Originally Posted by jtcarm

Plaintiffs attorney or prosecutor:

“So, you deliberately removed the safety mechanism from your revolver before shooting the deceased? Why is that? Is a deadly weapon not deadly enough for your tastes? You were so anxious to kill someone, you removed the safety?”

It doesn’t matter if any of it is accurate or true. There’s probably no one in the courtroom who understood anything, except that you shot someone with a gun you had removed a safety device from. A jury has heard it. Had the hole been left alone, you may not be there in the first place.

“Oh, so it’s not a safety but a storage lock? What purpose does it serve? To prevent unauthorized persons from using the weapon? That sounds like children. So you endangered children so you could use your gun to kill someone quicker? Is that a true statement, Mister Killer?”