MA and NY stop saving fired cases

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Both New York State and Massachusetts have ended their programs of demanding that manufacturers supply two sample fired cases with all guns sold in their states.
After years and years of examining those cases and putting their characteristics into databases, they have NEVER solved a crime with this information.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-bullet-casings-20151107-story.html


http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2011/s459


http://www.ammoland.com/2012/01/44-...islature-scrap-bullet-tracking/#axzz3r10XMkBb


It is worth noting that for many years, I think beginning in the late 1950s, ammunition sales from FFL dealers were recorded just like gun sales, but without a form 4473 for the buyer to fill-out. Congress observed that not a single crime was ever solved using this information about ammo sales, and Congress repealed those parts of the ammunition registration and record keeping plan in 1986 as part of the Firearms Owners Protection Act (FOPA).

 

[chucklenut]

Well thats interesting

While the law was asinine, did it present any barriers that prevented or made it harder for citizens to buy guns?

 

[bulletpaluza]

Well thats interesting

While the law was asinine, did it present any barriers that prevented or made it harder for citizens to buy guns?

Yes it did. In those states you would buy a firearm then you would have to go to the sheriff's station register and turn in you spent casings that came with the gun.

 

[chucklenut]

Yes it did. In those states you would buy a firearm then you would have to go to the sheriff's station register and turn in you spent casings that came with the gun.

well, that sounds like less work for everyone involved

good stuff

 

[biker_bill]

Sounds like it was a silly idea to start with...