UPDATE 2.5.25: Take a look back at this piece about Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger leaving California. This was shortly after the Obama administration and radical progressives across the land declared all-out war on gun companies. Firearm manufacturers knew they needed to look for a better America, and they moved to states that would protect residents’ Second Amendment rights, and the companies that produced the firearms they wanted to buy. Since then, America’s radical politicians have declared an all-out war on all the citizenry, culminating in lockdowns and Covid restrictions that made many regular Americans begin to look for a better America themselves. Now, the flow of citizens away from the Escape States like California, Illinois, and New York has really ramped up. If you’re looking for a better America, click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter, and be one of the first alerted to the release of Your Survival Guy’s 2025 Super States, a ranking of states that puts freedom first.
Originally posted January 27, 2014.
Gun laws keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens, not criminals—they’ll get their guns regardless of the law. California requires guns to have microstamping or a serial number on the bullet casings. The microstamp is supposedly used to trace the bullet back to the gun owner—not necessarily the shooter. What a joke. FoxNews reports:
A new gun law proponents say helps law enforcement has driven Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger out of California, and affirmed the suspicions of firearms rights advocates that the measure is really about making handguns obsolete.
The two companies have announced they will stop selling their wares in the nation’s most populous state rather than try to comply with a law that requires some handguns to have technology that imprints a tiny stamp on the bullet so it can be traced back to the gun. The companies, and many gun enthusiasts, say so-called “microstamping” technology is unworkable in its present form and can actually impair a gun’s performance.
“Smith & Wesson does not and will not include microstamping in its firearms,” the Springfield, Mass.,-based manufacturer said in a statement. “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.”
More on Smith & Wesson here.
