Stupidity of Gun control Laws

Where to start? Recently I saw on the news the the government is freezing, the licenseing of handguns and the renewal of license while they implement "gun fingerprinting" interesting yes. This is made popular by TV fronensic shows guess what it's TV. This has been tried before.

Ballistic fingerprint databases

Some localities, particularly Maryland, have attempted to build up a large database of "fingerprints"; in the case of the Maryland law, all new firearms sales must provide a fired case from the firearm in question to the Maryland state police, who photograph it and log the information in a database. The Maryland State police have written reports critical of the program and have asked the Maryland General Assembly to cut off funding for the program since it has not contributed to solving a single crime, and has simply been a drain for taxpayers, and police resources.[citation needed]

A California Department of Justice survey, using 742 guns used by the California Highway Patrol as a test bed, showed very poor results; even with such a limited database, less than 70% of cases of the same make as the "fingerprint" case yielded the correct gun in the top 15 matches; when a different make of ammunition was used, the success rate dropped to less than 40%.

Alteration of fingerprints

Although every rifled barrel leaves a unique "fingerprint" on a bullet fired through it so that comparisons can sometimes be performed, it is extremely easy to permanently or temporarily modify a ballistic fingerprint at will. Also, polygonal rifling may leave striae that are difficult to match to a particular barrel, such that some police agencies have forbidden the use of weapons with such rifling in order to match accurately after the fact just which gun fired which bullet[citation needed].

There is also a possibility that the owner of a weapon might replace the barrel (if it is worn out, for example), which will change the fingerprint. As mentioned above, use will add wear marks to the firearm, which will alter the fingerprint by obscuring some existing marks, and creating new ones. Temporary changes in fingerprinting are also possible. Specifically, it is possible to buy a replacement barrel for most firearms--often for as little as US$20 for a used part. It is possible to replace the barrel in many firearms, especially semi-automatic handguns, in minutes, with no tools. This barrel may be used in a crime, then removed just as quickly.

Ballistic fingerprinting of bullets does not work at all with firearms such as shotguns that fire shot-containing cartridges. In many cases the shot rides inside a plastic sleeve that prevents it from ever touching the barrel, and even in cases where the shot does touch the barrel, the random movement of the shot down the barrel will not leave any consistent marks.

Hmm cost money and don't work, yeph that's a good ideal.

UK banned private ownership of most handguns in 1997, previously held by an estimated 57,000 people—0.1% of the population.[93] Since 1998, the number of people injured by firearms in England and Wales has more than doubled.[94] In 2005-06, of 5,001 such injuries, 3,474 (69%) were defined as "slight," and a further 965 (19%) involved the "firearm" being used as a blunt instrument. Twenty-four percent of injuries were caused with air weapons, and 32% with "imitation firearms" (including BB guns and soft air weapons).[95] Since 1998, the number of fatal shootings has varied between 49 and 97, and was 50 in 2005.

New Jersey adopted what sponsors described as "the most stringent gun law" in the nation in 1966; two years later, the murder rate was up 46% and the reported robbery rate had nearly doubled.

In 1968, Hawaii imposed a series of increasingly harsh measures, and its murder rate tripled from a low of 2.4 per 100,000 in 1968 to 7.2 by 1977.

In 1976, Washington, D.C., enacted one of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation. Since then, the city's murder rate has risen 134% while the national murder rate has dropped 2%.

Switzerland has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the world, coupled with one of the highest rates of gun-related deaths.[19] In recent times political opposition has expressed a desire for tighter gun regulations.[19] Switzerland practices universal conscription, which requires that all male citizens keep fully-automatic firearms at home in case of a call-up. Every male between the ages of 20 and 42 is considered a candidate for conscription into the military, and following a brief period of active duty will commonly be enrolled in the militia until age or an inability to serve ends his service obligation.[20] During their enrollment in the armed forces, these men are required to keep their government-issued selective fire combat rifles and semi-automatic handguns in their homes.[21] Up until September 2007, soldiers also received 50 rounds of government-issued ammunition in a sealed box for storage at home.[22] In addition to these official weapons, Swiss citizens are allowed to purchase surplus-to-inventory combat rifles, and shooting is a popular sport in all the Swiss cantons. Ammunition (also MilSpec surplus) sold at rifle ranges is intended to be expended at the time of purchase, but target and sporting ammunition is widely available in gun and sporting goods stores.

I could go on an on but why bother the body of evidence is there, they are facts not opions. Make of it what you will.