In Maryland, firearms experts will no longer be allowed to testify that a specific gun fired a specific bullet, the state’s highest court ruled in an opinion published Tuesday.
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Maryland’s highest court is considering whether experts should be allowed to testify that a specific gun fired a specific bullet or should be limited to saying only that the gun can't be ruled out as having fired the projectile in question.