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    Southwest Airlines-Allows firearms, however also must be in a secured case that’s hard sided, locked container. The customer must know the lock combination and/or have key to lock. Multiple firearms are allowed and can be transported all in one hard sided case. With this airline firearms cannot be a carryon luggage. United Airlines- Allows shooting equipment which needs to be hard-sided cases, and only customers who is 18 years of age or older is accepted. Some firearms are not accepted to certain

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    When working with violent crime scenes, firearms are used quite frequently. The use of firearms can make the collection process much tedious. You have to remember safety first and treat all firearms as if they were loaded. There are many different types of firearms and ammunition out there, they all shoot different and not one firearm will create the same markings on the ammunition. Ballistics is the scientific study of the path of a bullet. A story can be told by the path the bullet takes.

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    Open Carry of Firearms Is Beneficial In America we have a constitution that states all the rights and restrictions upon citizens. In the constitution, there is a huge controversy going on about the second amendment, the right to bear arms. This amendment states that along with meeting regulations, the American citizen is allowed to own and possess weapons of many forms. This amendment is now under large amounts of scrutiny because of many things that have taken place in recent history. In today’s

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    Firearms evidence is a key to capturing a shooter. Firearms evidence can be found at different types of crime scenes; from homicide to rape. Forensic technicians can determine the distance of a shot based on power residue, they can compare cartridge cases and bullets to particular guns possibly used at the crime scene and link them to owners, forensic technicians can also determine the sequence of shots fired and trajectories. Gunshot residue found at a crime scene can be matched with that found

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    Processing firearms evidence is just one of many jobs in the field of forensic technology. When it comes to collecting and processing firearms evidence at a crime scene there are a strict set of rules and procedures that need to be followed. There are also different types of firearms that can be used in committing a crime and that can be found at crime scenes if the firearm is left behind. The most common types of firearms that are used in crimes are semi-automatic pistols, and revolvers. There are

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    think of firearm cases in the United States, what do you think of? How many cases have we had that involve guns? What happens when they find these weapons? What steps are taken to preserve this evidence? Whose job is it? I do think about these things as I see the news and it involves a shooting. I also think about it when I watching different TV shows. I have always been interested in what goes on behind the scenes of a crime scene when it comes to firearms or ballistics. What is Firearm Evidence

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    government has been, in recent years, pushing for harsh gun laws, but It is my in my understanding, and opinion that all Americans should have the right to privately own firearms. The rate of shootings in the pass ten years has increased greatly, encouraging the banning of firearms in many states. In my opinion if we ban firearms completely it will not only, not affect the number of guns being bought and sold privately or

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    years to come. The decision to arm citizens with firearms is heavily discussed on a daily basis with numerous different opinions and anecdotes. The scene I have previously described does happen and is a primary example of why citizens should be armed. This example is just one of the reasons citizens in America should own guns. It would be a much safer country if law- abiding citizens were armed as well as the criminals. Not allowing us to own firearms is a direct invasion of the Second Amendment to

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    being waged; A war over firearms, and the restrictions that should be placed upon them. This “war”, more so called a debate, is over the well known topic, firearm control. Firearm control is a daily topic in the government and a well known topic among the citizens as well (Dilascio). With many people as well as positions protecting both sides of the debate, People tend to use repetitively common defense for harsh firearm control as well as help bring the points against firearm control to light. The

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    Processing all different types of firearms is as important as lifting a fingerprint or packaging DNA as evidence. It must be done in a cautious, & safe manner so that fingerprints are not ruined, & safety of the investigator is insured. While using the proper techniques to processing firearms for evidence a case can be brought to closure quicker, & another criminal can be removed from the streets. The investigators must realize the importance of the firearm being processed in order to find clues

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