You are either, 1) being unwittingly duped by the anti-gun left, or 2) allowing your greed (read: licensing fees) to overwhelm your sense of ethical duty and fair play.
- You obviously have no idea how to incorporate this *technology* into a real-world manufacturing environment. This daunting task of marrying two components together, with a completed round that has no visible serialization distinction, and then boxing them all together in yet a third package (which must have the same serialization) is daunting to say the least. It would require a complete redesign of the manufacturing process and would also substantially slow the process. At this point, the initial capital investment for new (unproven) equipment and the licensing fee pale in comparison to the cost associated with the tact time of manufacture. And higher times mean higher cost, which inevitably means higher cost to the consumer – likely MUCH higher cost. And finally, the logistics and bookkeeping required for such tracebility is yet another layer of additional cost.
- You would saddle the wholesale distributor and retailer with yet another layer of traceablility red-tape, requiring them to maintain records. This requires new systems and probably additional staff – all of which would be passed, yet again to the consumer.
- Do you really believe that criminals *buy* their ammunition? Are you truly that naïve?
- What about those of us who reload our own ammunition? Are you satisfied with simply legislating our hobby/pastime into the realm of illegality in a hell-bent pursuit of your licensing scheme and subsequent profits at all cost? Most of us already reload for financial reasons, because the current cost of factory ammo makes it prohibitive for competitive shooting sports. Your plan just pours salt into the wound.
- The truth is that the anti-gun establishment is embracing this psuedo-technological panacea because they recognize that it constitutes another opportunity to increase the pain on the gun-owning public. “Heck, if we can’t outlaw their guns, we’ll just enact legislation that makes it so cost prohibitive to shoot that they’ll have to give it up.”
- Gun registration has been determined to be illegal by several legal precedents at the federal level. An ammunition *database* amounts to nothing less.
I promise you that we, the law-abiding gun-owning citizens of this great country will NEVER sit idly by while those of your ilk continue to erode the liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. We are watching, we vote and we will not forget.
I would like to have a response from you – something other than the typical form letter.
