Microstamping Argumentative Analysis

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“Ballistic imaging and microstamping technologies have the potential to reduce gun violence by improving the solve rate of gun-related crimes”(Giffords Law Center). Requiring microstamping and ballistic identification for any and all firearms can help detain and detect the person responsible for any local shootings. Microstamping is a needed adjustment for all firearms. This micro adjustment will enable us to find more evidence that police cannot in crime scenes and help find and track exactly which gun fired the bullet. In a blog posted by Towne Currier he explains the reason for this certain development: “The development of this tool is because of the challenging identification of a firearm due to the multiple sources of randomness present …show more content…

Though this argument is heavily focused on someone actually knowing how to remove a microstamp the precautions of knowing someone can is not enough to stop the manufacturing of microstamping. Many others do not want to continue microstamping just because it “seems” impossible even though we have broken that barrier before. Another major reason for the argument against this is because people have claimed that it’s a”back door” to gun bans. Big corporation manufactures do not want to continue with microstamping because they see it as a potential decline in their prophet and manufacturing. Eger, who is against microstamping, writes in his article about a lawsuit containing two big gun corporations that came together to to fight against all handguns needing markings of