Carnival of Cordite

Another Carnival. Pretty good one with a bunch of links discussing the Californian bill (357 - heh heh) for serialization of ammunition. Look at the "Congito Ergo Geek" link.

I've been thinking of interesting ways to make this law impossible to enforce, not that it isn't already impossible to do. Things like:

Have 10 accomplices each by a box of identical ammunition.
All report ammo stolen.(optional)
Poor all cartridges into a box.
Add stolen bullets.(optional)
Mix.
Hand out bullets randomly from the box.
Use cartridges in crime.
Always use spray method in crime.

Police find all bullets from one gun, but come from multiple purchasers.

And what about the Police? Do they have to have serialized ammo? If I was an Ammo manufacturer, with police contracts, the first thing I would do is refuse to sell anything but the serialized ammo to the police. I would also ensure that the ammo had a nice new "California Approved" price tag to go with it.

Will it require each bullet be serialized individually or all in a box have the same number? Will the cartridge casing also have a serial number? How much will a box of ammo cost after the manufacturer has made all of these specific changes?

Stupid Bill.