Rittenhouse Prosecutor points AR at Jury ...

[dryheat]

Odds are, after a lot of professional safety checks(Lordy, it's cops and judges) the piece is rendered safe. Let's not get silly. Toger hit's it; the rifle isn't going to somehow absorb power from the devil and kill on it's on. Hey, Lyman, ever fire a round unintentionally? Not even once? Yes, pointing a barrel at the ceiling or at the ground, but not at a human EVEN FOR A JOKE eliminates a lot of unintentional shootings. If you like to f*** around and make jokes don't do it with guns. A little guilty rant.

[togor]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.sccourts.org/clerkOfCourtManual/firearmsguide.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwir5Paeo5_0AhXCKs0KHZqYB1gQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw30ALrJmQiU3UBefOjv5Vpv

Found this link which *might* open to a PDF on courtroom rules for firearms. As expected, pretty sane stuff.

For final arguments, get permission from the judge. If the action is open, no "click".

[lyman]

Sheesh, it's a Court of Law.

If they can't figure out how to make the damn gun safe there, then gun control everywhere, right?

Lawyers need to reenact actions in front of a jury. The accused stood like this, held the gun like this, aimed it like so. Members of the jury, picture yourselves starting down the barrel of this gun. That kind of thing. And lawyers get theatric at times.

The homicides have already happened. The reenactment is for the jury to choose guilty or innocent.

That's hard to understand?

Sheesh.

If they take out the firing pin before court....feel better? So many possibilities. Solvable problem so that the lawyers can do their thing.

Sheesh.

was this done?

do you know or are you just rambling?


and you keep bringing up gun control,,, why?

[one shot]

was this done?

do you know or are you just rambling?


and you keep bringing up gun control,,, why?

It's a theme you watch any minute now .

[Vern Humphrey]

was this done?

do you know or are you just rambling?


and you keep bringing up gun control,,, why?

And he wonders why no one respects him.

[togor]

The point has been made. In the courtroom, it's up to the judge what is and isn't allowed with the firearms. Makes sense to me.

And not in this case to my knowledge, but if there was a case where there was critical testimony "and then I heard a click" or "I heard him racking the slide", then in fact the jury might hear a dry fire or racked slide in the courtroom.

So Vern there's nothing to get in a huff over unless you don't think the court officials are capable of safe firearms practices. Which may in fact be the case. But if so, that's not my fault is it.

[Roadkingtrax]

And he wonders why no one respects him.

You worry about that more than he does for bringing it up? Not sure Togor has ever made that statement.

[togor]

You worry about that more than he does for bringing it up? Not sure Togor has ever made that statement.

He doesn't like me much, I think. Not that it matters. I'd still help him change a flat if encountered by the roadside. And he'd probably let me help him (unless he figured out who I was from small talk?)