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Pol i c eh adhu ndr edso fpi ec esoffi r ear mse vi de nc er el at edt ot he3 KKi l l i ng s.The ybel i e v edt hat11 di ff er en tg unsha dbeenus eddur i ngt hecr i mespr ee-c ons i der i n gt het wosei z edi nconnec t i onwi t h t h eSc ar l e tGa r c i aMu r d er st ha tme an t9r e ma i n edu na c cou nt e df o r . Dur i ngt hats amey ear ,t heRepubl i coft hePhi l i ppi nesputne w pol i c i esi npl ac ehopi ngt obet t erc ope wi t hgunc r i mei nc l udi ngt hes oc al l ed" Ex t r aJ udi c i alKi l l i ngs " .TheGo ver nmentr equi r edal lnew fi r ea r mst obet es t fi r edbef or ebei ngs ol dt ot hepubl i c .Thet es tfi r eswer et obes av e df orf ut ur e b al l i s t i c si mag i n ga nde nc od i n g.Ap er i o do fa mn es t ywa sa l s od ec l a r edd ur i n gwh i c hpo s se s so r sof unl i c ens edfi r ea r msc oul dh av et he ml i c ens edan dt es t fi r edwi t houtf earofb ei n gc r i mi nal l ychar g ed wi t hp os s es s i ono fa nu nl i c en se dfi r e ar m. I n Ma r c ho f2 01 1,t h e PNP Fi r e ar msI d en t i fi c at i on Di v i s i o n( F AI D)b eg an t h eb al l i s t i c si ma gi n g pr oc es s oft h ei ri n v ent or y ofbal l i s t i c se vi de nc e wi t ht hei rne wl y a cq ui r ed I nt egr at ed Bal l i s t i c I de nt i fi c at i on Sy s t ems( I BI S) .Wi t h i ns i xmon t h s,I BI Sh el p ed t h eF AI Dg en er a t eo v er5 00 “ h i t s ” ( mat c hes )f r om t hei re vi den cedat a bas eo fa bou t1 5, 000e xh i bi t s . Enc our agedbyt hei ri ni t i al r es ul t s ,t heFAI Df oc us edonent er i ngt hecol dcas ee vi denc ef r om t he3KKi l l i ngsi nt oI BI S.Thi sac t i onmetwi t hs ur pr i s i ngr es ul t s–t hei dent i fi cat i onoft hr eemor e3KKi l l i ngs c as es–e xpandi ngt het ot al numberofc as est ot hi r t ys i xands adl yaddi ngmor ev i c t i mst ot hel i s t . Th eni nDe c embe ro f2 01 1,t h eF AI Dg en er a t e da nI BI Shi ts ob i ga st ob ed es c r i b eda sa“ Ba l l i s t i c s T s unami ” .I t seff ec t swer epar t i c ul ar l ys ur pr i s i ngbe caus et h eh i tc amef r om anun ex pec t eds our c e– t hed at abas eoft es tfi r e dba l l i s t i c sr ef er enc ei magesf r om t he200 8amn es t yguns ! Theamnes t yt es tfi r ef r om ac er t ai nGl oc kpi s t ol i nt ur n“ hi t ”t o ni here x hi bi t sl i nk i ngt hatgunt o ne t yot t went yf ouroft het hi r t ys i xopenc as esas soc i at edwi t ht he3KKi l l i ngsser i es .I ti st hegunus edi nt he fi r s toft he3 KKi l l i n gs–t heonef r om t hemur d eri nCa vi t ePr o v i nc ei n200 5–po l i c ehads ear c hedf or i tf ors ev eny ear s . Thi s“ Bal l i s t i c sT sunami ”c ar r i edpol i c ei nv es t i gat or st ot hef r ontdooroft heGl oc k' sownerofr ec or d. Be cau s et h ec a sei so ngo i n gp ol i c ea r en ots a y i nga ny mo r ea tt h i st i mee x c ep tt ha tt h ec as esar e pr ogr e ss i ng . However ,Supt .Reyde Guzman,Chi efoft hePNP’ sFAI D madet hi sgener alcommentaboutt he mat t er :“ I twa sma dep os s i b l et hr ou ght h et h r e ee ss e nt i a lc omp one nt s :p eo pl e ,p r o ce ss e sa ndI BI S t ec hnol ogy-i twor k s! ” Pe t eGagl i ar di Foreword. 1 Firearms. 1.1 A rief !istory of "irearms. 1.# Wea$on %y$es and %heir &$eration. 1. (roof )arks. "urther *eading. 2 Ammunition. #.1 A rief !istory of Ammunition. #.# Ammunition +om$onents. #. on-toic Shot.
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#./ A rief !istory of (ro$ellants. #.0 (riming +om$ounds and (rimers. #. !eadstam$ )arkings on Ammunition. 3 Ballistics. .1 2nternal, 3ternal and %erminal allistics. .# 2nternal allistics. . 3ternal allistics. ./ %erminal allistics. 4 Forensic Firearms Examination. /.1 A rief !istory of "orensic "irearms 2dentification. /.# *ifling %y$es and %heir 2dentification. /. "luted, Annular *inged, !elical, (erforated and &versi4ed +hambers. /./ asic +once$ts of Striation )atching. /.0 asic )ethodology 5sed in +om$arison )icrosco$y. /. )athematical (roof of Striation )atches. /.6 Accidental 7ischarge. /.8 2dentification of +alibre from the ullet 3ntry !ole. /.9 *icochet Analysis. /.1 ullet (enetration and %ra;ectory through
3it !ole 2dentification. 0.0 *ange of "iring 3stimations for Shotguns. !uns"ot Residue Examination. .1 2ntroduction. .# "ormation of 7ischarge *esidue. . 7istribution of
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History of Ballistics Ballista is latin for "Giant Crossbow" and is the rst of many projectiles Cannons were rst !sed at the Battle of Crecy b!t it wasnt !ntil 13## that the rst basic $!n was de%eloped &he rst drawin$ of a $!n was fo!nd from the year 132' (n 135#) the rst "hand cannon" allowed for portability &o increase reliability of li$htin$ $!npowder) *int replaced matches in 151+ ,e%erend -le.ander /ohn 0orsyth of cotland in%ented the rst primer powder in 1#5 o! may !se ,e% 0orsyth for yo!r research paper
/ohn Hall of the nited tates created two ad%ances in 11+ &he rst was the breech6loader &he second was !sin$ assembly lines for man!fact!rin$ &he bi$$est benet with assembly lines was the fact that interchan$eable parts were de%eloped) standardi7in$ the ind!stry Gaspard 8ollner of 9ienna impro%ed the aim :and created ri*es in the process; by addin$ $roo%es to the inside of a m!s2+ to analy7e b!llets in a m!rder case
C!rrently) $!ns ha%e !ni?!e identications based on man!fact!rer 0or instance) Colts prod!ce a left twist $roo%e pattern when all other man!fact!rers !se a ri$ht twist $roo%e @ost $!ns ha%e 46 $roo%es) with ' bein$ the most common n!mber G!ns can be analy7ed in diAerent ways @ost commonly) a s!spect is chec
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,emember that $!ns are emptied) tied !p to pre%ent accidental rin$) p!t in a cardboard bo.) and personally deli%ered to the lab e%er stic< a pen or pencil down the barrel as it may add scratches that lea%e mar
(dentifyin$ a Feapon @ost $!ns ha%e their own !ni?!e identifyin$ feat!res and e%en if the $!n has not been left at the crime scene many de$rees of information can be determined from the b!llet) the nat!re of the wo!nd and any resid!e that is left aro!nd it
B!llets contain a mi.t!re of $!npowder and cordite and these lea%e b!rn mar
-lso) each weapons barrel contains small li$at!res and $roo%es) which) when a b!llet is red from them) ma
(t is also worth notin$ that an a!tomatic 6 or semi a!tomatic weapon 6 will e.pel shell casin$s as the weapon res a ro!nd whereas a re%ol%er will re the ro!nd b!t retain the shell casin$ within the barrel
(n%esti$atin$ &he eld of ballistics is able to identify ri*in$ patterns) mar
(ndeed most ballistics e.perts will be able to tell yo! the partic!lar weapon simply by the so!nd of it bein$ red &hey will also be able to carry o!t distance and depth tests which incl!de rin$ ro!nds of amm!nition into water) sand and other s!bstances to determine how close a person wo!ld ha%e to be to recei%e a life threatenin$ wo!nd from a $!n
Ballistics is a %ery important part of the world of 0orensic cience and m!ch of its e%idence is !sed in criminal proceedin$s (n some cases the !se of ballistics research can pro%e a lin< between many diAerent crimes carried o!t o%er a len$thy period of time &his is also an important f!nction of the ballistics team as many weapons are passed and sold on between criminals d!rin$ their life cycle ballistics as the branch of applied physics that st!dies the motion of missiles or projectiles of all types and the conditions that in*!ence that motionJ which p!t simply means the st!dy of rearms and amm!nition Fhen ballistics are e.amined within a le$al conte.t the pre. forensic can then be applied
- %ery !sef!l dention of appeared in a Ho!se Bill bac< in 2###) which stated that forensic6ballistics is "a comparati%e analysis of red b!llets and cartrid$e casin$s to identify the rearm from which the b!llets or cartrid$e casin$s were dischar$ed thro!$h the identication of the !ni?!e characteristics that each rearm imprints on b!llets and cartrid$e casin$s forensic -lso fo!nd inK EictionaryLthesa!r!s) @edical) Dncyclopedia) Fi
