/Huh!/ Bad 60 minutes!  What'cha gon', what'cha gon, what'cha gonna do,
when Roy J. Tellason and I come for you?

 RJT>> Anybody else catch this nonsense on 60 minutes about "ballistic
 RJT>> fingerprinting"...?

 TS>> When I heard what was being said in the lead-up, I changed the
 TS>> channel. Anyone with a brain did the same.

 RJT> What,  you don't think it's important to see what the opposition is
 RJT> talking about on this topic?

Not really.  Even if there were valid point to be made, the sheer hype
would, I'm sure, have drowned it out.

As has been mentioned in here before, ballistic fingerprinting can't work.
Change a barrel, replave a firing pin. swap out a receiver and you have a
totally "new" weapon, as far as the system is concerned.

Normal wear and tear does the same thing, and I can't see anyone putting up
with having to send in their firearms every month or so to log the required
changes.  The volume of data would clog the system.

Never mind those who would /deliberately/ change the characteristics, for
whatever reasons.

Todd Sullivan
NRA Member # 132667460

... Purrverse:  Poem about a strange kitty.

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