Maryland Abandons Ballistic Printing

[82_VOL_83]

Dem lawmaker says there isn't one single shred of evidence that it ever helped solve a crime. Computer system alone was $5 Mil. Choices to manufacturers and state labor to record prints not tallied.

In further news, LG heart broken over news.

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Dem lawmaker says there isn't one single shred of evidence that it ever helped solve a crime. Computer system alone was $5 Mil. Choices to manufacturers and state labor to record prints not tallied.

In further news, LG heart broken over news.

It's an idea that sounds great until you really examine the mechanics of firearms and the cost of implementation.

 

[volinbham]

It's an idea that sounds great until you really examine the mechanics of firearms and the cost of implementation.

so then did it every sound great?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Dem lawmaker says there isn't one single shred of evidence that it ever helped solve a crime. Computer system alone was $5 Mil. Choices to manufacturers and state labor to record prints not tallied.

In further news, LG heart broken over news.

Wait, so what are you saying? That ballistics tests are not accurate in identifying which gun fired a shot?

 

[ClearwaterVol]

Wait, so what are you saying? That ballistics tests are not accurate in identifying which gun fired a shot?

Very good, but guns rifling can be altered, parts changed and the markings left on casings change over time. The cost to implement are too high given the limitations.

 

[82_VOL_83]

I just saw this on the news tonight. The point of the story is that since 2000 it hasn't solved one single crime or been used to identify any missing weapons. With modern manufacturing methods, rifling can be made nearly identical in several guns. It's not like it used to be. The rifling isn't as good a fingerprint as it used to be.