It doesn't matter that I can pick up a round and mike it, I can also read. The bottom of the case clearly indicates what round it is, and the manufacturer. Even if it's coded, I pick up a book and figure it out in a couple of minutes. Sheesh.
I don't know why it took the cops so long.
/john
But that's you and me,because we regard firearms as relatively simple mechanical devices that are a lot of fun to play with and that we might need someday.
According to the media,though,firearms are akin to voodoo. From what I can tell,the average reporter thinks that guns are to be placed in the realm of black magic-they're DANGEROUS!!!!,and everyone knows that unless you cast a very powerful protective spell on them,the things are liable to just hop out of the closet on their own and go do bad things.
And guns have all those numbers on them. Mysterious numbers like .223(and just why is that dot in front of the numbers???),and 6.5x55(must really be evil,since there's an "X" in that one...),and everyone knows that numbers are way too complicated for people like us to handle. Best that we watch television and let the really competent sorcerers do the firearms handling,lest someone get hurt.