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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   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 2) by Gravis on Friday February 12 2016, @01:53AM

    by Gravis (4596) on Friday February 12 2016, @01:53AM (#303052)

    That part in which the real-world transaction need to pause for the data to be recorded in the system. A big number of times.

    your ID lookup would take maybe 200 milliseconds but the storage transaction would take no time because it's an asynchronous database insertion. it would be a few extra seconds for people which would be used swiping their ID.

    The result? Everybody pays for little benefit.

    you can't spare a few seconds to help make more murder cases solvable? are you really that self-centered?

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday February 12 2016, @05:26AM

    by c0lo (156) on Friday February 12 2016, @05:26AM (#303094) Journal

    your ID lookup would take maybe 200 milliseconds but the storage transaction would take no time because it's an asynchronous database insertion.

    Asynchronous my ass. The operation involves taking the bullet, scanning it, putting it aside, taking another and repeat. Yeah, I can really see this happening whenever a bullet (together with others) changes hands.

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    • (Score: 2) by Gravis on Friday February 12 2016, @05:49AM

      by Gravis (4596) on Friday February 12 2016, @05:49AM (#303101)

      Asynchronous my ass. The operation involves taking the bullet, scanning it, putting it aside, taking another and repeat. Yeah, I can really see this happening whenever a bullet (together with others) changes hands.

      bullets are sold in boxes, so it make a lot more sense to put a barcode identifying the box number on the outside and just push that info to the database. stop making this out to be some sort of monumental effort.

      • (Score: 1, Troll) by c0lo on Friday February 12 2016, @06:02AM

        by c0lo (156) on Friday February 12 2016, @06:02AM (#303104) Journal

        stop making this out to be some sort of monumental effort.

        (yeah, sure, seems wise)

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