Test beds for anti-gun laws

Last night Cam Edwards mentioned that he never lived in an anti-gun state and salutes those of us who are on the front lines of the issue year in and year out. He also stated that these front line states (NY, CA, NJ, MD, and IL) were the test beds for the PuSH'ers to try out new laws to try and ban/restrict/confiscate firearms. IIRC, the example he gave was microstamping in California.

I admit I don't keep up on all state legislation as much as I should. The games the Illinois legislature plays w/ gun bills puts my keyboard in danger from fluid and particle contamination. This morning I went trolling through the ISRA legislation page (BTW Cam, thanks for joining) and found this little ditty:

1		AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1095
2		AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1095 by replacing
3		everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4		"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5		Ammunition Accountability Act.
6		Section 5. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
7		(a) "Coded" and "coded ammunition" mean a bullet carrying a
8		unique identifier that has been applied by etching the same
9		onto the base of the bullet.
10		(b) "Firearm ammunition" shall have the meaning provided in
11		Section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act,
12		except that it shall not include shotgun shells or ammunition
13		designed to be used in muzzle-loading "black powder" firearms.

It goes on to ban sale of non-serialized ammo after Jan 1, 2008 and any use or possession of said after Jan 1, 2010 along w/ the registration of all manufacturers and vendors.

So much for reloading or stocking up. If you do, you're a criminal.

It's been extended to Dec 31st. I'm sure they'll either modify the amendment for extension or try and slip it through just like Blago did w/ the magazine ban.