Comment by abc123abc123
3 days ago
Wonder if this will then be used to fulfill the dream of shooting ice bullets which then melt inside the victim, leaving less evidence. If memory serves, I think the CIA explored this at some remote point in time.
3 days ago
Wonder if this will then be used to fulfill the dream of shooting ice bullets which then melt inside the victim, leaving less evidence. If memory serves, I think the CIA explored this at some remote point in time.
The murder weapon is clearly the only gun around that can shoot ice bullets.
Ah but then the murder weapon would melt!
Finally the murderer would melt, because it was a robot made of ice.
Well no, because these aren't just ice-- it's an ice composite.
The CIA already had the SA-C46[1] for that “unexplained death” scenario. I believe ot was developed “but not used”… ;) ;)
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAC-46_(handgun)
Concrete's not strong enough to be used as a bullet either- you'd need something roughly the size of a shotgun slug. If you're going that big, you aren't going for subtle.
Wouldn’t there still be evidence that some object penetrated the person and ripped them apart and caused them to bleed out?
Surely the CIA has untraceable ammo at their disposal already?
I imagine the boring truth is that, at least in America, getting shot with a normal "boring" bullet is less traceable than something special or something that mysteriously disappears.
They already have the heart attack gun and half a dozen other gadgets. An ice bullet would be just (pardon the pun) an icing on the cake.
It's a mix of water and celulose, do it does not disapear completely.
For fictional purposes, the ballistic information disappears. You might know the murder victim was shot with an ice bullet, but you won't be able to match it to a specific weapon.
Add some enzymes to help reduce the remaining cellulose?
I believe they used a different frozen compound than water, but yes.
Make a bolt and use crossbow
The point is moot anyway because ballistic forensics is hokum. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-field-of-fire...
It's kind of fascinating how all the bullshit TV copaganda scenes involving forensics have both been A) rightly decried as unrealistic by savvy viewers, and B) still been fairly realistic depictions of the field of forensics.
Mythbusters busted ice bullets. IIRC, the ice didn’t tolerate being shot out of a barrel and disintegrated.
sounds like a problem that might be solvable by a new super ice that is 10x stronger and "can absorb much more energy and deform gradually" instead of disintegrating.
Coroners are confused about strange cellulose fibers through the entry and exit wounds. “It looks like they were attacked by… celery.”
what if you obtained your target's DNA and grew their flesh to make bullets out of? Add additive, freeze and voila!
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