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This last legislative session we dodged a bullet on a new law that would amend and repeal this unconstitutionally vague one, replacing it with a similar law applicable to ALL ammo. That law failed to garner enough votes and was allowed to be withdrawn, a legislative device intended to permit the proposal to be refilled, so we will see it again. While undoubtedly the south state politicos would like to get this passed, I think the AG's office would have a stroke because they can't even keep track of guns, much less millions of rounds of ammunition, nor do they have the hardware or software that would allow any meaningful use of the data the bill requires the vendor to record and report to the Department of Justice. The bill seems t intentionally avoid the question of the massive costs that would be imposed for implementing such a law, as well as the continuing costs for the staff necessary to process it. I have little doubt that if such bill is passed, it will turn out to be the same sort of multimillion dollar fiasco as the system NY implemented to try to individually identify fired shell casings from semi-auto pistols.
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