On 5 Jun 2008 17:36:44 GMT, Jim Yanik wrote:



IMO,the CSI:Miami "Florida gun registration database" is an attempt to bias
the unknowing public in favor of gun registration,as a tool for solving
crimes,when it hasn't been shown to be effective at that.

also what irks me is when a CSI holds up a bullet and says "9mm" without
measuring it,and the difference between .38,.380,.357 Magnum,and the
several 9's is only a few thousandths of an inch,not discernable with the
naked eye.

They also show a CSI test-shooting a handgun into ballistic gelatin and the
actual bullet depicted is a spitzer RIFLE bullet.


Such mistakes bug me, too, but TV writers are just that: writers.
They're not engineers, physicians, judges, lawyers, chemists,
physicists, gunsmiths, etc. Let's face it, a TV show based on real
lawyers would be pretty boring - let's watch for an hour as they talk
on the phone, write letters, and get stuck in traffic driving to court
to hand in a motion to a judge's clerk.