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Old 07-11-2018, 05:34 PM
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Hey Doug,

Just curious, how would a firearms examiner be testifying falsely if he said a “safety device” had been removed? Is that because it’s technically a storage device? And that would not be considered relevant in an SD shooting?

If that’s so, I may be getting rid of a couple of locks. But you might ought to send me your card.

I have witnessed firearms expertise first hand in the courtroom while on jury duty.
The “assault weapon” was a 1903 Springfield. I watched frustrated as one person after the other couldn’t close the bolt. Finally the “expert” brought it in front of the jury box. He still couldn’t close it till I told him to push down on the magazine follower.

When the trial was over, the prosecutor asked me what I thought of their expert. She didn’t seem too happy that a juror had to tell him how to operate a rifle.
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