This is stupid...imo to stay home lock your doors...teach your children to be in fear...run dodge zigzag to the gas pump and dance around while loading your groceries...
My platoon in Vietnam would get to come into the base camp @ once a month for what was called a 'stand down' a couple days to clean up get some rest (get a little drunk etc)...
We would come in out of the field pretty ripe so the first order (after weapons check) was heading off to the PX to get a Cold Drink (highly prized) and buy some stuff...
We went shopping....and of course a few rockets would come in or some mortar rounds...the sirens would sound and the poor pogues (remfs) would run in circles heading for the bunkers..
We however were non plussed.
Charlie was not gonna spoil our stand down...and it was kinda nice having the place all to ourselves..and it was always a hoot to watch those pogues panic and run for the bunkers..
Its the panic these killers are gettin off on...and we shouldnt let them have that..
Armed citizens is the answer..the pros aint getting it done.....
Its either that or take a fat person shopping with you....they are easy to hide behind
REMFS,hehe,not to many can relate to that.In the rear with the gear.
"Armed citizens is the answer..the pros aint getting it done..... "
Considering that there have been no witnesses, that wouldn't have done any good either. If I saw a guy 200 yards away with a rifle, and all I had was a pistol with iron sights, I'd run, not return fire.
As for ballistic fingerprinting, here's a site that explains it pretty well:
http://www.firearmsid.com/A_bulletIDrifling.htm
IMHO, the biggest problem with BF is the statistical one. If matches are 99% accurate (say), then if you only test your suspect's gun, a match is pretty strong evidence of guilt. But if you have a database of several million guns, 1% error will give you thousands of potential matches, and presumably lots of completely innocent people will be asked to "voluntarily" turn their guns in for testing.
BTW, do you suppose the ATF has started returning all the guns they "borrowed" before the latest shooting? If guns can be guilty of a crime, it stands to reason they can be innocent too.