without malice or appropriate circumspec shun. everybody is trying to save money on the set. an armorer who is a legacy hire. dave halls fired. they had constant notice one after another they weren t prepped. let me ask another question. you have a revolver. in order to pull that trigger, you have to pull the hammer. it is a single action. why is alec baldwin have the hammer cocked and then pulls the trigger? so it s not just taking a gun and pulling the trigger, he had to cock that hammer in order to release that bullet. so no one is really talking about that. i get the cross-body thing. whether it s a prop gun or real gun. if you have a real bullet in a prop gun it can kill one person as it did halyna. it went through her and into the director. bill: they are acting, okay, on a set in new mexico. why would they have a live bullet? that speaks to the
wait? all right. what is meant by the term trigger pull? trigger pull is the amount of force required to release the firing mechanism. and are you able to measure that with any particular firearm? y. did you measure that with this firearm? i did. expla into the jury how you did. i hung a series of known weights from the shooting position of the trigger where the finger will rest and i kept adding weights until the trigger was pulled and if the hammer cocked and released. what did you find when you measured the trigger pull. this was 3-and-a-half and 3 and.75 pound. was that within the manufacturer s specifications? . yes, it is. did you receive a cartridge case? yes. how many. i received one cartridge firing case. your honor, may i approach? i will see you states 147, ask
whether that would be that would be more of a personal preference, i believe. if one was carrying a firearm and it had an external safety, what would have to happen before that firearm was ready to fire? the safety would have to be disengaged. you would have to take that extra step to disenage the safety? correct. this gun doesn t have that? no. what makes this a so i have firearm to carry in a loaded way? it s a combination of the fact it s double action, it s never cocked until you pull the trigger as well as the hammer block, as i stated previously that prevents the hammer from coming in contact with the firing pin unless the trigger is pulled. with both of these safeties functioning properly the gun
cannot be fired unless the trigger is pulled. the hammer lock is an additional safety device. that s a metal plate that goes between the hammer and the back of the cartridge. back of the firing pins. if that metal plate is there it s safe? it cannot fire, correct? correct. only way you can start pulling on the trigger which has a four and a half to four three quarter pull does ta plahat pla drop in order to make the gun active? yes. the very nature to having a 4 and a half to four and three quarter pull is a safety feature? the trigger pull is not safety feature. having to pull the trigger without amount of force is a safety feature, correct? no. want you compare for the jury the pull necessary to pull a double action firearm as compared to a single action? are you talking the trigger travel distance? i m sorry.
is meant by the term triggerpull. tigger pull is the amount of force required to release the firing mechanism. and are you able to measure that with any particular firearm? yes. did you measure that with this firearm? i did. explain to the jury how you did that. are i hung a series of known weights from the shooting position of the trigger where the finger will rest, and i kept adding weights until the trigger was pulled and the hammer cocked and released. and what did you find when you measured the triggerpull? it was between 4.5 and 4 3/4-pound. is that within the manufacturer s specifications? yes, it is. did you also receive a fired cartridge case with this evidence? yes. how many? i received one fired cartridge case. your honor may i approach the witness? let me show huh state s 147, ask you if you you recognize that. i do.