tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post6709607779444880262..comments2023-11-02T04:58:34.355-04:00Comments on Libertarian Party of Allen County, Indiana: Despite the hype, there does appear to be a real threatJeannette Jaquishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226385515110623744noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-76591573231561042932008-11-28T11:12:00.000-05:002008-11-28T11:12:00.000-05:00Amen, Tim.B.G.Amen, Tim.<BR/><BR/>B.G.Bob G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09222203353717749897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-3284267418344378532008-11-26T19:02:00.000-05:002008-11-26T19:02:00.000-05:00Sounds like another waste of time and money so som...Sounds like another waste of time and money so some dumbass politician can feel good about himself.<BR/><BR/>My advice? Stop making new stupid laws and just frickin' enforce the ones we already have. Rocket science, ain't it??<BR/><BR/>SheeshTim Zankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619436377992741061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-51903662231388124842008-11-26T14:42:00.000-05:002008-11-26T14:42:00.000-05:00Actually its more like a simple serial number or 2...Actually its more like a simple serial number or 2D barcode. The blunt end of the bullet gets some data laser etched onto it and that is linked to the bullet, the lot, the case, date of manufacture etc. <BR/><BR/>There is some interesting engineering behind it, but this partiuclar application is not ideal.Jonathan Bartelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587393999230143108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-54472816229668603182008-11-26T09:40:00.000-05:002008-11-26T09:40:00.000-05:00JQ,I believe that they intended that some kind of ...JQ,<BR/>I believe that they intended that some kind of encoding chip be inserted inside the bullet. I think even Paul Helmke knows that the rifling of a gun barrel would erase the serial number off of a bullet.Robert Endershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592475828737641009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-33218511554670897842008-11-26T09:31:00.000-05:002008-11-26T09:31:00.000-05:00Doug,You're correct I did post a link to an '08 bi...Doug,<BR/><BR/>You're correct I did post a link to an '08 bill. I picked up on a late night skim of the GunBoards and read right past the dates.<BR/><BR/>I posted it largely because it seemed to be actual anti-gun action, there has been a lot of panic recently, but this was the first bit of legislation I saw.Jonathan Bartelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587393999230143108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-65469394497491492952008-11-26T07:14:00.000-05:002008-11-26T07:14:00.000-05:00Maybe I missed some earlier context, but do you an...Maybe I missed some earlier context, but do you anticipate that bill to be reintroduced in 2009? The bill you linked to was introduced in 2008 and was never heard by the Committee on Public Policy to which it was introduced. <BR/><BR/>One advantage that might come from serial numbers on bullets is that if they trace back disproportionately to a small group of ammunition dealers; it might be evidence that those dealers are not obeying the law and allow enforcement efforts against those dealers. <BR/><BR/>As always, the question is whether the costs outweigh the benefits. Cost of marking the ammunition? Cost of enforcement? Dimunition of the 2nd Amendment's position as a bulwark against tyranny? Small or large benefits? All go on the scale.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424730556609713021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-1406431892976036712008-11-25T23:33:00.001-05:002008-11-25T23:33:00.001-05:00Let see....The guys who commit most of the crimes ...Let see....<BR/><BR/>The guys who commit most of the crimes that have guns involved are not the ones who purchase the guns via the laws/rules.<BR/><BR/>Hence, putting a serial number on each bullet would hardly bother them....<BR/><BR/>Regardless of who purchased the bullet one must prove in court who had the gun and who fired the fatel shot....<BR/><BR/>Many times bullets are so deformed after hitting a person or something reading the serial number could be highly difficult.<BR/><BR/>Look at how many times right here in Allen County the PA files charges against a person of using gun but when the plea bargin the crime the gun charge is gone....<BR/><BR/>Frankly this idea must have come from someone who never fired a gun or seen a spent bullet....J Q Taxpayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524418780704474919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-13302166605411874152008-11-25T23:33:00.000-05:002008-11-25T23:33:00.000-05:00Aren't many of those purchases made online nowaday...Aren't many of those purchases made online nowadays. The state probably isn't collecting the tax on those.Robert Endershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592475828737641009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-62413903578863902572008-11-25T23:30:00.000-05:002008-11-25T23:30:00.000-05:00Right, either way someone still gets shot.Taking a...Right, either way someone still gets shot.<BR/><BR/>Taking away guns, tracking guns, tracing bullets, are only treating symptoms and not the root causes of violent crime.<BR/><BR/>With the sales tax that has to be coming in from the recent sellers market in firearms and ammunition I doubt the state will be in any rush to risk that revenue.Jonathan Bartelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01587393999230143108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11887973.post-78058574007161291042008-11-25T23:24:00.000-05:002008-11-25T23:24:00.000-05:00Professionals dig the bullet out of the body.As fo...Professionals dig the bullet out of the body.<BR/><BR/>As for amateurs, ballistics tests can reveal the model of the gun, and sometime even the individual weapon.Robert Endershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592475828737641009noreply@blogger.com