country, our guns are not registered. There is no requirement for that.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29177049/Microstamping?post_id=520834935#520834935I suspect that for most of us around the country, our guns are not registered. There is no requirement for that.Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:35:19 -0500