ooli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoHere is Luigi Mangione’s official mug shot, per Altoona PDi.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHere is Luigi Mangione’s official mug shot, per Altoona PDi.redd.itooli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square127linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoSo ghost guns not have distinctive rifling?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoA barrel is a barrel, and I think it highly unlikely that a mass-produced product leaving a unique fingerprint on something that’s been smushed into a completely different shape can be used as forensic evidence is the domain of TV CSI.
minus-squaretheunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agohttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-field-of-firearms-forensics-is-flawed/ Bullet and rifling forensics is not based on science
minus-squarelemming741@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoGlocks are the Toyota Corolla of handguns. They are the preferred weapon of police departments and federal agencies the world over. They, and many modern firearms, use a rotary hammer forged barrel with polygonal rifling that does not leave unique markings like traditional cut rifling. Also, forensic ballistics are mostly bunk, like forensic bite marks.
So ghost guns not have distinctive rifling?
A barrel is a barrel, and I think it highly unlikely that a mass-produced product leaving a unique fingerprint on something that’s been smushed into a completely different shape can be used as forensic evidence is the domain of TV CSI.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-field-of-firearms-forensics-is-flawed/
Bullet and rifling forensics is not based on science
Glocks are the Toyota Corolla of handguns. They are the preferred weapon of police departments and federal agencies the world over.
They, and many modern firearms, use a rotary hammer forged barrel with polygonal rifling that does not leave unique markings like traditional cut rifling.
Also, forensic ballistics are mostly bunk, like forensic bite marks.