So in MD every handgun sold needs to be fired to have a "ballistic fingerprin" that goes to the feds. couldnt you change this by switching out the barrel, and if needed to change the indentation on the case, a new firing pin.
No I am not planning on killing anyonel, but I think its more of a privacy issue for me.
2007-09-25 15:03:49 · 11 answers · asked by notthenameiwanted 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
I was just saying, living in MD has some crazy laws, and it is perfectly legal to switch out the barrel of a handgun, IF I HAD ONE!
another example of their rediculous laws is when i went to purchase an AR 15, there was an 8 day waiting period on ones with collapsible stocks, but the exact same one with a fixed stock has no waiting period, yet i could buy a collapsible stock right there and have them put it on and avoid the waiting period
2007-09-25 15:45:01 · update #1
most violent crimes are done in the "heat of the moment", rather than with careful planning and fore thought. your average criminal will not know well enough that he /she can do these things to cloud an investigation, nor will they possess the necessary training or tool-ling required to do these things themselves. and any even slightly intelligent gunsmith would know something is wrong when a customer would request these things to be done at the same time. so there are many variables that would go against this thing becoming reality, rather than in a new episode of CSI. also, i would warn against asking any more questions like this, as there are many patriots in this country who would refer your question to the authorities after having read it. and it has nothing to do with privacy, it has to do with the violent society in which we reside, the same one that allows its people in 47 states to carry concealed weapons, to help curb and prevent crime, by letting the trash of the world know we are armed and shall defend ourselves by deadly means if necessitated by your illegal actions!
hope i wasnt too blunt, but thats how i feel!
2007-09-25 15:28:50 · answer #1 · answered by logan_sell 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
The sad thing is, and this has bee tested in private labs, fingerprinting guns is only about 60% accurate on similar guns, and modifying a handgun or rifle in order to change it's fingerprint can be done with what most people have around the house. Gun fingerprinting is very inaccurate, very expensive, and has yet to solve a single crime. Not a one. The FBI official who approved this is actually a CEO of the company that makes these expensive 'scanners' that image the outside of the bullet casing. It's a 'feel good' law made by politicians following their own agendas in order to forward their political careers by making laws that sound nice to the ordinary citizen. I would actually rate this lower on the scale of good crime fighting techniques than the psychic detectives, simply because they're cheaper and less invasive to innocent civilians. Plus, a non-matching fingerprint can point the finger away from those who are guilty, simply by having them wipe their chambers with some valve grinding compound or other abbrasive, or reshaping their firing pin.
2007-09-26 01:35:26 · answer #2 · answered by fishtrembleatmyname 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would sure like to to hear JD's take on this. He is a dealer in MD. Here is my 2 cents. I don't live in MD and the higher end guns that I have purchased in the past come with a spent test casing. I think it was my Glocks that came with two cases and a test target to show it hits the center. No ballistic fingerprinting in NC that I have heard of.
2007-09-25 22:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it's a stupid law that will do nothing to deter crime. You didn't really think the law was about crime control or police work, did you? The purpose of these laws is to annoy gun owners in hopes that they'll decide it's too much bother.
By the way, I don't know but a half dozed people in MD, haven't been there in twenty years, and still knew about these laws that were publicized so well by the state.
2007-09-25 22:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Another pointless, tax payer funded, "feel good" laws passed by liberals who have no real understanding of how guns work.
You do not have to change anything on your gun. Time and use will do that. The marks left by the gun's barrel do change over time with the number and kind of rounds put thru it. The same happens to firing pins, they start to wear after hitting primers.
The "ballistic fingerprint" of a brand new gun will be different several years later, depending on how heavy it was used and how well it was (or was not) maintained.
2007-09-25 22:24:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
Exactly!
The politicians who make these laws were no doubt on TV advertising how wonderful they are about being tough on crime.
If you are the kind of idiot that buys into the junk science on TV shows like CSI, this law sounds like a real good idea, doesn't it?
2007-09-25 23:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by DJ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is the great fallacy of these asinine 'fingerprint' laws.
Anyone with any basic knowledge of firearms can change ANY and ALL of these 'fingerprint' criteria with a Dremel tool or other finishing device, in no more than 30 SECONDS, without disassembling the weapon, and no more than a cursory cleaning afterward. . . . .
And NO removal or replacement of ANY component!
2007-09-25 23:34:31 · answer #7 · answered by Grizzly II 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
A new barrel won't affect the spent casing. With the spent casing they use it to identify the firirng pin marks. So unless you changed the firing pin. They could still tell about the gun it come from
2007-09-26 08:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by Dustin W 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
The liberal left that wants to destroy our bill of rights and our nation work overtime to frustrate honest american citizens. Too bad we can't ship them somewhere else where they would have no rights to do that which they do. They would then probably protest and picket over the loss of these rights.
2007-09-26 10:40:24 · answer #9 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
change your barrel. do it now.
2007-09-26 09:56:03 · answer #10 · answered by Stand-up Philosopher 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋