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Schimel, Dems push 'microstamping'
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A Long Island legislator joined with families of gun violence victims Tuesday to try to generate support for “microstamping,” which involves stamping a unique code on a cartridge when it is fired.
The push comes as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has proposed shuttering the state’s pistol and revolver ballistic identification database, known as CoBIS. He said it costs too much and has solved too few...
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