Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of firearms without such features is an infringement on the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment.

Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement, Firearms and explosives, Manufacturing

Summary:  <p>This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable microstamping technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of firearms without such features is an infringement on the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 244 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 244

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates 
imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable 
 technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of 
  firearms without such features is an infringement on the rights of 
                  citizens under the Second Amendment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2023

Mr. LaMalfa (for himself, Mr. Van Drew, and Mr. Lamborn) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that mandates 
imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion of unproven and unreliable 
 technology in firearms is costly and punitive, and the prohibition of 
  firearms without such features is an infringement on the rights of 
                  citizens under the Second Amendment.

Whereas California has implemented and amended a law requiring firearms 
        manufacturers to micro laser engrave a gun's make, model, and serial 
        number on an internal part of each semiautomatic pistol so that, in 
        theory, the information is imprinted on the cartridge casing when the 
        firearm is fired;
Whereas other States and the District of Columbia are considering similar 
        mandates;
Whereas, based on the current state of this nascent technology, it is impossible 
        to microstamp a firearm cartridge and have the required identifying 
        information legibly and reliably imprinted on the cartridge casing when 
        fired;
Whereas the scientific literature concludes there is no existing microstamping 
        technology that will reliably, consistently, and legibly imprint the 
        required identifying information from the tip of the firing pin of a 
        semiautomatic pistol onto the cartridge casing it fires;
Whereas one study found that the impressions were not decipherable nearly 50 
        percent of the time;
Whereas the holder of the patent for the technology was a coauthor of peer-
        reviewed study that concluded, ``legitimate questions exist related to 
        both the technical aspects, production costs, and database management 
        associated with microstamping that should be addressed before wide scale 
        implementation is legislatively mandated'';
Whereas a subsequent study noted the use of expensive scanning electron 
        microscope (SEM) technology still failed to solve the problems 
        associated with microstamping;
Whereas the microstamping process is costly and time-consuming, and threatens 
        the employment of thousands in the firearms industry;
Whereas the passage of legislation requiring its use would raise the cost of 
        legal firearms by hundreds of dollars per gun for both law-abiding 
        citizens seeking to exercise their Second Amendment right and for United 
        States law enforcement personnel; and
Whereas manufacturers have publicly stated it is impossible for any manufacturer 
        to comply with the provisions of the California law which are invalid, 
        that cannot be enforced, and that will not contribute to improving 
        public safety: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion 
        of unproven and unreliable microstamping technology in firearms 
        is costly and punitive; and
            (2) the prohibition of firearms without such features is an 
        infringement on the rights of citizens under the Second 
        Amendment.
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