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Laser-Etched Bullets, Blockchain Tech Part of Washington Gun Crime Initiative

posted by CoolHand on Wednesday February 10 2016, @06:43AM   
from the reloading-our-ammo dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

A group in Washington is promoting an initiative to reduce gun crime by using laser-etched bullets to track shooters. According to their website, the data will only be used for legitimate investigations (no datamining) and secured with "recursive verification" features (sounds like a blockchain). Washington state already requires ammunition purchasers to produce valid ID when making purchases. Googling reveals that previous efforts by state legislatures to enact similar legislation have been torpedoed by the gun lobby. Initiatives are not subject to lobbying, so it should be interesting to see how the opposition tackles this campaign.

http://dosomethingwa.org
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-ammunition-idUSBRE90J02K20130120
http://igg.me/at/dosomethingwa

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• Re:laser-etched bullets to track shooters (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday February 10 2016, @07:47AM

  by c0lo (156) on Wednesday February 10 2016, @07:47AM (#302013) Journal

  Nobody's using molten lead / recycled solder and molds anymore?

  You mean... one doesn't need hitech to create a bullet on one's own? Really?

  What of fucked up world!
  Next you gonna tell me that an effective defence against a multimillion LaWS [wikipedia.org] would be a shiny paints, misting fans and/or smoke flares.
  How can a poor member of MilInd complex make a honest buck anymore?

  (grin)

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