Mr. Joe Costello:

When the cartridge goes into the barrel of a shotgun, the vagaries of manufacture are such, even among very high quality items, that like a fingerprint, when it strikes the back of the cartridge, an indent is left which is specific to that firearm. However, one might not have the normal range of ballistic testing that one can do.

It is a funny thing that the Chairman mentioned ballistic testing because I ran this idea by some of our members. Some of them commented that if the idea of ballistic testing was put out there, and if this would exonerate us or our firearms from involvement, they would happily pay their travelling expenses and even a fee to have it done. That possibly sounds very dramatic but we take it that seriously.