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BOMBS & EXPLOSIVES
How Bombs Work
http://science.howstuffworks.com/bomb.htm
An overview of not only how bombs work, but links to how other explosives work, such as grenades, landmines, C-4, dynamite, nuclear bombs, dirty bombs, and more
Types of Explosives
http://www.ordnance.org/explosives.htm
A brief overview of types of explosives and descriptions
FIREARMS & BALLISTICS
Firearm Calibers
http://www.gunsandcrime.org/caliber.html
A brief, but helpful overview of calibers
Firearms ID.com
http://www.firearmsid.com
How to identify various types of firearms and bullets, with photos and illustrations
Firearms Identification and Ballistics
http://faculty.ncwc.edu/TOCONNOR/425/425lect06.htm
Includes an overview, history, basic information for those who know virtually nothing about guns, and links to more information
Firearms Technical
http://www.firearmstactical.com/tactical.htm
Lots of articles and briefs, including wound ballistics
Firearms, Tools, Toolmarks, Serial Restoration
http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1593_3800-15966--,00.html
A nice and brief overview page from the Michigan State Police of the topic, with pictures of the equipment used in determinating ballistics
Firearms Tutorial
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNINTRO.html
Information on firearms including terminology, “anatomy,” ballistics, patterns of tissue injury (with graphic photos), crminialistics lab methods, examinations of gunshot residue, and other issues and injuries.
GunHoo
http://www.gunsgunsguns.com/gunhoo/
Links to information on weapons, ammunition and accessories
Gun Show on the Net
http://www.gunshowonthenet.com/
Tons of information on guns, ammunition, and accessories
The Magic Bullet
http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/forensics/ballistics/4.html
Information on ballistics, with case studies
National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)
http://www.nibin.gov
Tool of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that allows firearms technicians of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to use ballistic identification digital imaging equipment to compare firearm and tool mark evidence. This site includes case file success stories.
National Rifle Association
http://www.nra.org/
Links to news and their various programs, including the magainze Guns and Hunting, which has product reviews: http://www.gunsandhunting.com/index.html
Practical Pathology of Gunshot Wounds
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3725/is_200609/ai_n16717329/pg_1
A discussion of the analysis and interpretation of fatal gunshot wounds
Rec.Guns
http://www.recguns.com/
The world's largest net news group for technical discussion about firearms, also includes firearms info and iamges
Sniper Country
http://www.snipercountry.com/
Some people may find this a little disturbing, and you have to be 18 or over to visit, but the site is “intended solely for the dissemination of information for lawful purposes to military and law enforcement precision riflemen, as well as interested civilian long-range precision shooting competitors.” It has info on weapons, ballistics, ammunition and the like.
Wound Ballistics
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine/notes/gunshot.pdf
This is a PDF document from the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Dundee which has basic ballistics information, details on detection of gunshot discharge residue, wound ballistics and skin surface characteristics of gunshot wounds, as well as suggestions for investigating gunshot deaths
KNIVES
Knives.com
http://www.knives.com/
This is a catalog, but if you want to all the types of knives you can purchase out there, this is a good place to start
POISONS
Botanical.com
http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html
An index of poisonous plants
ICPS Intox Databank
http://www.intox.org/databank/index.htm
Toxicology information for chemicals, pharmaceuticals, animals, plants, bacteria and fungi, with treatment guides and antidoes
Psychoactive Vaults
http://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/
A list of various substances that have psychoactive properties, with descriptions; could be useful for poisoning in a crime story setting
Toxicology
http://www.keleka.net/deepbackground/resources/forensics/toxicol.htm
Just as it says, “a nice listing of poisons and their symptoms and signs”
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