New push in NY to force gunmakers to adopt microstamping
New York this week became the second state to enact a law intended to force firearms manufacturers to adopt microstamping, a technology in which guns imprint tiny codes on ammunition cartridges as they are fired — creating a unique signature police could use to help solve crimes.
Big questions remain, though, about whether the new law will actually result in such guns being offered for sale.
California passed a similar law 15 years ago, and since then no handgun capable of microstamping has been introduced for sale in that state.