Bullet matching (another link from Paul Hsieh). I seem to remember hearing about a decade ago, in the context of some sensational shooting, that a gun barrel does not mark a bullet as clearly and uniquely as folklore would have it. (I wondered at the time whether this revelation would soon be reflected in television. Guess not.)
2006: The link is now stale.
Why do gun-grabbers hate people so much?
2006: The link is now stale. I don’t remember the item, but I’ll bet it was a piece of hate mail from someone who hopes advocates of RKBA are gruesomely murdered.
Saturday at a gun shop, my eye was caught by the archaic stocks of a couple of Ruger “Vaquero” revolvers (modern versions of obsolete guns, made for rodeo sports). Looking closer, I saw that their calibers were .45 and .32. That puts me in my place.
2004 Sep 04: Oops! This post formerly linked to one (from 2002 Oct 05) that has now vanished. It said:
Rex Stout, author of the ‘Nero Wolfe’ mysteries, made a point never to use real-life brand names. But in “Death of a Demon” (1961) he went one step further: the murder weapon is a .32 revolver, and I at least have never (otherwise) heard of such a thing.
Madhu had fun last week. “I love it when a plan comes together.”
