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Old 12-01-2016, 8:09 PM
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You mean we can someday (maybe) get Gen4 Glocks like the rest of the country?
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Old 12-01-2016, 8:27 PM
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The way I read it was that the trial court didn't even allow NSSF and SAAMI to make their case because of some separation of powers issue.

The circuit court said the separation of powers issue doesn't bar their suit because the plaintiffs are invoking a section of state law that basically says that the state can't require impossible things.

The circuit court sent it back down to the trial court and says to the trial court: You need to take testimony and evidence to determine if microstamping as described in the law is an impossible thing.

Not only that, but the trial court is ordered to ignore the lame claim by the state AG that when it says microstamping has to be done on two places on the expended cartridge, you can't count microstamping the primer twice. It has to be the primer and someplace else on the cartridge because that was the legislative intent when the law was passed.

So, there's going to be some back and forth at the trial court level where our side should win because there isn't a soul who's claiming that there's any technology that can microstamp the primer and someplace else on the casing.
You nailed it, except I'm not sure there is nobody claiming they have the ability to microstamp in two places on the cartridge. In any event, the hill just got a lot steeper for the Attorney General, which is always a good thing.
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You mean we can someday (maybe) get Gen4 Glocks like the rest of the country?
LCI and Mag Disconnect still apply, and the LCI standard has been revised so the "nub" of the extractor no longer qualifies, it needs to be "conspicuous"

Look at the Shield, XD9, and P380 for what is now accepted (sharkfin)
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YAY, finally some good news in CA!

What a ridiculous law. Aside from the problem of reliably stamping casing and primer after thousands of rounds (or even one round at this point), WTF would we do if a firing pin needed replacing? Have to get it custom micro stamped to the exact model and serial number of the gun? Ridiculous!
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Wow!!! Good news!!! There's hope for California!
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We are not there yet. This is just a small step in the right direction.

Also, microstamping was just icing on the cake. The true choke on handguns in CA is still LCI/mag disconnect. This means no Gen 4 Glock, XDm, HK, FNH, etc. We might just get a few more carefully selected Sigs and maybe an M&P or two and even that will take years. That's about it.
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Before everybody gets too excited, this is a "technical victory" where Chuck Michel and his guys are winning against the state and developing the framework for the future.

We have ammo bills and all sorts of other issues that are piling up at the moment. The most important new development is going to be Scalia's replacement at the federal level and the health of Bader-Ginsburg...
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I will take a technical victory as a massive leap forward considering where we are at the moment.
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There's no hope, don't delude yourself.

Assume for now that we go back to the trial court, and NSSF produces sufficient evidence of impossibility, the trial is actually held, and NSSF wins on the merits.

What do you think our new AG is going to do? Say "OK, you won, we lost", roll over, and show his belly? The appeals process will drag out for years to come, with each hearing another bite at the apple for the AG.

Time and time again these things get hung up in the courts, and this won't be any different. The courts are no "vindicator" of anything in this state. Had the 5th District ruled differently, it would have thrown decades of precedent into doubt, creating an untenable situation for non-firearms cases.

The subtext, to the AG, was "Go back and find a better set of arguments so we can rule in your favor next time this is kicked up the ladder, m'kay?"
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Slight, but very important, correction to what you wrote.

The roster was SOLD as preventing "unsafe" handguns being sold in CA. It's true design and intent from day one was to limit and eventually eliminate handgun sales in the state. It has never been about safety.
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I will take a technical victory as a massive leap forward considering where we are at the moment.
It wasn't meant to undermine their effort or diminish the value of the victory. It was meant to let people know that we are not going to see any immediate changes and that we still have a long road ahead of us.
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I'm 60. Any chance I'll be able to buy a sig 938 in the state (new) before I die?

What time frame would one put on a new trial, a victory, an appeal, another ruling, and a change to the roster?

I'm thinking 6 years for justice. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Still...a huge step in the right direction.
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How long before the state requires all ammo to have a serial number and when we buy it, we will have to dros it just like firearms.. Then it will be illegal to police our brass, reload, etc.
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How long before the state requires all ammo to have a serial number and when we buy it, we will have to dros it just like firearms.. Then it will be illegal to police our brass, reload, etc.
didnt they try something like this in Illinois ?
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You nailed it, except I'm not sure there is nobody claiming they have the ability to microstamp in two places on the cartridge. In any event, the hill just got a lot steeper for the Attorney General, which is always a good thing.
Dude, they've got the inventor of micro stamping claiming that it is not only possible, but that it has been tested and worked 100% of the time. How is denying that the technology exists a good argument? GLOCK's argument in their filing on the other hand is solid. What are the chances that the roster gets reversed?
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lawj11, please show us where the inventor said this and has working examples that stamp on two places on the case as required by CA law.
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lawj11, please show us where the inventor said this and has working examples that stamp on two places on the case as required by CA law.
A. Appellants and Their Amici Ignore a Sworn Declaration by the Inventor of Microstamping Technology Attesting that Microstamping Can Be, and Has Been, Successfully Implemented
First—and most tellingly—Appellants and their amici fail to even acknowledge, let alone rebut, the sworn declaration of the inventor of microstamping technology, Todd Lizotte, submitted to the district court in this action. Mr. Lizotte’s declaration makes clear that microstamping is more than theoretically possible—it has been successfully developed and tested. Mr. Lizotte testified that:
 “[O]ver the years I have publicly demonstrated microstamping technology seven times, using firearms outfitted with firing pin and/or breech face elements.” (1SER:0114.)
 “In May of 2007, for instance, I conducted a stress test in which I fired over 2,500 rounds from a Smith and Wesson .40 caliber semiautomatic handgun that had been outfitted with microstamping technology. The test employed fully optimized firing pins that were designed to work with that specific model of firearm, and used five different brands of ammunition. Using optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy techniques, all eight microstamped digits from the firing pin were legible 97% of the time. Additionally,
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Case: 15-15449, 09/28/2015, ID: 9699195, DktEntry: 33, Page 16 of 28
breech face markings transferred to cartridge casings were legible 96% of the time. Between firing pin and breech face markings, all eight microstamped digits were identifiable in all cases.” (1SER:0119-120.)
 “Although the firing pin and breech face are viable and effective locations for microstamping, various other surfaces—including the firing pin port, ejector, extractor, and chamber wall can be used.” (1SER:0118.)
Mr. Lizotte thus goes on to conclude:
 “Based on my experience, expertise, and my own testing results as the
inventor of microstamping, compliance with microstamping requirements is technologically possible. Thus, manufacturers could meet the microstamping requirement on currently unrostered weapons, allowing such weapons to be rostered.” (1SER:0115.)

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Dude, they've got the inventor of micro stamping claiming that it is not only possible, but that it has been tested and worked 100% of the time. How is denying that the technology exists a good argument?
The term "technology exists" is too loose for this conversation.

Just because something exists in an experimental stages or just because someone ran a set of lab tests in no way implies that the technology is readily available or even possible to implement in real life.

How many millions of miles have the driverless cars driven "successfully" per testimony of the inventor? What would it look like if the legislators today mandated that no car can have front seats - we all have to be passengers?

That's the sort of "technology exists" that we are talking about. There isn't a single commercial microstamping firearm available on the market today. This is a few less than the so-called "smart guns" which worked "real good" (sic) in labs, yet they couldn't make one beyond .22 LR and even that one didn't work well in practice.

When it comes to guns we actually have a very simple test for "technology is useful and it works" - military and police. Any useful and working technology can be forced on the police. It would be the proof we are looking for here.
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Kindly stay on the thread topic, which is 'microstamping', not 'other members'.
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Dude, they've got the inventor of micro stamping claiming that it is not only possible, but that it has been tested and worked 100% of the time. How is denying that the technology exists a good argument? GLOCK's argument in their filing on the other hand is solid. What are the chances that the roster gets reversed?
Dude, first, reread my post. I never said it is or is not impossible, just explained what the court said. NSSF will (and should) have the opportunity to test the inventor's claims. Second, this is not my case so I don't understand why you are complaining about your perceived problems with the lawsuit. Third, GLOCK's brief was good, but the lawsuit it was filed in is making a totally different argument than this lawsuit. GLOCK's brief, by the way, says:

"Microstamping is both novel and essentially theoretical because no pistols that are commercially available in the United States currently incorporate it."

So, apparently they doubt the inventor's claims that microstamping works too.

Finally, if I knew the chances of whether the Roster will get reversed, I'd be in a difference line of work.
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Someone help me with this... Microstamping I assume was thought up as a way to track rounds to a perpetrator of a crime. What would stop said perpetrator from taking one swipe of a file across the firing pin to destroy the stamp, a harshly worded law with severe penalties? The only perpetrators you'll catch with this technology might be a few guys who went shooting in the woods and left their brass on the ground. Bam! Felony Littering.
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A glimmer of hope, but how many years will it take to reverse a near impossible/un-workable requirement?

Imagine...well yes gay marriage is legal but you have to have your ceremony on the moon. Technically it's possible.

Beating the dead horse. I know.
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It's two places marked on the case.
It's two places marked on the case.
It's two places marked on the case.

Hate to be repetitive, but it's two places marked on the case.

The firing pin cannot be used to make the stamp because the primer is not the case.
Then there is the issue of primer swipe upon ejection, ruining the stamp mark.

The breech face cannot be used to mark the case because of the ammo maker's stampings are already on the case head, leaving little or no room for another stamp....or requiring that each round fired be aligned so a blank area on the case head would be hit by the stamp.
Failure to align your ammo would be a crime as one stamp would be missing.
Not practical in the real world.

The ejector can not be used to stamp as the mark would be on the case head.

The extractor does not have the power to stamp in the extractor groove.
Given different extractor grove shapes, consistent stamping is not possible.

Primer swipe and limited case head area:


Ca law requires two legible stampings every time.
With primer and case head eliminated, the case sides must be marked.
This means some sort of stamping when the case is in the chamber.

This is what nobody can figure out how to do.

lawj11, again, show me where the inventor has a working example that stamps the case in two places.
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Someone help me with this... Microstamping I assume was thought up as a way to track rounds to a perpetrator of a crime. What would stop said perpetrator from taking one swipe of a file across the firing pin to destroy the stamp, a harshly worded law with severe penalties? The only perpetrators you'll catch with this technology might be a few guys who went shooting in the woods and left their brass on the ground. Bam! Felony Littering.
Again, this objection and many more were made known to the Legislature before the bill passed, and it passed anyway.

Please remember that before you try to apply logic to CA gun laws - they're not about guns.
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Someone help me with this... Microstamping I assume was thought up as a way to track rounds to a perpetrator of a crime. What would stop said perpetrator from taking one swipe of a file across the firing pin to destroy the stamp, a harshly worded law with severe penalties? The only perpetrators you'll catch with this technology might be a few guys who went shooting in the woods and left their brass on the ground. Bam! Felony Littering.
Just use a revolver.
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Just use a revolver.
Or one of the millions of handguns/rifles already in the state that don't (never will) have microstamping. Its not about crime... it's about stopping sales of firearms in the PRK.

Through the roster they will eventually stop sales of all new semi-auto handguns (and revolvers in the future).
The AW laws are the start of stopping all sales of new semi-auto rifles and shotguns.
There will be more...your pump shotguns and sniper rifles will be next. There is no doubt that CA is the progressive model for how some would like to see things happen.
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and here i thought as seen on tv that they already can know what gun fired said round just by looking at a spent case.
and every bullet proved the barrel it came out of.

no need for a new tech way.


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Hate to be repetitive, but it's two places marked on the case.

The firing pin cannot be used to make the stamp because the primer is not the case.
That's such a slippery assertion I'd suspect there's a law school diploma above your work bench. I mean that as a compliment.

But to explore further, is that a viable position, that the primer is not for purposes of the requirement not considered "the case"? I'd like to think you're right, but ...
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Theoretically, words have meanings.
Currently a round of center fire ammunition that would be used in a semiauto pistol consists of four parts: a case, a primer, a propellant and a bullet.
The laws and regulations are to be written so those affected can understand them.
If I'm at the reloading bench, and I say to you "Hand me some cases", you're not going to hand me powder, bullets or primers...you will hand me cases.
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Note that UC Davis tried to make this work using the firing pin as a stamp.
It did not work out... with stamping on brass being much more difficult than stamping on soft primer metal.

https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/gun-mic...s-more-testing
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It's two places marked on the case.
It's two places marked on the case.
It's two places marked on the case.

Hate to be repetitive, but it's two places marked on the case.

The firing pin cannot be used to make the stamp because the primer is not the case.
Then there is the issue of primer swipe upon ejection, ruining the stamp mark.

The breech face cannot be used to mark the case because of the ammo maker's stampings are already on the case head, leaving little or no room for another stamp....or requiring that each round fired be aligned so a blank area on the case head would be hit by the stamp.
Failure to align your ammo would be a crime as one stamp would be missing.
Not practical in the real world.

The ejector can not be used to stamp as the mark would be on the case head.

The extractor does not have the power to stamp in the extractor groove.
Given different extractor grove shapes, consistent stamping is not possible.

Primer swipe and limited case head area:


Ca law requires two legible stampings every time.
With primer and case head eliminated, the case sides must be marked.
This means some sort of stamping when the case is in the chamber.

This is what nobody can figure out how to do.

lawj11, again, show me where the inventor has a working example that stamps the case in two places.
All excellent points, and I'd like to also add - what are we supposed to do if we need or want to replace our barrel? Do we need to order one with identical stamps on it? What about our old barrel, they can't have 2 barrels floating around with the same microstamp information in them, so then what? Do they require us to send the old barrel back before we can get the new one? What if we lost the old one, do we then have to throw the rest of the gun away because it's worthless now? And we're not allowed to have spare barrels? The only way to avoid those issues is by not mandating microstamping on individual barrels, only on factory pistols, as the law is right now. So then, why even have it in the first place if anyone can buy a $75 part to legally get rid of it?
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So then, why even have it in the first place if anyone can buy a $75 part to legally get rid of it?
No different than the LCI and mag disconnect.
Both easily bypassed on most guns.
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No different than the LCI and mag disconnect.
Both easily bypassed on most guns.
The LCI can be easily bypassed on all guns, as far as I know. Since there is no law against replacing your slide with a different one from out of state.

Not to mention the obvious safety hazard that they cause. It completely gets rid of the perhaps the most important firearms safety rule of them all, that "all firearms are always loaded", and replaces it with "No red flag, so it must not be loaded". Which is especially hazardous for those most susceptible to that mistake - new gun owners, who assume all guns must have a LCI, because the guy at the gun store told them that all pistols in CA have one. When they handle one that doesn't, they could very well assume it's empty when it is in fact loaded.
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The LCI can be easily bypassed on all guns, as far as I know. Since there is no law against replacing your slide with a different one from out of state.

Not to mention the obvious safety hazard that they cause. It completely gets rid of the perhaps the most important firearms safety rule of them all, that "all firearms are always loaded", and replaces it with "No red flag, so it must not be loaded". Which is especially hazardous for those most susceptible to that mistake - new gun owners, who assume all guns must have a LCI, because the guy at the gun store told them that all pistols in CA have one. When they handle one that doesn't, they could very well assume it's empty when it is in fact loaded.
Yep.
It's like the push to vehicles with electronics that are susceptible to attack by EMP, or as simple and non-destructive as a remote shutdown by Onstar-like technology, self-driving cars, connected vehicles, etc...

There is ALWAYS going to be "legacy" equipment out there. In the case of guns, it will always make up the majority of what is "in the wild", unlike vehicles which wear out and are replaced and scrapped regularly.
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That's such a slippery assertion I'd suspect there's a law school diploma above your work bench. I mean that as a compliment.

But to explore further, is that a viable position, that the primer is not for purposes of the requirement not considered "the case"? I'd like to think you're right, but ...
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'Primed case' means there are also 'unprimed' cases, so a primer is a separate piece from the 'case'.

At least, that's how it seems to me.
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It's two places marked on the case.
It's two places marked on the case.
It's two places marked on the case.

Hate to be repetitive, but it's two places marked on the case.

The firing pin cannot be used to make the stamp because the primer is not the case.
Then there is the issue of primer swipe upon ejection, ruining the stamp mark.

The breech face cannot be used to mark the case because of the ammo maker's stampings are already on the case head, leaving little or no room for another stamp....or requiring that each round fired be aligned so a blank area on the case head would be hit by the stamp.
Failure to align your ammo would be a crime as one stamp would be missing.
Not practical in the real world.

The ejector can not be used to stamp as the mark would be on the case head.

The extractor does not have the power to stamp in the extractor groove.
Given different extractor grove shapes, consistent stamping is not possible.

Primer swipe and limited case head area:


Ca law requires two legible stampings every time.
With primer and case head eliminated, the case sides must be marked.
This means some sort of stamping when the case is in the chamber.

This is what nobody can figure out how to do.

lawj11, again, show me where the inventor has a working example that stamps the case in two places.
The other question I didn't see answered. Since the guy invented it, is it public domain or does he collect on every gun produced.
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The other question I didn't see answered. Since the guy invented it, is it public domain or does he collect on every gun produced.
It was patented, but has expired. The requirement did not come into force until after expiration. That makes it public domain because anyone can read the patent and there is no restriction on use.

Just because there was a patent does not mean it was actually possible. If it were possible someone would be selling it in this large market.

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The way the law was written, the microstamping requirement would only go into effect when the AG (cameltoe harris) signed off that it was usable, real technology that was unrestrained by patent protections. None of those things were true for a couple years, so the law didn't take effect. Then the patent finally expired, and miss cameltoe took it upon herself to lie and announce that microstamping is alive and well, and the law can go into effect.

I wasn't around at the time so I don't remember the exact details, but I thought a gun group (maybe calguns?) bought the patent rights from the original owner to make sure it remained patented (and thus unusable). I'm not sure what happened with that, but clearly we don't have the patent rights anymore, for some reason. Or maybe someone just found another method that didn't infringe on the patent. Hopefully someone else remembers how that all played out.
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One question and it may have been asked and answered. Once a case has been stamped, what happens if you reload it? Could you potentially have several stamps on the case which would defeat the purpose of the law?
You could have a million different stamps on a cartridge and it still wouldn't defeat the purpose of the law.
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