Jammu, Apr 6: Security forces on Wednesday seized a cache of ammunition and a grenade from a terrorist hideout during a cordon-and-search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said. The hideout was uncovered in the Kot Budhan forests of Mahore during a joint operation by the police and the Army, they said. A live grenade, four AK-47 rounds, a AK-47 cartridge, two damaged syringes, a lighter, Rs 1,400 cash, a pair of scissors, six utensils, a torch, two […]
cannot be fired unless the trigger is pulled. so the hammer lock is an additional safety device and that is basically a metal plate that goes between the hammer and the back of the cartridge, correct? back of the firearm. firearm. and an exact metal plate is safe, it cannot fire, correct? correct. and pulling on the firearm, it has a 4 1/2, 4 3/4 pull, is that plate dropped in order to make the gun active yes. correct? and the very nature of having a 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 point pull is a safety feature, correct? the trigger pull itself is not a safety feature. having to pull the trigger with that amount of pull is a safety feature, correct? no. why don t you compare the pull necessary to pull a double
do you want to break for lunch at this time? or your call, your honor. i don t know how long you think it will be. okay. and i get to 20 you can remind me where we are if we don t notice. okay. i ll get to it. okay. i suggest that we break for lunch. good morning, ma am. how are you? good. try to do it to the way that you went through it in your direct examination. obviously what you ve told the jury, you do in a lot of cases where these issues maybe in conte context, correct? yes. where you try to determine that the cartridge found came from the gun? correct. you know that s not an issue
prove up matters even if they may not be in contest? correct. so in this case you were able to document gun works, fired cartridge, fired bullet, correct? yes. now let s talk about the gun itself and if i might approach the witness, your honor, with the yes. i m going to have you testify from where you are but i would ask you to take out the firearm and hold it obviously how you know how to. and i think that you said you have a good history and experience in firearms generally, correct? yes. and you know what different types of firearms are used for? yes. okay. and that is what s called a
bullet fragments with this case? yes, i did. may i approach? yes. let me show you state s 165. ask you, do you recognize that? yes. and how do you recognize 165? again, by the fdle case number, exhibit number and my initials. and what is that? what is contained in that exhibit? there is one fired jacket portion, two fired bullet jackets fragments and one lead core. and when you received parts of a bullet or fragments of a bullet in a firearm, are you able to compare those to determine whether or not those fragments were fired from a particular firearm? yes. explain to the jury how you do that. similar to the cartridge cases, i ll use the bullets i test fired from the submitted firearm and compare those microscopically to the submitted evidence bullet or bullet fragments. did you do that with a fragments in this case and the