Titled:    Councilor: Make handguns with GPS tracking chip

Via Wizbang comes a story of a crazy gun-grabbing councilor, so bent on gun control that he wants gun manufacturers to include GPS tracking devices in every new firearm. Mentioning Boston’s adoption of GPS-enabled school buses and snowplows as an example, his call ignores the reality of criminally-held firearms. Apart from almost doubling the weight, I can't imagine an entirely tamper-proof GPS system surviving for more than a few minutes. Even leaving it sitting around for a few days until the batteries are flat would work around that one.

The original story from the Boston Herald quotes:

The city councilor picked Smith & Wesson because it’s a Massachusetts-based company. “I’m calling on them to step up to the plate,” he said. The company has yet to respond.

Sure, if they want to lose a large portion of their customers. The police add to the rosy picture:

As for the GPS idea, police said they “support any type of gun control.”

Wouldn't it be cheaper just to force manufacturers to paint each firearm pink, and have it play "Kumbaya" over and over?