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Bill to fund micro-stamped firearms for police advancing at Illinois statehouse

  • By Andrew Hensel - Illinois Radio Network

 

A bill filed last year that would create grants  for microstamping law enforcement firearms has been scheduled for a second reading in the Illinois House.

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"Microstamping for guns is so that law enforcement can trace a gun that was used in a shooting," Ford said. "So every gun will have a fingerprint so to speak,".

 

The legislation would use tax dollars to create the funding for the distribution of the micro-stamped firearms to law enforcement officers, but Ford said if everything goes smoothly, lawmakers could see it expand to other gun owners.

 

"We use microstamping to trace shootings, and if we get it approved through law enforcement, then maybe we should expand it to other gun owners," Ford said.

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They want to "fingerprint" your gun so it would be easier to trace a gun that was used in a shooting.  What would the point of this be if they don't do anything to the person using the gun to commit crime?

 

Oh..  yeah.  it's to slide funds to their cronies who have bribed them to enact these laws.  With the side benefit of making it harder and more expensive for law abiding citizens to purchase guns to defend themselves against people who vote for a living.

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On 1/21/2022 at 8:32 AM, davel501 said:

I'm interested to see how they implement this in a firearm. It's a risky move to start with the police where someone will die if these cause malfunctions vs duck hunters.

 

It makes sense to adopt in for the "government" first so they don't have civilian pushback.  Then once "working", require it for everyone for the "safety of the officers"..

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On 1/21/2022 at 9:41 AM, Illinois Sucks said:

 

It makes sense to adopt in for the "government" first so they don't have civilian pushback.  Then once "working", require it for everyone for the "safety of the officers"..

 

I said the same about "smart guns". Until it's issued to every law enforcement agency and our fighting forces and is good enough for them then it's not good enough for me. 

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On 1/21/2022 at 9:48 AM, solareclipse2 said:

 

I said the same about "smart guns". Until it's issued to every law enforcement agency and our fighting forces and is good enough for them then it's not good enough for me. 

 

Yep! The police should have to beta test anything that is required. They also should not be able to possess any weapons in any manner that is inconsistent with the way that the average voter of their jurisdiction would.

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On 1/21/2022 at 9:58 AM, davel501 said:

Yep! The police should have to beta test anything that is required. They also should not be able to possess any weapons in any manner that is inconsistent with the way that the average voter of their jurisdiction would.

 

Struts out the door to pick up some flash bangs and an MRAP

 

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[sigh]

 

EVEN if the tech worked flawlessly, it is useless for the stated purpose.  WELL over 90% (depending on locale) of gun homicides are committed related to the drug trade and/or gang related activity.  Again, well over 90% of those who have been incarcerated for a gun homicide, or gun related crime or shooting, say they used an illegally obtained gun.

 

Microstamping, again, if it worked flawlessly, is only of use, if the person responsible for the shooting, legally bought the firearm, and thus there is a record somewhere associating that person to that microstamp.  But, as we see, that is a tiny percentage of homicides.  AND, that is assuming those few don't disappear, when this becomes a thing.

 

Otherwise it is just an expensive means to match a shell casing to a firearm.  It's not even as good of evidence as current ballistics matching which at least can match some fired projectiles to a gun.   A matched shell at a scene is circumstantial evidence at best.

 

"But, it will at least capture straw purchasers"  some might counter.  Doubtful.  The only straw purchasers that matter in this regard, are those doing so to sell illegally by design.  For this to stem that flow, assumes extremely stupid criminals in this regard.  It assumes they wouldn't be smart enough (if not already doing this) and 'laundering' the guns.  IOW, that they don't or wouldn't start selling first, illegally to a 'distributor' that then sells them individually on the black market.   Of course, those that buy in other states that have no microstamping idiot laws, wouldn't have to change their ways at all.

 

ALL of that assumes, that the criminal element doesn't just disable the microstamping and conduct business as usual.  "But, we'll make that illegal".  So is the illegal selling and using of guns, let alone homicide.  If just making it illegal worked, you wouldn't need microstamping, now would you.?

 

The only people this would 'catch', is the rare person, whom until the incident, were law abiding, and defended themselves, and fled the scene (fleeing the scene makes them no longer law abiding, not the defense of self), or the already slam dunk cases of law abiding owners killing a family member in a heat of the moment thing.

 

In other words, it is a useless thing.

 

Do I have to even mention the close to half a billion firearms already out there, without microstamping?  Put microstamping in, and all you will do is make those MORE of a theft target, upping those crimes even more.

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On 1/21/2022 at 10:26 AM, cybermgk said:

 

ALL of that assumes, that the criminal element doesn't just disable the microstamping and conduct business as usual.  "But, we'll make that illegal".  So is the illegal selling and using of guns, let alone homicide.  If just making it illegal worked, you wouldn't need microstamping, now would you.?

Not sure why criminals would even bother with the microstamping one way or another?

 

Think the markings would implicate anyone but the first legal purchaser?

 

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On 1/21/2022 at 12:12 PM, mauserme said:

 

Or if you reload brass picked up at the range.  Brass stamped with multiple identifiers can't be very useful.

Nobody in their right mind actually believes this will have any effect on reducing gang violence.  The ACTUAL purpose is so the the politicians can claim they “did something.”  

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On 1/21/2022 at 12:12 PM, mauserme said:

 

Or if you reload brass picked up at the range.  Brass stamped with multiple identifiers can't be very useful.

 

Thinking about how this would have to work, it would be moving object, like an extractor. You'd have to be able to take it out and clean it or replace it when it wears out. What's to stop people from switching the numbers or taking the device out altogether? 

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On 1/21/2022 at 9:58 AM, davel501 said:

 

Yep! The police should have to beta test anything that is required.

 

I really do not think that there is an agency of the state that would be able to pull off such an large technological undertaking. For example, in a recent audit of the ISP, it found that they still had computers using Windows 7 (Released 2009), lost computers with "sensitive" information, and did not have a project management office. Additionally, the ISP was dinged for not getting its vehicles maintained properly- oil changes and other maintenance. So if they cannot get some basic operational procedures down pat, I would suggest that any cutting edge technologies would be challenging, at best.

 

The audit can be found here: https://www.auditor.illinois.gov/Audit-Reports/Compliance-Agency-List/ISP/FY20-ISP-Comp-Full.pdf

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On 1/21/2022 at 12:51 PM, davel501 said:

 

Thinking about how this would have to work, it would be moving object, like an extractor. You'd have to be able to take it out and clean it or replace it when it wears out. What's to stop people from switching the numbers or taking the device out altogether? 

Typically, it's coming from two places: the bolt face and the business end of the firing pin.

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HB2769 Amendment 4 said:

(5 ILCS 100/5-45.21 new)

Sec. 5-45.21. Emergency rulemaking; Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation of the Microstamping Funding Program Act, emergency rules implementing the Microstamping Funding Program Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.

This Section is repealed one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.

 

If I understand correctly, the "Act" authorizes the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to establish funding for a microstamp program, which doesn't necessarily create, test, or issue microstamping firearms. I believe that the ICJIA doesn't do anything other than apply for federal grants and shuffle money from grants to various law enforcement agencies. Presumably if law enforcement agencies wanted to issue or test microstamping firearms, they'd ask ICJIA for funds to buy them and/or test them (whatever "testing" means). There still have to be agencies which want to issue microstamping firearms to their personnel and presumably personnel who want to carry them.

 

If we as private individuals buy firearms that have been issued to police by their departments, will we be accused of using "police-style" weapons?

 

With some police personnel having trouble with P320 adoption (although still an extreme minority, I think), why should we trust the outcome of some other (extremely small) weapon adoption?

 

I'm not sure this bill does anything, even if it passes, other than waste whatever money it manages to control, especially since there are no microstamping firearms. No number of emergency rules are going to summon them into existence.

 

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The statement of legislative findings in SB2769 makes clear their intention to make this a broader mandate. This is confirmed by Representative Ford's statements quoted above.

 

 

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    Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly

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finds that:

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    Law enforcement makes an arrest in only 35% of firearm

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homicides and 21% of firearm assaults when the victim was

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Black or Hispanic. Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving

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tool that can help law enforcement quickly solve gun crimes.

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Microstamping is a reliable ballistics identification tool,

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and can greatly enhance traditional ballistics analysis and

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the current National Integrated Ballistics Information Network

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(NIBIN) system by providing a direct link between a spent

 

 

   

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cartridge case and a firearm.

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    The leads generated from fired cartridge cases, bearing

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microstamps found at crime scenes, have the potential to help

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law enforcement solve gun-related crimes while limiting

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negative interactions with law enforcement, especially in

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minority communities. While this crime-solving technology

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exists, firearm manufacturers have not yet produced

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microstamp-ready firearms.

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    It behooves the State to install a program in partnership

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with law enforcement to bring microstamp-ready firearms into

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use in Illinois.

 

 

The purpose of this bill is to create a market for “microstamp ready” firearms where no such market would exist on it's own. It is to provide a financial incentive to develop a product, get that product into law enforcement use even to a small degree, then argue that if law enforcement uses it there's no reason to not require it of regular gun owners.

 

 

 

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Overall, try to envision the long term consequences of this.

 

Remember hearing about car theft, and how easy it was to steal a car in the past?
And over several decades we now have cars that are hard to steal without the key.

Because of surveillance cameras and tracking devices, one reason to steal a car is to be able to commit crimes without a trace back to the criminal.


And now car theft has gone from a crime against unattended property to a crime against people.
And the license plates, VIN, hidden serial numbers, OnStar, etc,  only tie the car to whom it was stolen from.

 

Now think about microstamping...

 

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