billwiese
Member
This is a call to action.
Tomorrow morning and onward, we need Calif. gunnies to make the phones ring and the fax paper curl....
As you may have already seen stickied here or on Calguns.Net or AR15.COM CA Hometown forum earlier, there will be a new microstamping bill offered by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Hollywood, 42nd dist). It probably will emerge Friday, 23 February.
(BTW I believe "Feuer" is pronounced "FOY urr". Someone correct me if it's pronounced something like 'Fewer'.)
It appears this microstamping bill will be somewhat changed from last year, and includes unfeasible ideas like an engraved tip on the firing pin, as well as markings in the *chamber*/breech. Not all the details are in yet, but it appears this would apply to revolvers as well as pistols. There is a good chance that the folks writing this really don't have much tech info on how guns work, or the materials of which they're made.
Let's give Assemblyman Feuer the benefit of the doubt; this could be carryover legislation pushed by a holdover Koretz staffer testing the waters and he may have not a whole lotta interest if this is something driven by one of his holdover staffers.
It's time to call Assemblyman Feuer and let him know the uselessness of this idea, and that there are better things (like addressing So Cal's failing infrastructure, and ensuring children get quality educations in the LA region) to spend his time & talents fixing.
Assemblyman Mike Feuer can be reached at all these locations/numbers.
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0042
Tel: (916) 319-2042
Fax: (916) 319-2142
District Office:
9200 Sunset Boulevard, PH 15
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel: (310) 285-5490
Fax: (310) 285-5499
email:
Special web mail messages can be sent via this web link, which may be different than regular email:
http://legplcms01.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.aspx?district=AD42
His email is: [email protected]
Phone calls from you, family members and friends - as well as faxes - to each number above, plus electronic mail as above, would be most helpful.
PLEASE BE POLITE AND GRACIOUS. DO NOT BE RUDE, CONDESCENDING OR PUSHY. We're not the Bradyite Bleks getting kicked out of senators' offices, we're gentlemen, OK?
Perhaps on calls to each of the different numbers at different times of the days ahead, you use some of these talking points, you don't have to hit 'em all on one call.
Don't yammer about 2nd Amendment, RKBA, etc. - lost cause for now in CA. We need to deal with practicalities...
It's OK to share your opinion even if you're not in 42nd district. I will also note that for our SoCal members, cellular phone area codes are all over the place down there. [*],[6],[9] before dialling blocks Caller ID as well.
Y'all know what to do!
Bill Wiese
San Jose, CA
Tomorrow morning and onward, we need Calif. gunnies to make the phones ring and the fax paper curl....
As you may have already seen stickied here or on Calguns.Net or AR15.COM CA Hometown forum earlier, there will be a new microstamping bill offered by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Hollywood, 42nd dist). It probably will emerge Friday, 23 February.
(BTW I believe "Feuer" is pronounced "FOY urr". Someone correct me if it's pronounced something like 'Fewer'.)
It appears this microstamping bill will be somewhat changed from last year, and includes unfeasible ideas like an engraved tip on the firing pin, as well as markings in the *chamber*/breech. Not all the details are in yet, but it appears this would apply to revolvers as well as pistols. There is a good chance that the folks writing this really don't have much tech info on how guns work, or the materials of which they're made.
Let's give Assemblyman Feuer the benefit of the doubt; this could be carryover legislation pushed by a holdover Koretz staffer testing the waters and he may have not a whole lotta interest if this is something driven by one of his holdover staffers.
It's time to call Assemblyman Feuer and let him know the uselessness of this idea, and that there are better things (like addressing So Cal's failing infrastructure, and ensuring children get quality educations in the LA region) to spend his time & talents fixing.
Assemblyman Mike Feuer can be reached at all these locations/numbers.
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0042
Tel: (916) 319-2042
Fax: (916) 319-2142
District Office:
9200 Sunset Boulevard, PH 15
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel: (310) 285-5490
Fax: (310) 285-5499
email:
Special web mail messages can be sent via this web link, which may be different than regular email:
http://legplcms01.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.aspx?district=AD42
His email is: [email protected]
Phone calls from you, family members and friends - as well as faxes - to each number above, plus electronic mail as above, would be most helpful.
PLEASE BE POLITE AND GRACIOUS. DO NOT BE RUDE, CONDESCENDING OR PUSHY. We're not the Bradyite Bleks getting kicked out of senators' offices, we're gentlemen, OK?
Perhaps on calls to each of the different numbers at different times of the days ahead, you use some of these talking points, you don't have to hit 'em all on one call.
Don't yammer about 2nd Amendment, RKBA, etc. - lost cause for now in CA. We need to deal with practicalities...
- rumor mill is running fast statewide because of grave concerns;
- microstamping is unproven, unimplemented technology not in production anywhere;
- small cheap parts, uncontrolled/untracked, are readily changed;
- continuous changes/wear over part lifespan will change marks;
- repeatability/reliability also a function of ammunition casing material and/or coatings/platings;
- state/local gov't has no way of tracking, monitoring quality, etc.
- there is little to no real-world law-enforcement support, as crimes are not solved from tracking casings to gun, and this technology is in no way good enough to allow this w/any frequency; rather, such evidentiary associations are merely confirmatory post-arrest matters, using existing technology;
- 2006 CA gun control legislation did not fare well at all because many legislators - aside from politics - are starting to recognize that such measures have little or nothing to do with crime control.
- Did the bills' staff writers contact experts, including materials scientists, metallurigists and tribologists (those who study friction & wear issues)?
- Have the technical experts at the DOJ Firearms Div. given their input as to the technology feasibility, as well as the reliable administration of the database system storing all the microstamp profiles?
- Is there a budget allocated for such statewide administrative tasks, including training of city/county employees, or is this an unfunded mandate on city/county crime labs?
- Does the bill contain measures to stop 'identity theft', wasting investigators' and prosecutors' time on false/planted leads?
It's OK to share your opinion even if you're not in 42nd district. I will also note that for our SoCal members, cellular phone area codes are all over the place down there. [*],[6],[9] before dialling blocks Caller ID as well.
Y'all know what to do!
Bill Wiese
San Jose, CA
