Tuesday, 15. October 2002
Topic: - on October 15, 2002 at 10:27:42 PM CEST
New gun stamps serial-number on bullets as they're fired
Rifled weapon barrel engraver and scanner. A computer-controlled laser etching probe etches a firearm-identifying indicia such as a barcode encoded serial number into the bore of a firearm. Owner registration data coupled with the serial number is stored in a central database. A computer-controlled scanner reads the barcode from a bullet fired from an etched firearm for comparison with registration data in the central database, thereby identifying the registered owner of the firearm from which the bullet was fired.
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