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- noun A
microscopic marking on afirearm cartridge , made bymicrostamping .
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Examples
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Also, New York has a bill pending to require handguns to "microstamp" ammunition each time a round is fired, helping law enforcement find criminal shooters faster.
Paul Helmke: America's Gun Laws: How Did Your State Score? 2009
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They also want the state to implement a law passed in 2007 that requires a "microstamp" in any new handgun, which would leave an identifiable - and traceable - mark on shell casings.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories By DOUG IRVING 2010
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Government tracking regulations -- nondiscretionary licensing regimes either for possession or carrying, instant background checks, registration requirements, serial number requirements, requirements that guns be test-fired and the marks they leave on bullets recorded, or requirements that all new semiautomatic guns must "microstamp" the ejected brass with the gun's serial number -- generally don't by themselves substantially burden self-defense.
British Blogs 2009
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o Outlaws possession or ownership of any firearms that cannot "microstamp" cartridges
Latest Articles 2009
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Inaction by the Common Council sent a message in itself that city leaders do not support microstamp ammunition legislation.
NRA-ILA Site Updates 2010
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Democrat Craig Johnson, who voted yes, noted that a few of the people who were voting against legalizing MMA on public safety grounds voted against Tuesday's failed measure to microstamp semiautomatic weapons.
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The microstamp would be required on semi-automatic pistols imprinting a gun-specific code on any shell casing.
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Furthermore, this will require the gun to leave a microstamp of its own on the ammo.
Latest Articles 2009
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January 1, 2011, a semiautomatic handgun that does not produce a microstamp.
Dad29 2009
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The bill also requires manufacturers and dealers who transfer a handgun that is required to produce microstamps to certify that the handgun, if it is a new handgun, produces microstamps and that the manufacturer of the handgun will disclose to a law enforcement agency that has collected a microstamp from an expended cartridge during a criminal investigation the make, model, and serial number of the handgun that expended the cartridge.
Dad29 2009
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