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Check Out the New Gun That Allows Cops to Shoot and Capture Your DNA

Jan. 25, 2013 8:22am
High Velocity DNA Gun by Selectamark Tags Criminals With Unique Code to Ensure Proper Arrest

SelectaDNA’s high velocity DNA tagging system in action, available in both pistol and rifle formats. (Photo: Selectamark Security Systems)

A new tool that would allow law enforcement to prevent criminals from running away or disappearing into a crowd before arrest was highlighted last week at The SHOT Show in Las Vegas.

The High Velocity DNA Tagging system by the U.K.-based security company Selectamark was introduced with police officers in a riot situation in mind. Coming in both pistol and rifle form, the tool would allow police to remain 30 to 40 meters from the target and tag them with a SelectaDNA High Velocity pellet that contains a unique DNA code to ensure the correct person is apprehended later.

High Velocity DNA Gun by Selectamark Tags Criminals With Unique Code to Ensure Proper Arrest

DNA pellets used by law enforcement officers to tag individuals with a unique SelectaDNA code from a distance. (Photo: Selectamark Security Systems)

“On contact with the target the uniquely-coded SelectaDNA solution leaves a synthetic DNA trace mark that will enable the relevant authorities to confirm or eliminate that person from their involvement in a particular situation and could ultimately lead to arrest and prosecution,” Selectamark Managing Director Andrew Knights said in a statement.

Here’s a look gun at the SHOT show:

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:50am

    I wonder how much money went into researching this brilliant technology that is defeated by a change of clothes and a shower.

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    • J. Locke
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:37pm

      So it’s a UV paintball gun?

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    • Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 5:47pm

      “Check Out the New Gun That Allows Cops to Shoot and Capture Your DNA”

      Check out the old gun that puts a stop to that:
      http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/grazvydas/grazvydas1006/grazvydas100600082/7251460-hand-with-revolver-gun-isolated-on-white-background.jpg

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    • Junter
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 6:07pm

      I agree dumb idea.. if your suspect is wearing a full body burka or a coat all they have to do is remove it. Second, if you shoot this and it hits the wrong person, possibly in the eye, you can expect a lawsuit.

      How much money did they waste on this?

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    • actinide_chemist
      Posted on January 26, 2013 at 4:49am

      Wow! A few moments and you defeated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of research and development by a company that supplies solutions to 20 countries–or maybe you didn’t? So you know exactly how the dye, carrier agent(s), and synthetic DNA work in concert to mark a subject? You must as you state it can be defeated by removing one’s clothing and showering. So tell us more!

      Oh, I know, what you said is based on a guess; pure conjecture about how the technology works. There are dyes that cannot be removed by ordinary methods, especially if you don’t have any idea how it works. There are a great many dyes that are irreversibly bound to the lipids or proteins in the dermis: the only way to remove them is to let time take it’s course and let the dermis be replaced. As for the unique DNA, that can embedded using several types of carriers. Were not talking large chains here, so small molecules can be embedded by a variety of reagents. Lest you start thinking your way out of it, I won’t divulge what my education has given me in the way of knowledge of these various agents, only to say that they do exist, some having been around for decades, and they most effective. A few seconds contact and your marked. The delivery mechanism is a bit more complex than a paintball, but I understand that being on your “level.” Based on what you’ve told us, the company’s technology is safe from compromise and will work quite well should it ever be necessary to use it on

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  • FreedomPurveyor
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:43am

    Once again, the headline of the story is contradicted by the article itself.

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    • Keep Your Skepticals On
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:56pm

      Yeah – bad headline. Basically a paintball with DNA in it – does not sound like it captures anything at all, let alone the DNA of the person shot. That’s not out until next year.

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      Keep Your Skepticals On  
    • Melika
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 2:22pm

      Did you see the By-Line?

      We should give her credit – at least she is trying to find relevant stories today, instead of the puppies & kittens fodder she usually puts out.

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      Melika  
  • krjones
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:19am

    I do not understand why the blaze keeps reporting conspiracy’s. I thought they did not believe in stuff like this.

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    • bertr
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:06pm

      For 1 Gizmodo is the one that reported this, the Blaze mearly reposted it, and secondly, to what “conspiracy” are you referring? this is a new tool available to law enforcement

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  • bobfrommosinee
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:10am

    A quick washing with bleach degrades and destroys any DNA marker.

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  • omgfolks
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:45am

    Goverments will not be satisfied until every human being on the planet has their DNA on file for them to use against you at will

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  • TillCollapse
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:20am

    I own Carmatech Engineering, a company that manufactures and markets LTL (Less than Lethal) firearms. This “weapon” is nothing more than a Tippmann paintball marker that retails for $220 USD in the civilian market. The rounds themselves utilize an invisible fluorescent ink, that is commonly found at amusement park entrances for hand stamping. Nothing revolutionary or evil in this story. As a side note, at least the gun (marker) is made in the United States.

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  • Chuck7884
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:16am

    So I Guess if you are innocent you can sue the state for shooting me. read the law about shooting some one !. they include BB guns and slingshots.

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  • Inform
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:15am

    I don’t think the title of this article and the contents match. Also, the use of the word DNA in the manufacturers product is misleading.

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    Inform  
    • Dishevel
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:13am

      No. The use of DNA in the by the manufacturer is not misleading.
      The use of the term DNA in the title typed by the editors of the Blaze is purposely misleading.
      Glenn. Do not allow you editors to purposely mislead (Lie) in order to get more reads.

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      Dishevel  
  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:00am

    Bear in mind that when two New York police officers fatally shot a homicidal suspect outside the Empire State Building last summer they hit 9 innocent bystanders.

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  • perry1980
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:55am

    occupy this punks

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  • demsrtraitors
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:40am

    When cities/ town/ states or whomever keeps and stores your DNA also has the means and ways to sell DNA to insurance companies which may check to see if you have some faulty genes and deny people life insurance. You don’t have to commit a crime for them to collect it. If the corrupt officials are paid use the power to collect DNA on targeted people it can save insurance companies BILLIONS. Just think about it.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:01am

      Considering that the eos has back fed lies and more lies into the system.Not only do the targets have to fight the enemy but have had to fight our own as well.You wouldn’t be able to convince me that they wouldn’t attempt to cash in on our deaths.Save the life insurance billions.No just the opposite.They will be quite broke.

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  • momrules
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:21am

    Always remember that every device they come up with to catch or identify criminals will also be used on the law abiding citizens as well. After all according to the DHS and that twit at West Point aren’t we all terrorists /criminals now?

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:36am

      Yup. Although soon there will be developed (most likely) a counter agent to getting the stuff off or out. The cops are not your friends. They are agents of the State, especially in the Fascist Kingdom of New York. As far as I am concerned. New York might as well be Zimbabwe or Iran. It’s a foreign country, and it’s citizens foreigners.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:58am

      There already is a counter agent.Its called lidocaine an exacto blade and chlohexadined thread for sewing it up if its that deep.I have plenty of experience removing items never meant to be put into the human body.Nothing like being the target of life insurance fraud by a bunch of passive aggresive cowards that our own government seems to want to protect.Well well seems like my misery and what I learned will come in handy after all.

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:08am

    I’ve been spreading my DNA for years,haven’t had any complaints!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:30am

      except for the funny looking kids running around causing havoc

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    • ExtremeRight
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:36am

      Progressiveslayer,

      As long as you are the one paying for them and not me. More power to you. If not please abort them.

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    • OldSurfRat
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:50am

      Progressive

      Are you saying your one of those baby daddy LOL

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    • texastommy
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:56am

      That explains the sticky floors in the xxx movie theaters.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:07am

      Texas T You really shouldn’t frequent those places,I’ve heard they’re bad for you,see you need to clean your shoes.

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      progressiveslayer  
  • BobRed0965
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:05am

    The headline is misleading. The gun does not get the target’s DNA. It only puts the DNA that is in the pellet on the target. It’s just a way to tag someone. They’d still have to find the person the old fashioned way to arrest them. But once arrested, they could use the DNA tag to confirm without a doubt that they were the target that the LEO was aiming at.

    Incidentally, I really enjoy following FateOfDestinee’s YouTube Channel. Often educational and always entertaining.

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    • brigott
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 4:02pm

      Actually, they could only confirm without a doubt that the target that was hit was in the vicinity, not necessarily that the target that was hit was the one they wanted.

      Even the most accurate individual misses sometimes, and the marker may hit someone else in the area or behind the intended target.

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  • Metallicat
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:01am

    So what happens if youre an innocent bystander and get tagged by mistake in a crowded area by a cop who cant shoot?

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    • Xiccarph
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:39am

      Why would they care about that silly detail? You were there, so you are guilty. Feed a few grand$$ into the “justice” system to prove you are not guilty…good luck with that, and in the end, they suck off your money either way.
      Also, never make the assumption that a cop will (or can) hit what they supposedly aim at. To be fair, most in a LOD situation probably will suffer the same result. In a protest or riot situation, I doubt it would reach a LOD level. Grab a .40 cal paintball pistol and try your luck at 30-40 meters, hehe.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:40am

      Especially considering how ‘well’ cops can shoot.
      Consider also, what if someone with a CCW permit sees a cop aiming at him… and knowing he’s innocent of any crime, does something about it. One dead cop.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:53am

      @wolf
      I was thinking the exact same thing.I think oatkeepers need to stand up and say no way to this.What is it with importing dangerous technology from europe that our own officials can’t grasp?We aren’t europe and will not ever be.This is the type of tech that turns cops into stazi gestapo.Use it and I can garantee that those who once saw officers as officers even human won’t any more.It I’m sure already has been turned against someone in europe.It will be here too.

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  • Whatmeworry-never
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:51am

    What if DNA trace has a negative effect on your DNA?

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  • Jarhead 88
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:51am

    I’ll stay with mine, it destroys DNA.

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  • Xiccarph
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:49am

    Paintball gun that shoots .40 cal paint balls: $50

    DNA tagger: $1000

    Available to “law enforcement only”…really getting sick and tired of having that shoved in our faces all the time.

    And for proof of guilt…you got the residue on you, therefore you are under arrest. 30-40 meters?? REALLY?! A cop can hit a single target in a “riot” at that distance with a paintball gun? Why not just get a big industrial fogger and spray the whole crowd? Same sort of “justice” anyway, right?

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:06am

      You got it right.That and the fact that the cops keep wanting more and more protection that the normal citizens isn’t entitled to adds up to one thing.Stazi gestapo.They believe that they are elite.Even worse many don’t think that they or the station can ever be the victim of larceny.What happens when the criminals get ahold of it?They wouldn’t be able to ,except some idiot though it was a good idea to import it and use it.Once again made a target by those who claim to rpotect us.What a crock.
      Never thought I’d say this on a public forum but I am
      God My prayer is that you save us from our protectors before its to late.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:48am

    .
    What about good old fashioned Shoot to Kill?…………

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    • Smokey_Bojangles
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 10:02am

      When two New York police officers fatally shot a homicidal suspect outside the Empire State Building last summer they hit 9 innocent bystanders.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:44am

    Question –

    Is this a permanent marker? In other words, is this ‘marker’ a kind of biological or pseudo-biological substance that can – or is intended to – remain on the surface of or enter the body and remain indefinitely?

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  • naughtycal
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:36am

    what about splatter,what if the police hit the wrong target,there are too many varibles to using this product as evidence…..
    Better off using a paintball gun.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:36am

    Okay so let me get this straight:

    Criminal runs away – Cop tags him with the gizmo – enraged criminal turns on cop and blows him away due to not having proper firearms…

    What part of this scenario does not make sense save to the insane liberals?

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    • jcldwl
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:08am

      You forget Snow they are taking our guns away and they believe that criminals will no longer be able to have guns either after they take ours. So in their infantile minds the police will only need paintball guns.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 9:34am

      I am perfectly fine with State agents only having paintball guns. I’ll keep my real ones, legal or not.

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on January 25, 2013 at 11:38am

      This is designed in the UK, where even police don’t have guns.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:34am

    Oh yeah – fool-proof…like they always aim what they shoot at…

    What was the tally in the last NYC shooting? Was it one perp and 3 civilians dead and 9 wounded do to police fire?

    How many of those would be in jail right now if the gun used was a DNA retriever?

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  • khandahar&jalalabad
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:32am

    What good is it? Unless you have a database of everyone’s dna.

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  • CryptoCop
    Posted on January 25, 2013 at 8:28am

    Uh, HELLO?! It doesn’t “capture” YOUR DNA, it leaves a DNA trace marker ON you. More Chicken Little reporting.

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