Can you get gun residue form being in a car thats doing a drive by even though you werent shooting and if you can how long does it stay on your skin
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I'm guessing you've committed murder.
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Is it accessory to answer this question?
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Yes. It's called Gun Shot Residue (GSR). Excerpt, for full length and proper context see http://www.firearmsid.com/A_distanceGSR.htm ***As described above, gunshot residue can be deposited on articles of clothing when in close proximity to a discharged firearm. But will it stay there? In most cases the answer is yes.***
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You won't pick up much and it won't last for long. Especially if the firearm was held outside of the window during the drive-by...which would make the most sense. Residue stays on the clothes for much longer than it does on the skin. Typically when the police test for GSR the test is done on the hands of a suspected shooter.
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Yes. When a bullet, well really a cartridge, is fired, gunpowder ignites and expands and a lot of that goes out the muzzle and could land on anything, so that doesn't finger you as the shooter. It stays on your skin at least until you wash it off but if it's burned in a little, it could still be detected. None of these refute the fact that riding in the car "doing a drive by" is likely to get you almost as harsh a sentence as the shooter himself.
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