Less than that...The "ballistics test" to me is a bunch of bunk! There is absolutely no probably cause to conduct this test! Period...BrassMonkey wrote:What statute gave them the right to perform a search without PC or a warrant?
BadCo45ACP wrote:A friend w/ a CHL was in an acident last year. He was transported while unconscious, to the hospital. The HPD officer on the scene took possesion of his handgun. My friend had to file some kind of paper work to get it back. WHen it was returrned, all except one round of the ammo was gone. When he asked what happened to the rest he was told that they had done ballstic tests, and since the ammo was fragible they had a hard time getting a good round to look at.
Somebody has assumed that any gun someone finds has been used in a crime...
But until investigators are told this is not a free lunch (probably cause) situation, this type of intrusion into people privacy will continue...