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These objections mask what really alarms opponents: Buyers of microstamped guns will be less willing to resell, off the books, to those who can't or won't register. That concern is yet one more reason to pass this bill and put it to work solving crimes.

Make the bullets talk
A bill to link spent bullet casings to guns would help solve crimes.
May 24, 2007

CRIME SCENE investigators can often match spent bullet casings to the handguns that fired them — but only if they have the guns. They often don't, and have few clues where to look for them. That leads to dismal statistics like these: No arrests were made in 45% of the more than 1,400 homicides committed with handguns in California in 2004.