Via ArmsandtheLaw
Apparently there is a section in AB1471 that makes the law ineligible until there are no patent restrictions.
provided that the Department of Justice certifies that the technology used to create the imprint is available to more than one manufacturer unencumbered by any patent restrictions. The Attorney General may also approve a method of equal or greater reliability and effectiveness in identifying the specific serial number of a firearm from spent cartridge casings discharged by that firearm than that which is set forth in this paragraph, to be thereafter required as otherwise set forth by this paragraph where the Attorney General certifies that this new method is also unencumbered by any patent restrictions. Approval by the Attorney General shall include notice of that fact via regulations adopted by the Attorney General for purposes of implementing that method for purposes of this paragraph.
ID Dynamics is currently claiming total rights over the technology so this might invalidate the law for decades.
More discussion over at CalGuns board
2 comments:
Dammit, now I'm gonna have to update my Governor Herman Munsternegger post!
I think it was War on Guns, mentioned the patent holder is going to give free licensing for guns made for Calfornia sales
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