Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires semiautomatic pistols to be manufactured with microstamp technology.

Highlights:

• Requires all new semiautomatic pistols sold after January 1, 2014 to be microstamp ready (Sec. 2).

• Defines “microstamp ready” as a pistol that is manufactured with a unique alpha-numeric or geometric code located at least 2 places on each cartridge that identifies the make, model, and serial number of the pistol (Sec. 3).

• Establishes a Class D felony charge for any individual who defaces a machine-gun, firearm, microstamping component, or a mechanism of a semiautomatic pistol (Sec. 4).

• Establishes a Class A misdemeanor charge for any firearm dealer who sells, exchanges, offers, or delivers a semiautomatic pistol, knowing that a microstamping component or mechanism has been defaced (Sec. 4).

• Specifies that defacing a semiautomatic pistol does not include the following (Sec. 4):
• Modifying a semiautomatic pistol to make it microstamp ready; or
• Replacing the firing pin of a semiautomatic pistol that is microstamp ready when the pin is damaged or in need of replacement.

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