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To: Pontiac
Ballistic tests are very limited in their application. They are not like serial numbers.

On some models, the marks left on bullets are so similar, that all a ballistic test can tell you is the caliber and generic model, such as “it was fired from a 9mm Glock”.

I recall one case where several officers were firing during an altercation. Ballistics could not determine which gun the fatal bullet came from.

5 posted on 09/19/2014 7:28:34 AM PDT by marktwain (The old media must die for the Republic to live. Long live the new media!)
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To: marktwain

“I recall one case where several officers were firing during an altercation. Ballistics could not determine which gun the fatal bullet came from. “

Couldn’t tell, or didn’t want to know?


6 posted on 09/19/2014 7:43:25 AM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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