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At one stage there was talk of microstamps on the ammo, including the rear of the projectile as a potential location.
This was slightly before the chamber/firing pin 'stamps as it shoots' version they are pimping now, but the premise was the same: mark ammo to solve crime. Added 'benifit' of that system was people would have to sign for any ammo purchased so that the s# series in X box could be directly connected to them should one appear at a crime scene.
Between the mechanics of it (maufacturers weren't never going to be convinced to develope, retool, impliment and keep record of all that BS, and said so), end user strife (pretty much everyone said FU to basically registering ammo at time of purchase, which in turn would be a form of firearm registration) and dealers (they have enough records to keep now and that would be so burdensome that many would be forced out of business because they couldn't keep up) it kinda fell off the planet then came orbiting back in as the variation on the theme they are pushing for now.
It all leads back to registration, limitation then confiscation anyway, no matter under what guise they paint it.
This was slightly before the chamber/firing pin 'stamps as it shoots' version they are pimping now, but the premise was the same: mark ammo to solve crime. Added 'benifit' of that system was people would have to sign for any ammo purchased so that the s# series in X box could be directly connected to them should one appear at a crime scene.
Between the mechanics of it (maufacturers weren't never going to be convinced to develope, retool, impliment and keep record of all that BS, and said so), end user strife (pretty much everyone said FU to basically registering ammo at time of purchase, which in turn would be a form of firearm registration) and dealers (they have enough records to keep now and that would be so burdensome that many would be forced out of business because they couldn't keep up) it kinda fell off the planet then came orbiting back in as the variation on the theme they are pushing for now.
It all leads back to registration, limitation then confiscation anyway, no matter under what guise they paint it.