{"id":191019,"date":"2023-08-27T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=183666"},"modified":"2023-08-27T15:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:31:25","slug":"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Follows California&#8217;s Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MicroStampNSSF-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"Microstamping.\" class=\"wp-image-180191\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time:  <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">6<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Larry Keane<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jersey is trying its hardest to become the California of the East Coast \u2013 without the good weather, Hollywood and vineyards. When it comes to gun control, though, New Jersey\u2019s got just about everything California has to offer \u2013 even down to the microstamping requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is, of course, until a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/federal-judge-blocks-california-handgun-law-preventing-production-of-new-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\"><strong>federal judge ordered<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that California couldn\u2019t enforce microstamping mandates earlier this year. Turns out, it violates the Second Amendment. New Jersey might want to take note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jersey\u2019s Attorney General Matt Platkin&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/ag-platkin-announces-adoption-of-standards-and-processes-for-microstamping-enabled-firearms-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">announced<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that his office established standards and an application process for handguns to be included on New Jersey\u2019s microstamping-enabled handgun roster. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law in 2022 that the state would follow in California\u2019s footsteps to require that handguns be certified that they are equipped with microstamping technology that can regularly impart a code to a cartridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s just one problem. Every independent study of this nascent \u201ctechnology\u201d concludes that it does not reliably, consistently produce a legible mark on the primer. Put simply, it doesn\u2019t work as advertised. That might be why New York has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/ny-passed-a-microstamping-gun-law-its-already-months-behind-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\"><strong>yet to certify<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;its own microstamping requirement. They\u2019ve been investigating and so far \u2013 nothing. New Jersey will look at the same independent, peer-reviewed studies. And, if they are honest about it, must conclude it is not feasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-small-letters-big-issue\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\" data-level=\"2\">Small Letters, Big Issue<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-responsibility-for-failure\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\" data-level=\"2\">Responsibility for Failure<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-new-jersey-microstamping-next-steps\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\" data-level=\"2\">New Jersey Microstamping &#8212; Next Steps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-small-letters-big-issue\">Small Letters, Big Issue <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/factsheets\/NSSF-factsheet-microstamping.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">Microstamping<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is a patented process in which a laser engraves a unique alphanumeric code to the tip of a firing pin. The notion is that when the firing pin strikes a primer, it leaves not just the dimple that results from the impact, but inside that dimple is an exact replica of that unique alphanumeric code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In theory, this would make it easier for police at a crime scene to match spent cartridges with a particular gun that may have been criminally-misused in a crime. That theory, though, falls apart when it is tested under real-word conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Justice (DoJ)&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgunlaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Clarity-of-Microstamped-Identifiers-as-a-Function-of-primer-Hardness-and-Type-of-Firearm-Action.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\"><strong>commissioned a study<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;into microstamping and the results were disappointing for gun controllers that pitch this as panacea. It isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This peer-reviewed study was conducted by a team of experts who&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/factsheets\/NSSF-factsheet-microstamping.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">published<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;their findings in a firearms forensics scientific journal.&nbsp;Even the microstamping patent-holder, Todd Lizotte, got involved in the research that ultimately concluded that \u201c\u2026legitimate questions exist related to both the technical aspects, production costs, and database management associated with microstamping that should be addressed before wide scale implementation is legislatively mandated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, it\u2019s not ready for prime time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/california-senate-passes-microstamping-bill-to-halt-new-handgun-sales-by-2027\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">California Senate Passes Microstamping Bill to Halt New Handgun Sales By 2027<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s because smashing a few letters and numbers from a firing pin onto a cartridge and having work repeatedly isn\u2019t reality. First, not all firing pins are the same. Firing pins vary greatly across types and manufacturers. The second issue is the alphanumeric codes are not reliably, legibly imparted on the primer. Lizotte conceded that even under the best and most controlled circumstances in a laboratory, and using Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) to read the codes, it didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/factsheets\/NSSF-factsheet-microstamping.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">concluded<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that even with advanced technology, \u201ca full gear code appears to be rare and dependent on the weapon that made the impression.\u201d The study\u2019s authors said that at least 10 spent cartridges would need to be collected to piece together a complete code, but that supposes that a criminal is going to expend 10 rounds and that a crime scene wouldn\u2019t have multiple criminals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also assumes that the firing pin wouldn\u2019t deform over time and no longer impart a legible code. It further assumes that criminals won\u2019t tamper with the firing pins or replace them altogether. The laser-engraved codes can be defeated by dragging a nail file over the tip of the firing pin. Criminals are already known to scratch off or obliterate serial numbers from a firearm\u2019s frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Academy of Science Study&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/factsheets\/NSSF-factsheet-microstamping.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">said<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;of microstamping, \u201cFurther studies are needed on the durability of microstamping marks under various firing conditions and their susceptibility to tampering, as well as on their cost impact for manufacturers and consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor George Krivosta&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/factsheets\/NSSF-factsheet-microstamping.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">told<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the professional scholarly journal for forensic firearms examiners of microstamping, \u201cImplementing this technology will be much more complicated than burning a serial number on a few parts and dropping them into firearms being manufactured.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-responsibility-for-failure\">Responsibility for Failure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It raises serious concerns for firearm manufacturers. The cost of producing firearms that bear microstamping technology would increase by roughly $200. That\u2019s a lot of money for a microscopic change. The cost is high, though, because of the requirement that each unique identifier on every firearm pin must be matched to the firearm. It also raises significant legal concerns. Who would be held responsible if the technology doesn\u2019t work like California, New Jersey and New York gun control politicians say it will? If a criminal scratches the code off the firing pin or swaps it out with an unmarked pin, who will the state hold responsible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a legitimate question in California, New Jersey and New York, states that all passed laws to allow state authorities and citizens to bring frivolous lawsuits against firearm manufacturers for the harm caused by criminals misusing firearms. The firearm industry has been telling these states for years the technology doesn\u2019t work. The experts agree. The criminals already ignore the law to commit crimes and with little consequence because of soft-on-crime politicians in these states. That would seem to implicate the state for selling false promises to the public for technology that doesn\u2019t deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-jersey-microstamping-next-steps\">New Jersey Microstamping &#8212; <strong>Next Steps<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AG Platkin\u2019s&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rlsmedia.com\/article\/nj-ag-platkin-announces-adoption-standards-processes-microstamping-enabled-firearms-roster\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">announcement<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;of establishing criteria and an application process is just the first step in the state trying to pull a gun control pipe dream out of thin air. Next up will be the law\u2019s requirement to investigate the viability. They might want to get together with New York and ask them what\u2019s holding up their investigation into the same technology and requirements. It might be because they\u2019re finding the same data NSSF found \u2013 it just doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or AG Platkin can take a page from Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 playbook. In 2013, then California Attorney General Kamala Harris certified that microstamping was unencumbered by patent restrictions. She did not certify it actually works. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, she set in motion a slow-motion handgun ban that decreased the available models of handguns for sale in California from nearly 1,000 in 2013 to less than half of that today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If AG Platkin follows along with California\u2019s wishful gun control thinking, each New Jersey retailer would be required to carry at least one model in their inventory for sale. AG Platkin&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/ag-platkin-announces-adoption-of-standards-and-processes-for-microstamping-enabled-firearms-roster\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">said<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;forcing this not-ready-for-primetime technology \u201cwill have a profound impact on public safety across the state.\u201d Yet, there\u2019s no evidence of that. Like microstamping, his words are little and mean even less when there\u2019s no proof it will do what you say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Larry Keane\u00a0<\/strong><em>is Senior Vice President of Government and Public Affairs and General Counsel for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\">National Shooting Sports Foundation<\/a>, the firearms industry trade association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"new-jersey-follows-californias-lead-on-unworkable-microstamping-requirements\" title=\"New Jersey Follows California's Lead on Unworkable Microstamping Requirements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and 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