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Firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson *will no longer ship new
semi-automatic pistols to California*, preferring to turn away from the
nation's most populous market *rather than comply with a controversial new
gun law*.
The publicly-traded company posted the announcement on its website in
reaction to the state implementing* Assembly Bill 1471*, *which requires
new or redesigned semi-automatic pistols have a "microstamping" feature
that indelibly marks bullet casings with a unique code when a gun is fired*.
*The law doesn't apply to weapons purchased by law enforcement agencies.*
"Smith & Wesson does not and will not include microstamping in its
firearms," the company said in a press release. "*A number of studies have
indicated that microstamping is unreliable, serves no safety purpose, is
cost prohibitive and, most importantly, is not proven to aid in preventing
or solving crimes.*"
*Firearms companies and gun-rights advocates say the technology doesn't
work. * Earlier this month, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a
firearms manufacturers' trade group, sued the
state<http://nssf.org/share/PDF/010913_California.pdf>for requiring
microstamping for all new semi-automatic handguns.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 1471 six years ago, but it didn't go
into effect until May 2013. *The American Academy of Pediatrics, dozens of
police chiefs supported it. Gun owners, manufacturers and 14 sheriffs
opposed it.*
*At least one Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol has fallen off the
state's list of firearms approved for sale, and more will follow*, said
James Debney, Smith & Wesson president and CEO.
He vowed to to "work with" the National Rifle Association and shooting
sports foundation "to oppose this poorly conceived law which mandates the
unproven and unreliable concept of microstamping and makes it impossible
for Californians to have access to the best products with the latest
innovations."
DCG
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