Doesn't matter if the weapon was hot or not, but if the fake charges weren't enough to bust this Soros prosecutor than tampering with evidence sure as fuck is.
You can be convicted of DUI in some states even when the car is inoperable (as long as it could be readily made operable). I'm wondering if this is the angle they are taking. Just a thought. Not an endorsement.
The 2nd paragraph of the story "In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “readily” capable of lethal use when it is used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged."
That’s all part of the process baby. I took a digital forensics class and the importance emphasized on documenting EVERY step of the way was very significant. If you skip any step, you can basically ruin the case, like they did in the Casey Anthony case...
My understanding is that's standard procedure. Crime labs carefully document everything and will repair or reassemble a gun brought in as evidence so it can be test fired and the bullet and casing compared against evidence databases. Bad guys sometimes try to destroy their weapons after a crime.
Also, most guns are fired by the manufacturer to verify function before sale, so there's no easy way to tell if the gun was or wasn't fired after sale.
That said, I'm 100% against the bullshit prosecution of the McCloskeys and the prosecution better fucking not claim the gun was deadly at the time of the incident.
If by "hot" you mean "operable", that is a required element of the crime that they are being charged with. While I personally think that that is strange, it is the actual text of the law, so if the gun was nonfunctional, then they cannot be convicted of it -- and the DA knows this.
So, the charge would have to be dropped if the gun was demonstrably nonfunctional.
Doesn't matter if the weapon was hot or not, but if the fake charges weren't enough to bust this Soros prosecutor than tampering with evidence sure as fuck is.
I really like the crime lab guys documented all of this carefully. If that doesn't tell you that no one is behind that piece of shit, nothing will
You can be convicted of DUI in some states even when the car is inoperable (as long as it could be readily made operable). I'm wondering if this is the angle they are taking. Just a thought. Not an endorsement.
You guys are missing the point. They've been busted TAMPERING with evidence.
The 2nd paragraph of the story "In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is “readily” capable of lethal use when it is used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged."
That’s all part of the process baby. I took a digital forensics class and the importance emphasized on documenting EVERY step of the way was very significant. If you skip any step, you can basically ruin the case, like they did in the Casey Anthony case...
My understanding is that's standard procedure. Crime labs carefully document everything and will repair or reassemble a gun brought in as evidence so it can be test fired and the bullet and casing compared against evidence databases. Bad guys sometimes try to destroy their weapons after a crime.
Also, most guns are fired by the manufacturer to verify function before sale, so there's no easy way to tell if the gun was or wasn't fired after sale.
That said, I'm 100% against the bullshit prosecution of the McCloskeys and the prosecution better fucking not claim the gun was deadly at the time of the incident.
If by "hot" you mean "operable", that is a required element of the crime that they are being charged with. While I personally think that that is strange, it is the actual text of the law, so if the gun was nonfunctional, then they cannot be convicted of it -- and the DA knows this.
So, the charge would have to be dropped if the gun was demonstrably nonfunctional.
Hence the evidence tampering.
I think he's saying it doesn't matter morally. The law shouldn't even make it a crime if it was operable.
But you're right it does matter practically speaking in this case.
For clarification, you mean hot like stolen? Or hot like ready to shoot?
Ready to shoot.
Thanks for the quick reply. I 100% agree with your post above