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Thank you for finally acknowledging that your little foray into reading online firearm instruction manuals and trying to pretend you know what you were talking about was a FAIL...
You being completely right
originally posted by: proteus33
this man broke the law by picking up the weapon. as a felon he was told he is NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A FIREARM IN HIS POSSESSION AS IN HIS HAND HE WAS INFORMED OF THIS MANY TIMES DURING HIS CRIMINAL CAREER.
The only count Zarate was found guilty on was felony possession of a weapon.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: daskakik
Just for your general edification, the trigger pull on a 239 is approximately 4 horsepower.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
a reply to: daskakik
Just for your general edification, the trigger pull on a 239 is approximately 4 horsepower.
Prosecutors cry foul in Kate Steinle murder case
12/05/17 | by Chris Eger
Some.question.why.jury.in.Kate.Steinle.murder.case.not.allowed.to.inspect.gun
After last week’s not guilty verdict, prosecutors in the Kate Steinle murder case are crying foul that jurors were not allowed to inspect the firearm tied to her death.
The jury asked to pull the trigger on the unloaded weapon — which had been described as having an “extremely light” trigger and no safety — on the last day of deliberation, but the judge denied the request, attorneys said, according to local media reports.
“I think it was an incorrect decision by the judge,” said former Alameda County Deputy District Attorney John Creighton, who thinks the jury would have returned a different verdict on the murder charge. He told reporters: “The issue here is so central to what took place. The jurors should have been allowed to do it.”
originally posted by: EvidenceNibbler
This needs to be investigated by the DOJ.
That would be a positive outcome, yes
With the ultimate goal of what? Possibly recommending that the judge be impeached?
The defence saying that the trigger pull was extremely light was a crock of BS.
Its trigger pull, or the amount of force needed to pull the trigger, was measured at between 4.8 and 5.5 pounds in single-action mode or 9 to 9.8 pounds in double-action mode. Those levels were within half a pound of the manufacturer’s specifications, Smith said.
originally posted by: Shamrock6
And we’ll conveniently ignore that it was the defense that asked the judge to let jurors handle the gun, not the prosecution.
originally posted by: EvidenceNibbler
That would be a positive outcome, yes
Get that judge off the bench, he's an activist wearing robes.