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For people asking about LE obtaining DNA from spent bullet casings, here’s a link.
It’s very difficult, but possible.
Who Loaded the Gun? Recovering DNA from Bullet Casings
Danielson believes he and McKiernan will be able to provide crime lab experts with more successful approaches to analyzing cartridges within two or three years. “I would expect that private labs will be the first to offer this to their clients,” he said, “and once people see that you can get results with a reasonable amount of success, say 75 to 80 percent on cartridges, then the higher throughput state labs will not be far behind.”
It’s been two years since this was written. Hopefully the “more successful approaches” have come to fruition.