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ballistics recognition and identification systems  

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  • Ballistics identification, more properly known as firearms identification, is part of the forensic science discipline of toolmark identification. The premise underlying toolmark identification is that a tool, such as a firearm barrel, leaves a unique toolmark on an object, such as a bullet, with which it comes in contact. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Ballistics Recognition and Identification Systems]

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