'Bullet Tax' Proposed By Mayoral Candidate

[August]

Originally Posted by AngusJS

What's wrong with that?

Because it is impossible.

An M-16's .223 bullet for example is about 1/2 inch long and a 1/4 inch wide. Where and how would you inscribe a unique serial number that doesn't affect it's ballistics and is long enough to mark even a fraction of the billions of bullets that are out there while still making it readable in a pristine condition, let alone after it has been fired and fragmented?

Secondly how could you enforce compliance with this scheme? People can reload their own rounds and cast their own bullets and there are tens of thousands of reloading rigs currently in civilian hands. Unregistered reloading rigs i might add.

Finally even if it were possible it would immediately create a black market in unmarked/remarked bullets for the same reasons a market for unmarked guns exists. We have enough problems with the black markets we already have without adding new ways to make criminals rich.