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A group in Washington is promoting an initiative to reduce gun crime by using laser-etched bullets to track shooters. According to their website, the data will only be used for legitimate investigations (no datamining) and secured with "recursive verification" features (sounds like a blockchain). Washington state already requires ammunition purchasers to produce valid ID when making purchases. Googling reveals that previous efforts by state legislatures to enact similar legislation have been torpedoed by the gun lobby. Initiatives are not subject to lobbying, so it should be interesting to see how the opposition tackles this campaign.
http://dosomethingwa.org
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-ammunition-idUSBRE90J02K20130120
http://igg.me/at/dosomethingwa
(Score: 2) by Anne Nonymous on Wednesday February 10 2016, @01:38PM
> Every single round tracked from manufacture, through initial sale, potential trade/resale and possible storage for decades?
On the plus side we're going to have much bigger ammo, since we'll need the room for bigger tracking numbers.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 10 2016, @04:03PM
LOL - I can see it now. .75 caliber replaces the .22LR in popularity, because they can't fit the tracking data on anything smaller!
Hail to the Nibbler in Chief.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Sir Finkus on Wednesday February 10 2016, @04:06PM
Or you could RTFA and realize that they want to do it box by box rather than numbering the rounds individually.
Granted, I've seen boxes from 10 rounds to 5000, so I'd be curious to see what they consider a "box".
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday February 10 2016, @05:48PM
Got it. I'll remember to not leave my boxes of ammo behind during my next mass shooting.