vmathis12019
State Researcher
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Okay, so as most who post under this state know, I was arrested for OCing back in May. Well now that the charges are dropped and I have my weapon (which was held for four months) back, I have been thinking about something.
Do most police departments do a ballistic fingerprinting of weapons that are confiscated? I did notice when I got my gun back, that it was unusually well lubricated considering it had been locked in an evidence locker for 4 months. Also the solvent/lubricant that I use has a distinct (almost fruity for some reason) odor. What my gun was lubricated with when I got it back last week was obviously not the same lubrication, and itmade me think thatthe weaponhas been disassembled and cleaned. Why would the police do this unless they had fired it, and why would they have fired it unless they were doing a ballistic fingerprinting? I am going to contact the custodian of evidence at Andalusia Police Department tomorrow and ask him about it, though I'm sure they would never reveal this to me even if they did do it.
I'm not so sure that I am comfortable being the owner of a pistol that the police have information on, especially a way to track a bullet back to me. Not that I intend to do anything that is illegal in the first place, but accidents do happen, and if my name and my gun are in some database, it seems possible to me that there could be a mistake made where a bullet dug out of someone's skull comes back to match MY gun (people have been wrongfully sent up on murder charges with way less evidence)!
My concerns may or may not be well-founded, but it does raise a question in the back of my mind: do I really want to keep this gun if something like the above mentioned scenario is possible? Don't get me wrong, I love my XD .45 Compact. It is my favorite gun, and certainly if I did sell it I would replace it with another, but the idea of carrying THIS one in particular bothers me a little. Any suggestions? What would you guys do?
Okay, so as most who post under this state know, I was arrested for OCing back in May. Well now that the charges are dropped and I have my weapon (which was held for four months) back, I have been thinking about something.
Do most police departments do a ballistic fingerprinting of weapons that are confiscated? I did notice when I got my gun back, that it was unusually well lubricated considering it had been locked in an evidence locker for 4 months. Also the solvent/lubricant that I use has a distinct (almost fruity for some reason) odor. What my gun was lubricated with when I got it back last week was obviously not the same lubrication, and itmade me think thatthe weaponhas been disassembled and cleaned. Why would the police do this unless they had fired it, and why would they have fired it unless they were doing a ballistic fingerprinting? I am going to contact the custodian of evidence at Andalusia Police Department tomorrow and ask him about it, though I'm sure they would never reveal this to me even if they did do it.
I'm not so sure that I am comfortable being the owner of a pistol that the police have information on, especially a way to track a bullet back to me. Not that I intend to do anything that is illegal in the first place, but accidents do happen, and if my name and my gun are in some database, it seems possible to me that there could be a mistake made where a bullet dug out of someone's skull comes back to match MY gun (people have been wrongfully sent up on murder charges with way less evidence)!
My concerns may or may not be well-founded, but it does raise a question in the back of my mind: do I really want to keep this gun if something like the above mentioned scenario is possible? Don't get me wrong, I love my XD .45 Compact. It is my favorite gun, and certainly if I did sell it I would replace it with another, but the idea of carrying THIS one in particular bothers me a little. Any suggestions? What would you guys do?