TS> VH> CSI isn't accurate -- there is no such database.  In fact, how to
TS> VH> create
TS> VH> such a database is questionable -- what goes in?  How do you code?

TS>The impression I got was it was much like AFIS, the fingerprint database,
TS>with similar methodology.  It wouldn't take too much work to adapt it;
TS>shoot, half the products around today are little more than adaptations and
TS>adjustments of existing.

It can't have a similar methodology.  Fingerprints are patterns, while
markings on cases and bullets are totally random.

The best it can do is classify by caliber, and sometimes by make.

TS> VH> Well, see, we'll make it against the law to alter a gun's
TS> VH> "fingerprint."
TS> VH> That'll fix criminals -- they'd NEVER break a law, you know.

TS>Then everyone's a criminal, based upon the treatment one receives at the
TS>country's airports.

It's a totally unworkable idea.
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