Title: Requires Firearms to Have Microstamping Technology
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.