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Re: Trying to understand
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:17:13 GMT
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Scott:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Ballastic fingerprinting? Well, I don't know what that is, so you need
> to tell me that first.
I’m not sure if that’s the "actual" term or the term that I heard on the
news. In either case, it refers to a method of gun registration in which
every gun is fired before sale, and the slugs and/or casings are laser-scanned
so that the ballistics data can be kept on file. The idea, theoretically, is
that investigators can use bullets and casings left behind at a crime to
identify which gun was used, and possibly therefore its owner.
Dave!
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| Dave!, (...) Ballastic fingerprinting? Well, I don't know what that is, so you need to tell me that first. I think before we need *ANY* more gun laws, we need to start enforcing the *22,000+* laws that are on the books, which, BTW, won't solve any (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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