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Letter: Costly bullet protection

Published 12 July 2006

From Bill Clark

Barry Fox’s website article on password-protected bullets dated 27 June (www.newscientisttech.com/article/dn9412-invention-passwordprotected-bullets.html) article was very interesting, but I doubt this would be embraced. A a single round of .22LR costs about $0.02 or $0.03. The added costs would be astronomical, and I do not think there is a single firearms enthusiast (living or dead) who would countenance them.

Falls Church, Virginia, US

Issue no. 2560 published 15 July 2006

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