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To: Howard C. who wrote (485922)	11/3/2003 3:32:28 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

There are other conclusions to reach. sanjose.bizjournals.com Wouldn’t work says AG Lockyer. In Tullener’s study the attempt to link was wrong 62%. gunowners.org Criminals won't be in any database of gun owners. They'll have found a way around it.

To: Howard C. who wrote (485922)	11/3/2003 7:29:42 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Gordon is right. The problem is that barrels that leave the marks wear out after about 10,000 rounds and are continuously changing. The fingerprints on my fingers do not change over time. The patterns remain the same. So these barrel fingerprings aren't really fingerprints at all. They are a snapshot in ttime of what a barrel was like when a firearm was brand new out of the factory. This will bear no resemblence to the print left by the barrel a few hundred rounds later. They have such an expensive system in maryland. cost Md taxpayers millions and millions of dollars. Has solved zero crimes. If they tried to use it in the sniper investigation in DC the best they would have discovered is that the firearm was shipped from the factory to the Bulls Eye gun store in Washington State. Since the gun was stolen and most crime guns are stolen, the best trace you get is to the last lawful owner. That does no good whatsoever. NRA will be in favor of any system that would actually work, not feel-goodism solutions like the ballistic "fingerprinting" which is just a complete waste of money and better spent elsewhere.