Firearms evidence and identification has become a crucial part in investigation and solving crimes. It has led to thousands of successful investigations that otherwise would not have been. You see it in the news and on TV shows like CSI. Although CSI is far from true forensic science, the concept is still there. What is firearms evidence? How is it examined? This paper will look at the history of firearms identification and examine the two previous questions.
To talk about firearms identification we must first understand where it comes from. We must learn about the history. With the more and more crimes being committed with firearms there was obviously a need for the development of firearms identification in criminalistics. The first murder solved using ballistics was successful in 1835. Henry Goddard examined a bullet and found a very distinctive mark on it that was from the mold that made it. This led him to the discovery of the suspect because the matching gauge was found on......

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Title: Ballistics
Approximate Word Count: 2832
Approximate Pages: 12 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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