Micro-Stamping Takes Hit In Professional Journal Industry expert George G. Krivosta, with the Suffolk County, N.Y., Crime Laboratory, has had a peer-reviewed article on micro-stamping, the process that theoretically would imprint the make, model and firearm serial number on a spent cartridge casing, published in the journal of the Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners. The article in the AFTE Journal discusses the fallibility of the sole-source system upon which possible legislation in California is based. "While the proposed concept seems too simple to fail," Krivosta wrote about the manufacturer’s simplistic explanation, "the experience of this examiner suggested further examination and testing would be necessary before the firearms industry embraces the proposed solution." The article addressed three key questions on the reliability of the proposed system, and the author wrote, “Presentations previously made addressing these questions seemed quite promising. The review of test-fired specimens from an unfinished research project by a member of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory seemed quite the opposite.” Legislation under consideration in the California state legislature was withdrawn last year, but may be considered again this year.