Dear Editors,
It's your contention then, that it's feasible to install a laser engraving system that is
small enough to fit in any make/model of firearm, presumably sans radical design change,
powerful enough to write on copper (common bullet jacket material),
precise and fast enough to write quite a bit of info that would be legible to a microscope,
as the bullet is moving down the barrel at generally supersonic speeds (presuming you want to write on the base of the bullet, since it's the only part that might not be totally deformed on impact),
and that it is strong enough to survive extreme recoil, cleaning solvents, pressures up to 50,000 PSI, and intense heat,
with some mechanism to prevent its lens from being coated with carbon and copper fouling (which takes considerable effort to remove by hand from the barrel, using very strong solvents and brushes),
with some way to program it with the make/model and a counter to increment the serial #,
and all that adding only a "nominal cost"?
I realize you know nothing about firearms or technology in general, or even the senate bill in question, or for that matter, journalism, but I really want to know one thing: do you actually expect criminals to keep putting fresh batteries in their guns?
warm regards,
-Tom
