California Handgun Law Requiring Microstamping Blocked (1)

California’s Unsafe Handgun Act requiring certain safety features for handguns was blocked Monday by a federal judge who noted that “no handgun available in the world has all three of these features.”

The law requires the firearm to have a chamber load indicator to show whether the handgun is loaded, a magazine disconnect mechanism to prevent a gun from being fired if the magazine isn’t fully inserted, and microstamping, which is the ability to transfer microscopic characters representing the gun’s make, model, and serial number onto shell casings when the weapon is fired.

“These regulations are having a devastating impact ...