A Maryland database containing a spent casing to match every gun sold in the state since 2000 has been shut down after failing to solve a single crime.
Effective Oct. 1, the Maryland General Assembly abolished the state’s requirement that manufacturers send a shell fired from each gun they sold in the state in order for state police to photograph and catalog the shells for use in potential future investigations. Over a period of 15 years the database collected more than 300,000 shell casings and created “ballistic fingerprints” for them.
The system, based on the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network but expanded to include all guns in Maryland, was designed to compare spent casings from gun sales against those found at crime scenes.
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But, but think of those dedicated liberal public servants who, non-tirelessly put in those long non-productive hours at the easiest job they will ever have.Think again too, of those vacations, medical benefits, and retirement benefits they received while not solving a single crime. And, just because the program did not work doesn't mean it was not a good idea.Who knows, maybe next year or the year after they might find a shell casing to link to a crime. It could happen you know! (sarc)
ReplyDeleteAnd, just because the program did not work doesn't mean it was not a good idea.
DeleteYes just like Communism, it will work if we try again and only have to kill 50 million this time...........:)