Microstamping is a powerful crime-solving tool that can help law enforcement quickly solve gun crimes, build trust, and prevent gun violence within communities most impacted by unsolved shootings and daily gun violence. While microstamping could be incorporated into firearms today, so far manufacturers have refused to produce firearms equipped with this crime-solving technology. 

Microstamping technology utilizes lasers to make microscopic engravings on the firing pin of a gun, which stamps a code identifying the weapon’s serial number onto the cartridge when the gun is fired. The ability to trace a firearm is invaluable  in a criminal investigation, as it may connect the weapon used in a crime to its first purchaser, who may become either a suspect or a source of information. Microstamping technology promises to revolutionize the way law enforcement officials investigate homicides and other gun crimes.

This reliable, easy-to-implement technology can be mass produced and incorporated into all new semi-automatic handguns today.