Posted on 01/18/2005 9:56:51 AM PST by neverdem
That is what I was wondering. Then I realized these jerks do not know the difference.
I'd send 'em a spent primer.
The bullet rifling marks are cataloged, and the shell casing firing pin and extraction marks are cataloged.
Sometimes at a shooting all one has to go on are spent shell casings, and extractor marks and/or firing pin marks have been enough to provide a match to a particular weapon.
But again, the marks left when new are almost never close to the marks left after years of use. Ballistics matching are usually only effective when there are few rounds between the test round and the crime scene round.
LOL! Or some residue scrapings out of the inside of the spent brass!
Or just change out the barrel and extractor and voila! Your handgun's 'ballistic fingerprint' is completely different. And since getting a barrel and extractor through the mail doesn't require an FFL, and these things are not difficult to change out (barrel very easy, extractor requires a little skill)...
Yet another waste of taxpayer money by the nanny.gov!
it is truly aggravating that you are probably dead on the money on this.
hell, a little emery, diamond paste, and a power drill does the same job in five minutes.
While we're all getting a good chuckle at their foolishness these people are going to use this as an argument for banning guns altogether.
Because if you can't "properly" regulate them then you'll HAVE to ban them.
BTW - it's not as bad as one-time Sacramento City Councilmember Deborah Ortiz' (now a State Senator) brilliant idea to require the police department to develop technology to, no kidding, track the ballistic characteristics of *shotguns*. She pulled the idea after someone told her she was a laughing stock in certain circles at the SPD.
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