https://www.guns.com/2018/06/29/cal...ds-slow-motion-handgun-ban-microstamping-law/
California Supreme Court upholds microstamping requirement for new handguns, even though it is impossible to do with current technology. My favorite quote:
“Impossibility can occasionally excuse noncompliance with a statute,” Justice Goodwin Liu said for the majority. “But impossibility does not authorize a court to go beyond interpreting a statute and simply invalidate it.”
California Supreme Court upholds microstamping requirement for new handguns, even though it is impossible to do with current technology. My favorite quote:
“Impossibility can occasionally excuse noncompliance with a statute,” Justice Goodwin Liu said for the majority. “But impossibility does not authorize a court to go beyond interpreting a statute and simply invalidate it.”