This session will cover forensic firearms evidence, nomenclature, operation and ballistics as it applies to your cases. Topic material will cover:
• Interior Ballistics
• Exterior / Terminal Ballistics
• Basic types of firearms and how they operate
• Firearms identification
• Basic shooting incident evidence and reconstruction
• Shooting Reconstruction Checklist
Session Objectives
- Help recognize critical questions and issues in cases involving firearms when talking to defendant and or witnesses
- Facilitate intelligent discussions with forensic experts such as criminalists, firearms examiners and medical examiners
- Assist in the reading of police and medical examiner reports
- Understand and recognize the basic reconstruction of shooting scenes from forensic firearms evidence
