Friday, January 24, 2014

California 'Roll Forward' Microstamping Punishes Firearm Innovation



California 'Roll Forward' Microstamping Punishes Firearm Innovation
by AWR Hawkins 23 Jan 2014, 8:03 PM PDT
California's microstamping plan is even worse than normal microstamping because it punishes gun manufacturers for firearm innovation. 

When Breitbart News announced that Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger, & Co. were done selling semi-automatic firearms in California due to microstamping requirements, many wondered why the requirements were considered so onerous and if they merited a complete withdrawal from the state.

Sources explain that CA is requiring "roll forward" microstamping, which means manufacturers must revamp their production line to incorporate microstamping when a design change makes a given firearm better. From the point of improvement forward they must identify their firearms with a firing pin fingerprint or microstamp.

This means a handgun which was on the CA approved roster yesterday is considered a new firearm and must meet the microstamping requirement rolling forward if it receives a change as small as an internal component – a new spring, for example.

The cost of complying with this requirement is unknown, but normal production costs will certainly rise. The unknown aspect of it results from the fact that microstamping has yet to prove reliable, and the size, makeup, and expense of a database to store microstamped firearm information remains in flux.

Announcing the National Shooting Sports Foundation's (NSSF) lawsuit against CA's microstamping requirement, NSSF senior vice president Lawrence Keane said:

There is no existing microstamping technology that will reliably, consistently, and legibly imprint the required identifying information by a semiautomatic handgun on the ammunition it fires. The holder of the patent for this technology himself has written that there are problems with it and that further study is warranted before it is mandated. A National Academy of Science review, forensic firearm examiners and a University of California at Davis study reached the same conclusion, and the technical experts in the firearm industry agree.

Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger, & Co.
TIAA-CREF is an investor in Smith & Wesson, and the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

Note: TIAA–CREF
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA–CREF).
California State Teachers' Retirement System is an investor in Smith & Wesson, the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and was a borrower in the Bailout - Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan.
Bill Lockyer is a board member for the California State Teachers' Retirement System, and the California state government treasurer.
Jerry Brown is the California state government governor, and his sister is Kathleen Brown.
Kathleen Brown was the California state government treasurer, a senior adviser for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), is Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Stephanie Bell-Rose was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is the senior managing director for TIAA-CREF.
James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Clifton R. Wharton Jr. was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the chairman & CEO for TIAA-CREF.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the New America Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Roger W. Ferguson Jr. was a director at the New America Foundation, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and is the president & CEO for TIAA-CREF.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Rahm I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor, and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
NRA-ILA (Rahm Emanuel’s Gun Control History)
Richard M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the Chicago (IL) mayor, Valerie B. Jarrett was his deputy chief of staff, and Michelle Obama was his staffer.
NRA-ILA (Richard M. Daley’s Gun Control History)
Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Boeing Company.
John H. Biggs was a director at the Boeing Company, and the chairman & CEO for TIAA-CREF.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP at the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.
Bertram L. Scott was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for TIAA-CREF.
Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is a co-chairman for the Committee for Economic Development, and the president & CEO for TIAA-CREF.
TIAA-CREF is an investor in Smith & Wesson, and the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
California State Teachers' Retirement System is an investor Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and in Smith & Wesson, the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
Stephen A. Feinberg is the CEO for Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and Martin Feinberg’s son.
Martin Feinberg is Stephen A. Feinberg’s father, and a Newtown (CT) resident.
Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a mass shootings 28 killed, including gunman.
Cerberus Capital Management L.P. is the owner of the Freedom Group.
Michael P.C. Carns is a director at the Freedom Group, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Freedom Group is a gun manufacturer.
Bushmaster Firearms is a Freedom Group brand.
Remington is a Freedom Group brand.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a major retailer for the Freedom Group.
John B. Breaux was a lobbyist for the Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and a consultant for the Cerberus Capital Management L.P.
Jose H. Villarreal was a director at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is a director at the Center for American Progress, and a senior adviser for the Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Center for American Progress, and is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Kathleen Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Jerry Brown’s sister, was a senior adviser for the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and the California state government treasurer.
Stephanie Bell-Rose was a managing director at the Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company), and is the senior managing director for TIAA-CREF.
Bill Lockyer is the California state government treasurer, and a board member for the California State Teachers' Retirement System.
California State Teachers' Retirement System is an investor in Smith & Wesson, the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and was a borrower in the Bailout - Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan.
TIAA-CREF is an investor in Smith & Wesson, and the Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.





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