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New York: Senate Committee to Consider Microstamping Bill Anti-gunners in New York are back again this year with the same failed microstamping scheme that has been defeated in previous sessions. The New York Senate Codes Committee is scheduled to consider S675B on Tuesday, March 13, and it is imperative that gun owners in New York make their voices heard now.Introduced by state Senator José Peralta (D-13), S675B would require all semi-automatic pistols delivered to any licensed firearms dealer in New York to mechanically stamp an alpha-numeric or geometric code on the cartridge case, which would be used to identify the make, model and serial number of the gun. This unproven technology is easily defeated by criminals and would only add to the cost of firearms. Gun control advocates understand that this is a backdoor attack on the Second Amendment by forcing manufacturers out of the state and driving up the cost of firearms for New Yorkers. It would have terrible repercussions for the state’s economy, as manufacturers would likely pack up and leave the Empire State, taking valuable jobs with them. It is vital that this legislation be defeated in the New York Senate. New York City Mayor Bloomberg and his anti-gun collaborators will spare no expense in pressuring state lawmakers to adopt this harmful gun control scheme. Anti-gun leaders, like Bloomberg, are more desperate than ever as the Governor’s latest budget proposal is striking down one of their other failed pet projects, the CoBIS ballistic imaging database. Like microstamping, this failed gun control scheme has been very costly and has not been used to solve a single crime. Why make the same mistake twice? It is critical that your voice be heard today. Please contact members of the Senate Codes Committee and respectfully ask them to OPPOSE S675B. Their contact information can be found here. This alert is posted to http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2012/03/new-york-senate-committee-to-consider-microstamping-bill.aspx?s=&st=&ps=