Forensic Firearms Examiners vs “Gun Nuts”

Here is an excel­lent arti­cle that explains what foren­sic firearms exam­in­ers face rou­tinely. “Gun nuts” or “Shooting enthu­si­asts” who have an opin­ion about the prop­er­ties of a given firearm or ammu­ni­tion type, and will argue their opin­ions based on those often incor­rect assumptions.

Give it a try. Walk into a few gun stores and ask

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Trigger ID instead of fingerprinting

I know from expe­ri­ence latent prints on firearm trig­gers is a long­shot. It’s bet­ter with smoother trig­gers, but then many trig­gers now days are poly­mer and have fric­tion grooves cut into them. Making latent prints more difficult.

The fric­tion grooves make DNA analy­sis a bet­ter choice. The prob­lem is the extra back­log it can

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ATF honors Allegheny County’s crime lab

The ATF hon­ors a lab­o­ra­tory for obtain­ing it’s 1,500th NIBIN hit. This is no small feat, and shows the ded­i­ca­tion and hard work put in by all peo­ple at the crime lab. What the ATF never seems to men­tion in these types of sto­ries is how many con­vic­tions were made as a result of

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