Murdoc brings up an outstanding point concerning Kalifornistan’s new requirement to provide a thumbprint for each and every ammunition purchase:
This won’t stop anyone from buying ammo. All it will do is provide an after-the-fact paper trail for someone to follow if necessary. So make sure that everyone realizes that this can do nothing whatsoever to prevent any crimes.
Let’s say that a determined killer needs ammo for his illegal hand gun. He goes to Wal-Mart, shows his ID and gives a thumb print, buys his ammo, and kills ten people. Later, the police can track the purchase down and find out that he bought two boxes of ammunition.
Wow. That’s going to take a bite out of crime.
Exactly. This new bill was never about preventing crime, and it is hardly even about solving crime – just think how long the list of people who have purchased Winchester White Box 9mm will be. Nope, this legislation is just like almost every other form of “reasonable gun control” proposed in recent history – it is intended to control the law-abiding, convince them that exercising their rights simply is not worth it, and, if possible, figure out who they are and how to keep track of them. This is nothing more than another item in the long chain of so-called “inconveniences” that we pro-rights advocates are forced to endure in the name of “fighting crime”, when legislation like this does not even come close to affecting actual criminals (who will simply import their ammunition, steal it, or procure it through other probably-already-illegal channels).
Strangely, the national government figured out this simple fact over 20 years ago, but, apparently, the Kalifornistan legislators and governors lack the intelligence necessary to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors. Somehow, I am not surprised.
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