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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1634058, member: 37498&quot;]I suppose we can agree to disagree on this point.</p><p><br /></p><p>What about the other parts of this ordinance?&nbsp; i.e. Cost and efficacy.&nbsp; Any such system will cost resources to implement.&nbsp; If the people who want to sell stolen property in Houston can simply sell them out of town, sell them to a crooked dealer, or sell them to another person who isn&#039;t a dealer, what are the dealers/customers/taxpayers getting for their money?&nbsp; A warm and fuzzy feeling that <i>less</i> stolen goods are being sold to law abiding dealers?</p><p><br /></p><p>Such a system is only going to help identify unique items.&nbsp; Or identify the really stupid thieves who leave fingerprints behind at a crime scene and then try to sell stolen goods at PM dealers who take their fingerprints.&nbsp; Most thieves are smarter than that and the average ASE isn&#039;t unique.&nbsp; So if a thief steals a roll of ASE&#039;s and sells them to a PM dealer, where&#039;s the proof of a crime?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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