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CanonRay

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18. You need ballistics for several reasons...

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:57 AM

Mar 2012

first, was the ammunition legal...e.g. "cop killer" bullets. Second, you do it as a matter of course in case a month later you find out the two hated each other and now the gun is gone. Third, what were the angle of the shots? Was the kid on the ground for any of them? That would eliminate self defense. We're the wounds in the front? How close were they together when he fired the first shot. The second? The third? Why three shots? I have more questions than this, and the crappy, sloppy police investigation answers none of them. You can only get this sloppy by deliberation.

There's a lot more to ballistics than which gun the bullets came from.

PS: The gun is probably at the bottom of some lake by now.

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Wait! What?! Zimmerman kept the gun after shooting Trayvon. [View all] Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 OP

Oh wow! qanda Mar 2012 #1

Yes, they did. He was also treated, according to the report, for minor wounds. sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #12

Saw nothing at the link about the case. Can you point it out? Thanks. yardwork Mar 2012 #37

That's strange. Maybe they've moved it or taken it down. Anyhow, I had a window still open so here's sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #38

OMG they didn't even try to help Trayvon until they had finished monkeying with Zimmerman! yardwork Mar 2012 #39

The other thing that stood out to me was the time between Zimmerman's call to the police and sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #41

I think the disparity in time is because Zimmerman was talking to the non-emergency dispatch. X_Digger Mar 2012 #42

Well, there is no disparity in the time. I had wondered about it, how long it took after the first sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #43

sounds like a slam-dunk case to me Syrinx Mar 2012 #2

A Florida jury found Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 #3

Most juries are idiots. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #16

Agree...I have been on 3 juries now...most of them were dumb dumbs HipChick Mar 2012 #17

I've also served on three trial juries, and my experience differs sharply from yours slackmaster Mar 2012 #27

Same here. X_Digger Mar 2012 #30

They have no concept of the life they are ruining... YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #28

As we have seen, I think shows like CSI, NCIS, Body of Proof etc. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #29

A prosecuting attorney acquaintance of mine dubbed it the 'CSI effect'. X_Digger Mar 2012 #32

Welcome to NRA America, Government can take a man's life, but not his gun.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #4

This is utter madness Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #5

There's a direct correlation between killing small "d" democracy, and this madness.... Junkdrawer Mar 2012 #8

I'm confused as to what they'd need balistics for TorchTheWitch Mar 2012 #6

You need ballistics for several reasons... CanonRay Mar 2012 #18

Only in New Jersey are hollow-point bullets illegal for self-defense. X_Digger Mar 2012 #22

Cop Killer? OPOS Mar 2012 #26

Banned and still available at gun shows as far as I know. CanonRay Mar 2012 #35

It isn't going to matter if the gun is at the bottom of a lake now TorchTheWitch Mar 2012 #34

What exactly do you mean by "cop-killer" bullets? Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #36

suppose he changes his story Enrique Mar 2012 #31

You would think he was Dick Cheney with all the breaks the cut him. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #7

He can still vote and walk around, too slackmaster Mar 2012 #9

When a shooting has occurred, Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 #10

Do you know for a fact that the Sanford police did NOT examine Zimmerman's gun? slackmaster Mar 2012 #11

I want to know what they did to or with that gun. Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 #13

Thanks. I think you and I are substantially in agreement as to what's going on. slackmaster Mar 2012 #14

His ballot isn't potentially the principle evidence in a murder investigation. nt Romulox Mar 2012 #20

He's already admitted to the shooting. I don't see how he could change his story at this point. slackmaster Mar 2012 #24

Only one thing FlaGranny Mar 2012 #15

It's clear by now Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #19

I would be very surprised if those reports are correct ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #21

Cops guns are taken administratively. X_Digger Mar 2012 #23

Those "errors" were not accidental in any way. hifiguy Mar 2012 #25

Typical fucking cops. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #33

wowwwwwww!!! uponit7771 Mar 2012 #40