Almost every day in every major US city you can open your local newspaper and read about the aftermath of gun violence. A child, a police officer, a mother or a father is cut down in the prime of life. An assassin murders a popular Seattle prosecutor. Two bloodthirsty snipers prey on innocent bystanders and terrorize our nations Capitol or a lone gunman takes potshots at passing motorists on a Columbus freeway. In most cases, the only evidence left behind is a body, a bullet, and possibly a shell casing or two. According to the United States Department of Justice, there is more than a 30% chance of never finding the killer in homicides involving a firearm1. If ballistic evidence cannot be quickly linked to a crime gun, and the gun recovered and quickly linked to a suspect, the chance of arresting the perpetrator is far less likely. If the bullets and cartridge cases used by criminals were linked directly to a potential suspect, more crimes involving firearms would be solved and more gun crime could be prevented.
Does not require any special training or equipment for law enforcement officials. Micro-laser engraved bullet and cartridge-case code provides timely and efficient identification by simply using a good magnifying glass. Eliminates subjectivity in identifying the buyer of the round. In many cases a bullet trace can be initiated at the crime scene. Code is identifiable in cases where as little as 20% of the base of the bullet is recovered.