Bbott 1 Posted January 23, 2014 Smith & Wesson to stop selling guns in California due to microstamping law Smith & Wesson announced late Wednesday evening that it will stop selling its handguns in California rather than manufacture them to comply with the new microstamping law. The other publicly traded firearms manufacturer in the U.S., Sturm, Ruger, also said this month that it will stop new sales to California. Another useless law that will not stop crime, but rather increase manufacturing costs and hurt law abiding gun owners. I think it's good the gun manufacturers are making a stand, maybe it will rile up the sleeping gun owners in CA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n4p226r 105 Posted January 23, 2014 i wonder if this includes selling them to the state and the police there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fumanchu182 23 Posted January 23, 2014 I'm sure some manufacturer will snatch up the Cali contract and make something that tries to do this just to make money while shitting on the rights of the citizens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pew Pew Plates 358 Posted January 23, 2014 Standing up to cali or succumbing to their wishes?Not sure... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pizza Bob 1,488 Posted January 23, 2014 RE: S&W and Ruger - this only applies to their semi-automatic handguns. Since revolvers do not eject the brass, microstamping is useless for them. Ruger and S&W will continue to sell revolvers there, from what I understand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9X19 125 Posted January 23, 2014 Well it's half a stand then... A lot of people really have no idea of how lucky we were that CC was re-elected. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayWilling 33 Posted January 23, 2014 By not selling in CA the law is having it's intended effect even though it is unenforceable. Less handguns in state = the anti's goal. Hopefully any companies that refuse to market in Ca will include Law Enforcement or it will mean nothing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PK90 3,573 Posted January 23, 2014 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/23/Smith-Wesson-To-End-Most-CA-Sales-Due-to-Microstamping-Regulation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diamondd817 828 Posted January 23, 2014 Means nothing unless it includes law enforcement, government officials, and revolvers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scorpio64 5,177 Posted January 23, 2014 I hope ALL of the firearms industry stops selling to Cali. It's the only way to get the silent majority of 2A supporters riled up enough to get up off their asses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raz-0 1,259 Posted January 23, 2014 I hope more do it. REgardless of it mobilizing more gun owners, it gives them the opportunity to attack the law based on denying the ability to purchase firearms in common use in a manner that has largely been covered already in DC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siderman 1,140 Posted January 23, 2014 I hope ALL of the firearms industry stops selling to Cali. It's the only way to get the silent majority of 2A supporters riled up enough to get up off their asses. i would never wish that- making firearms un-available or even harder to obtain to any general population. The problem is that the lawmaking elite will keep on doing what they want anyway. Forget what happened here in NJ just a few months ago? All the anti bills pushed right thru despite our loudest screams,hearings rallys, counter suits etc...We were one person away from being screwed!(still are ) I also remember seeing on other forums or such that we would deserve whatever came our way because we cant control our officials and how offended i was hearing that. You like finding out when a store wont even sell gun parts/acc's to us because of our bad rep? It pisses me off. Dont wish for others to be 2A castrated! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bt Doctur 188 Posted January 23, 2014 Someone answer this : If microstamping is out for these companies because of the increased cost and the roster bullshit, but they will continue to sell revolvers that dont eject casings what is the purpose ? Are bullets going to be serialized by the manufacturer? Are casters required to microstamp their own bullets? Do reloading machines have to imprint anything? Would rolling your own still be legal? Such a system can be fixed by files, firing pins, barrels. Just another useless law. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pizza Bob 1,488 Posted January 23, 2014 Micro-stamping has already proven to be useless. Too easy to alter or replace the part doing the stamping. But anti's don't let logic or proof stand in the way of their agenda. This is a defacto gun ban. I'm with raz-0 on this - if enough manufacturers stop selling guns in CA it gives the pro-gun faction a platform from which to launch a fight on the judicial side - the legislative side is already lost. Adios, Pizza Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Babyface Finster 45 Posted January 24, 2014 I hope ALL of the firearms industry stops selling to Cali. It's the only way to get the silent majority of 2A supporters riled up enough to get up off their asses. Silent majority? I doubt it. I've met way too many hunters who have no problem with banning everything other than their 12 ga turkey gun. Particularly handguns. Remember, owning a gun does not make you pro-2A. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
