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After a major shift initiated by the FBI just a few years ago, the 9mm reigns supreme as the standard duty caliber in issue handguns across the U.S., despite the fact that, almost 30 years ago, the same FBI pushed the development of the . 40 Smith & Wesson cartridge as the ultimate law enforcement round.

States Laws for Firearm Ammunition Six states have laws regulating ammunition sales and require background checks: New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Other states restrict ammunition access through age limits or restricting certain categories of dangerous people.

When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun leaves microscopic marks on the bullet and cartridge case. These marks are like ballistic fingerprints.

Across the United States, each state is free to regulate guns and ammunition, as long as they don't run afoul of federal laws and the Second Amendment. Certain types of ammunition have been made illegal by several states as these types are seen as having no "sporting" value.

Most household objects won't reliably stop a bullet. Bullets easily puncture most walls, doors, and floors. However, brick, concrete, and cinder blocks effectively stop most common calibers. But each bullet takes out chunks, so it can only protect you for so long.

Impressive, but the EXACTO bullet raises the stakes to a whopping 2,000 meters. Teledyne, the company awarded the DARPA contract has spent $25 million on the project, and while the exact cost of a bullet hasn't been released, DARPA is estimating $100-1000 per round. Not a cheap box of ammunition.

Federal law regulates the sale of ammunition to young people. It bars licensed manufacturers or dealers from selling long gun ammunition to anyone who they believe is under age 18. Also they may not sell handgun ammunition to anyone they reasonably believe is under age 21 (18 USC § 922(b)(1)).

Skid marks (slippage) form on the bearing surface of bullets as they enter the rifling of the barrel before the bullet engages the rifling. Skid marks are typically produced by revolvers and have the appearance of widening the land impressions at the nose of the bullet.

Fired bullets can be traced back to the gun from which they were fired by careful examination and comparison of the tiny scratches on their surfaces known as striations. These striations are used to compare a recovered bullet from a scene to a bullet fired from a suspected weapon at the crime laboratory.

Tracer ammunition (tracers) are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base.