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• a discipline responsible for the comparison of firearms, casings, projectiles and other evidence that may be associated through toolmarks. Toolmarks result whenever two items come into contact with sufficient force, such that one or both of the items bear markings resulting from the other item.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Firearms and Toolmarks Section. (n.d.). Glossary of Forensic Terms. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/firearms-and-toolmarks-section.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Firearms and Toolmarks Section. www.adfs.alabama.gov. Glossary of Forensic Terms. Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/firearms-and-toolmarks-section (accessed: March 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Firearms and Toolmarks Section." Glossary of Forensic Terms. Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/firearms-and-toolmarks-section.

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