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In reply to the discussion: Maryland is stopping a good program that identifies guns used in crimes [View all]Adrahil
(13,340 posts)29. Read the posts here....
Such "ballistic finger primting" is only usefule if the reference "print" is from a time very close to the time the weapon was usedd in crime. Otherwise, wear dramatically reduces the chance of a match, and vastly increases the chace of flase positives if the criteria is widened. In short, it doesn't work. A lot of ballistics experts said so when these programs were introduced, but many gun control advocates aren't really technically aware people.
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Maryland is stopping a good program that identifies guns used in crimes [View all]
Union Label
Nov 2015
OP
True sounds like a dud. Maryland can use the money for other successful programs that work.
yeoman6987
Nov 2015
#7
Well, union, the "snipped" portion in your OP rather explains why it was cancelled...
Eleanors38
Nov 2015
#37
from the article, it sounds like for the MD system they were not unique and got 100s of matches
Amishman
Nov 2015
#42
That was a lightweight solution compared what lies for gun nuts down the road.
onehandle
Nov 2015
#4
"Next time, it'll be a five BILLION dollar program that won't solve any crimes!"
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2015
#21
Actually, they *don't* wonder- they ignore any emprical evidence that disagrees with their dream
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2015
#24
NY Scrapped their program as well. (COBIS solved one case, and cost $44,000,000.)
X_Digger
Nov 2015
#10