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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:Stupidity! Re:Stupidity! (Score: 1, Troll) by Sir Finkus on Wednesday February 10 2016, @04:06PM

  by Sir Finkus (192) on Wednesday February 10 2016, @04:06PM (#302215) Journal

  Or you could RTFA and realize that they want to do it box by box rather than numbering the rounds individually.

  Granted, I've seen boxes from 10 rounds to 5000, so I'd be curious to see what they consider a "box".

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• Re:Stupidity! (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday February 10 2016, @05:48PM

  by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday February 10 2016, @05:48PM (#302279)

  Got it. I'll remember to not leave my boxes of ammo behind during my next mass shooting.

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