Which of the Following Results Is Not Possible from a Laboratory

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following results is not possible from a laboratory examination of firearm evidence?

• A) Determining how far from the victim the weapon was held.
• B) Determining that two or more cartridge cases were fired from the same weapon.
• C) Identifying a bullet as having been combined with a particular shell prior to being discharged.
• D) Restoring serial numbers ground off the gun.
• E) All of the above can be determined from a laboratory examination of firearm evidence.

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Arid Lands

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Subtropics

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Equator

An imaginary line around the Earth equidistant from the poles, dividing it into northern and southern hemispheres and marking the 0-degree latitude line.

Tropical Rain Forest

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