Trust me, I'm from the federal government

[izzy]

Some of this nonsense comes from all the damn CSI TV shows that have conditioned Americans to think that forensics is "science". Its largely not. Realize that even something as accepted as finger print analysis has no rigorous scientific study supporting its accuracy/reliability.

Also, there is no agency in this country whose reputation so greatly exceeds its actual competence like the FBI.

I've been trying to tell people this for years. I think the same goes for identifying which firearm a projectile was fired from. The logic behind these tests has never made sense to me at all.

[clodhopper]

I've been trying to tell people this for years. I think the same goes for identifying which firearm a projectile was fired from. The logic behind these tests has never made sense to me at all.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...107-story.html

Maryland scraps gun "fingerprint" database after 15 failed years