Lawsuit faults gun records' cost, use
A state system requiring the ballistics ?fingerprinting? of new handguns sold in New York has cost taxpayers millions while doing nothing to solve crimes, a federal lawsuit contends.
The lawsuit challenges the state CoBIS, or Combined Ballistic Identification System, which requires that most new handguns sold in the state be test fired so the state can file specific ballistics information into a database. CoBIS has cost the state more than $12 million and ?since inception, not one crime has been solved using the system,? the lawsuit alleges.
It should be interesting to watch this case.
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Posted on 2004-05-10 23:01:59.0
by matthew@triggerfinger.org
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