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Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology hears lone public testimony urging microstamping requirement
Summary
At its fifth hearing, the Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology heard one public witness who urged the commission to recommend legislation requiring microstamping in firearms distributed in Massachusetts; the commission accepted written testimony for a later date and adjourned.
State Representative Kate Lipregarabedian, co-chair of the Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology, opened the commission’s fifth hearing by reading the panel’s statutory charge, then invited public testimony on emerging firearm technologies.
The lone registered public speaker, Matthew Nugent of Beverly, told commissioners he supports “researching gun violence innovations” and urged the commission to recommend a state requirement that manufacturers incorporate microstamping into firearms distributed in Massachusetts. “Specifically, the technology is microstamping whereby a unique code is included inside a firearm so that when it is fired the code is stamped on the cartridge casing,” Nugent said.
The commission’s charge, read at the start…
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