We knew that already
They could have just asked Maryland whose database has been expensive and, to date, has solved zero crimes. But the National Research Council affirms what SayUncle has said all along: Ballistic fingerprinting is a pipe dream.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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March 6th, 2008 at 10:56 am
What, nobody reads my uberposts?
March 6th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
I listened to a report on the radio last night. It turns out the database wouldn’t give an exact match to a certain gun, but instead spit out thousands of “possibles” that were “statistically probable” matches. Those would have to be examined by humans, one by one. The man-hours of doing that task alone would eat up an entire police force.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:19 am
The man-hours of doing that task alone would eat up an entire police force.
Probably a good idea. Especially in the Everglades.