Do you believe everything else you see on TV? Next your going to tell me all the shit they say on the news is true too.
Obviously not.
I've yelled out "bullshit" every time I've seen it done.
Do you believe everything else you see on TV? Next your going to tell me all the shit they say on the news is true too.
CT and I think MA require new handguns to have a test fired casing submitted to them for that purpose. Actually, I might have those states wrong, but I know some do that...The only reason I can think of is if it matches ballistics to a gun they already have ballistics records for. Isn't that how they determine if the same gun was used in multiple crimes? Not sure.
A test fired casing?CT and I think MA require new handguns to have a test fired casing submitted to them for that purpose. Actually, I might have those states wrong, but I know some do that...
Yep... manufacturer shoots a round, puts the spent brass in a little sealed envelope, and that is supposed to be turned over to the state for their forensics database.A test fired casing?
Yep... manufacturer shoots a round, puts the spent brass in a little sealed envelope, and that is supposed to be turned over to the state for their forensics database.
Sounds retarded to me, too... I doubt they can use those to narrow it down to a specific gun, but maybe they can determine the make and model of a gun that way.
The type of firearm can sometimes be narrowed down with the projectile. If the case is recovered, firing pin impressions, and sometimes chamber marks will give indications. They are like tool marks/impressions, and can be matched to the original firearm. Hollywood magic will solve the crime after the next commercial!
well I wasn't responding to youI specified bullet a couple times.
Yep... manufacturer shoots a round, puts the spent brass in a little sealed envelope, and that is supposed to be turned over to the state for their forensics database.
Sounds retarded to me, too... I doubt they can use those to narrow it down to a specific gun, but maybe they can determine the make and model of a gun that way.
About 20 years ago my house was broken into. Every door, drawer and cabinet was ransacked. A photo album and wood box with glass inlay was gone through. They finger printed the entire house. They hardly even found my prints. Much less the criminals prints. I was cleaning print dust for months.I question a lot of the forensic abilities.
Exactly... I would assume 86'n someone isnt easy to crack as Hollywood depictsAbout 20 years ago my house was broken into. Every door, drawer and cabinet was ransacked. A photo album and wood box with glass inlay was gone through. They finger printed the entire house. They hardly even found my prints. Much less the criminals prints. I was cleaning print dust for months.
I'm guessing that after a couple hundred rounds the firing pin will be worn enough to not leave an impression that looks the same as the first.Seems like a waste of time. New firing pin and the firing pin indentation is now worthless.
When someone brings this up to me I always use the 1911 .45ACP as an example. How many 1911s have been manufactured in the past 108 years in multiple countries? Add to this the number of replacement barrels that have been made and are in circulation. Add to this the fact that for the past several decades all of these guns have been made using CAM which provides almost identical results that makes most units indistinguishable from one another.
So, now, in court you are going to tell me that a .45 ACP bullet that has been severely deformed and separated by impact came from one of multiple millions of identical barrels?
yep, just chiming in on the real limits of firearms forensics