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Article: Firearms and toolmarks in the FBI laboratory: Part 1.(Federal Bureau of Investigation)
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- Forensic Science Communications
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Introduction
The Firearms-Toolmarks Unit (FTU) is one of many subdivisions of the FBI Laboratory devoted to a specific discipline of forensic science. This unit, comprised of firearms examiners and physical science technicians, receives and examines all incoming evidence related to firearms, firearm components, ammunition, ammunition components, tools, and toolmarks.
Firearms Identification
Forensic firearms examinations are based on firearms identification, which involves the identification of a bullet, cartridge case, or other ammunition component as having been fired by or in a particular firearm. The possibility for such singular ...