Years ago I was in a cab going to Midway in Chicago when we
drove past an intersection that had hundreds of empty shell
casings scattered about. Made me think...
If I was a criminal, I'd get hair from the floor of a barber
shop and rack up empty cartridge case at a shooting range
and then scatter this all over the crime scene, of course
I'd use a revolver and a bolt action rifle with a shell
catcher so that evidence would not be left. And I'd use
sub-caliber ammo with a sabot so the bullets could not be
identified by rifling.

But then, I'm not a crook [an not related to RMN] so it is
only a passing thought. Consider, they are using DNA for
Viet Nam grave identification my comparing the DNA from
currently living people with the DNA recovered from bones.
There are lots of blood test samples, did not ever donate to
the Red Cross?


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
some support
http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties.


"Stubby" wrote in
message ...
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| DNA
|
|
|
| "Stubby" wrote
in
| message ...
| | Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
| | Stubby wrote:
| |
| | Remember, they only want your hair and eye color to
aid
| in identifying
| | the body if the worst happens.
| |
| | That's why I wear dogtags when I fly.
| |
| | I believe USAF records a foot print. It's like a
finger
| print but more
| | likely to survive a crash in tact.
|
|
| DNA is certainly the best for IDing an individual. But I
am concerned
| about the ramifications of having my ID in a database for
anybody to see
| and use. Right now a court order is required to make my
DNA available
| and there are standards for obtaining such an order. I
like that.
|
| Note that our DNA is everywhere -- on stamps, eating
utensils, in
| toilets, condoms, towels, sweaty clothes, etc. It's
quite easy to
| plant our DNA somewhere such as a crime scene. But we
(society) must
| make it hard for a bad guy to verify that the sample he
has is mine. If
| all he has to do is go online and check a database (say of
pilots' DNA)
| it is too easy.