![]() ![]() ![]() While the gun control initiatives launched by President Barack Obama on Wednesday in response to December’s Connecticut school massacre are the most sweeping in decades, they are more focused on guns than bullets and omitted several controls on ammunition that some law enforcement officials say could help. Some 154 felony convictions and 92 misdemeanor convictions have resulted so far. “The ammunition case is a slam-dunk solid,” said Halstead, who regularly turns up illegal guns at homes he otherwise would have no reason to search. The thumbprint left by each prohibited buyer is nearly perfect evidence of crime. Halstead begins his day looking at a list of buyers, picking out the ones who aren’t supposed to own ammunition - or guns. ![]() They send the information electronically to police computers, which compare the names to an FBI criminal database. Since 2008, California’s capital has required ammunition dealers to take names and thumbprints of bullet buyers. They are also largely missing from the gun control debate in Washington. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang/Filesīullets are one thing Sacramento Police Detective Greg Halstead can count on to root out weapons that otherwise would be impossible to find. ![]() A handgun, holster and cartridges are seen on a participant at the "Restore the Constitution Rally 4-19-2010" at Gravelly Point Park, Virginia, in this Apfile photo. ![]()
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