Currently being tried in a Wake County courtroom, the Samuel James Cooper murder case centers around a handgun that prosecutors say link him to five homicides and a string of armed robberies. Before ...

The state of Maryland is scrapping a 15-year effort to build a database of ballistic “fingerprints” on hundreds of thousands of handguns. The Baltimore Sun reported Sunday that the system, enacted in ...

In an effort to prevent gun violence in Ohio, the state is planning to spend $10.5 million dollars to expand police use of ballistics testing technology. The money would purchase machines to scan ...

Every time a gun fires a bullet, it puts unique markings on the exterior of the ammunition. Northeast Ohio Crime Gun Intelligence Center uses technology to match shell casings and guns. known to have ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: It’s a no-brainer that as far as ballistics, the 9mm is superior. But if we all look deeper and think outside of the box, besides the numbers on ballistics charts ...