California strikes again!

[russotto]

The half-cent fee is only the fee paid to the state; that doesn't take into account the cost of actually numbering the bullet, or the economics of the enormous reduction in supply this would cause. It wouldn't make bullets $5000, but it would make them much more expensive than they are now.

I can't see a laser cut number on the back of a lead bullet surviving being fired, let alone the bullet hitting anything.

Using taggants in the lead would work better but that apparently isn't the proposal on the table.

[Tonchi]

Originally Posted by russotto

The half-cent fee is only the fee paid to the state; that doesn't take into account the cost of actually numbering the bullet, or the economics of the enormous reduction in supply this would cause. It wouldn't make bullets $5000, but it would make them much more expensive than they are now.

Well, to save money California will probably decide they could have them stamped in the prison workshops, like the license plates.... hmmm...

[xoxoxoBruce]

Put this in the catagory of so many gun laws that won't accomplish anything but add to the bureaucracy. Do they really think the baddies will use ammo that is marked, unless it's stolen?