NSSF Press Release:
http://www.nssf.org/releases/101602.htm
http://rkba.org/research/nssf/ballistic-fingerprint.16oct02.txt
NSSF Ballistic Imaging Fact Sheet:
http://www.nssf.org/releases/101602_BIFS.htm
NSSF copy of California State report on Ballistic Fingerprinting:
http://www.nssf.org/PDF/CA_study.pdf
http://rkba.org/research/nssf/CA_study.pdf
NSSF copy of H.R. 3491:
http://www.nssf.org/PDF/HR3491.pdf
http://rkba.org/research/nssf/HR3491.pdf
Lockyer covering up doj report condemning ballistic imaging
DOJ experts gagged by CA attorney general
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls110202.html
California DOJ Follow-Up Report On Ballistic
"Fingerprinting" Confirms Technology Not Feasible
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls011303.html
Flashbunny.org slideshow, clearly explains problems:
http://www.flashbunny.org/content/file.19
Beltway Killer Media Response Kit
http://www.northbridgetraining.com/beltway/
How Reliable Is Ballistic Fingerprinting?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,66007,00.html
Exploiting Mass Murder By Dr. Michael S. Brown
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/10/19/230622.shtml
The weaknesses of ballistic fingerprinting
http://www.ccrkba.org/pub/rkba/news/BallisticImaging.htm
A tough call on gun 'fingerprinting'
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_1491884,00.html
If ballistic fingerprinting worked...
D.C.-Area Police Know Caliber of Sniper's
Bullets, but Gun Remains a Mystery
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021023_213.html
The Hardyville Study on the Effectiveness of Ballistic
Fingerprinting
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/10/21/ar-clairewolfe.htm
Not So Fast. Ballistic fingerprinting.
National Review Online. Oct. 23, 2002.
Dave Kopel with Paul H. Blackman.
http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel102302.asp
Does The United States Need A National Database For Ballistic
Fingerprints?
By Stephen P. Halbrook
Technically, the proposal just isn't feasible as a crime-fighting
tool.
http://www.insightmag.com/news/320579.html/
As we know, it's easy to change a firearm so that its so-called
"ballistic fingerprint" no longer matches: change the barrel, firing
pin, extractor or bolt, file or sand, etc. So the only real use of
so-called "ballistic fingerprinting" is for a national gun registration
database. Such databases almost always lead to confiscation. It would
not even help solve many crimes. Don't grant them that advantage since
it's based on the false premise that these identification methods are
perfect and permanent. They are neither.
