An ambitious gun-control plan by Maryland to catalog the “fingerprint” of every gun sold in the state — making firearms dealers fire a shot and submit the casing — is being scrapped, literally.
State authorities have finally figured out that the bullet ID program, enacted in 2000, cost $5 million, was plagued by technical problems and did not solve a single crime. Now, the 300,000 shell casings, one from every handgun sold in the state since the law took effect, will now be sold for scrap metal.
More of the I could have told you so nonsense is here…
