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p — 10/18/2002 3:34:21 PM (archived)

"So far it hasn't helped convict a single criminal in Maryland despite "fingerprinting" 17,000 guns sold since January 2000. New York hasn't had success either."

But pols are crafty enough to know that the public is basically innumerate, yet sensitive to symbolic actions, however ineffective and costly.

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Ballistic fingerprinting - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2002 6:50:54 PM
- Fingerprinting in general. - Bowser - 10/18/2002 5:00:48 PM
  - Re: Because fingerprinting points to a victim, or to a suspected assailent . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 5:47:35 PM
- Re: Ballistic fingerprinting - Larry J - 10/18/2002 2:08:06 PM
  - More... - Larry J - 10/18/2002 2:32:16 PM
    - Re: what I don't understand - FrankC - 10/18/2002 3:45:50 PM
      - Re: No, it would not effect product availability . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 4:02:19 PM
    - Re: More... - p - 10/18/2002 3:34:21 PM
- clarify this for me - FrankC - 10/18/2002 2:06:27 PM
  - The "fingerprint" does change over time. - Lee - 10/18/2002 8:58:08 AM
- Re: It will identify the weapon, but not necessarily the criminal . . . - D. Spires - 10/18/2002 12:55:35 PM
  - Re: It will identify the weapon - Tom Brosz - 10/18/2002 4:21:26 PM

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