United States HRES 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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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 tech-
nology 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.
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
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
mandates imposed on manufacturers requiring inclusion
of unproven and unreliable technology in firearms is cost-
ly 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 re-
quiring 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;
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Whereas other States and the District of Columbia are con-
sidering similar mandates;
Whereas, based on the current state of this nascent tech-
nology, 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 deci-
pherable nearly 50 percent of the time;
Whereas the holder of the patent for the technology was a
coauthor of peer-reviewed study that concluded, ‘‘legiti-
mate 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 scan-
ning electron microscope (SEM) technology still failed to
solve the problems associated with microstamping;
Whereas the microstamping process is costly and time-con-
suming, 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 en-
forcement personnel; and
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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 en-
forced, and that will not contribute to improving public
safety: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-1
resentatives that— 2
(1) mandates imposed on manufacturers requir-3
ing inclusion of unproven and unreliable micro-4
stamping technology in firearms is costly and puni-5
tive; and 6
(2) the prohibition of firearms without such fea-7
tures is an infringement on the rights of citizens 8
under the Second Amendment. 9
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