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it would be impossible to enforce laws against changing the firing pin without...
let's hear it...
Making the firing pin a "firearm" (same as a lower receiver) and Registration
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This would apply going forward, additionally, handguns(legal ones that is) are already registered in CA. Given that the imprinted information is the same pertinent information that on the receiver no separate step would be required.
While I generally agree with the premise(of low enforcement potential), in practice it would be enforceable to a greater extent than other schemes outside of CA alone. Due to the nature of the roster, only a limited number of handguns would require it at first, and updated and re-rostered models would be easily determined by a serial check. It would take years(if not decades), before the mix of guns that need the microstamping and those that do not in the state was to a point that it would complicate enforcement.
AFAIK, there is no portion of the law that would require retroactively converting already owned firearms. The biggest issue would be those firearms brought in by new residents which if had they been purchased in CA would have required the microstamping ability. However, assuming they comply with the law and register, there would be a record of that specific firearm being exempt or whatever provision there is for new residents.