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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Copper Head, post: 1633691, member: 26489&quot;]HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Next time you try to sell gold, silver or other precious metals you can expect to be fingerprinted and photographed. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Houston City Council passed an ordinance meant to help track down criminals who try to resell stolen valuables. Gold-buying businesses will now be required to photograph and fingerprint sellers as well as photograph the items that are being sold to the dealer. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It&#039;s going to allow us the tools necessary to combat a lot of the high-end jewelry thefts that&#039;s going on in the city, whether it&#039;s robberies or burglaries,&quot; said Houston Police Officer Rick Barajas. </p><p><br /></p><p>A similar ordinance is already in place for scrap metal sellers and dealers. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&amp;id=8982844" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&amp;id=8982844" rel="nofollow">Story</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What thief is going to allow themself to be printed and photographed selling their loot? Just go outside the city limits. This doesn&#039;t affect pawn shops, btw. I really don&#039;t see this as anything except another intrusion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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