what do we see there? that is a closeup of the distance tests that i had made, the arrows are pointing to diagonal tear that occurred in the fabric. when you conducted the distance test with the cal tek pistol and the hoodie sweatshirt, what did you determine about the distance between the muzzle of the gun and the material at the time the gun was discharged? the clothing displayed residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot. meaning the muzzle or the end of the barrel of the gun was up against the sweatshirt when it was fired? correct. all right. let s go to states 127. what is that? this is the other spet sweatshirt that i had received to do distance determination of. there again, you made measurementes where the hole is
action firearm versus a single action firearm? are you talking the trigger travel distance? i m sorry. yes, the trigger travel distance. yes. in terms of the length that the trigger needs to travel backwards to release the firing mechanism on a double action, especially this one, is much longer than, say, a single action firearm. would you agree that that also is a safety mechanism to be certain that the person who that the firearm is not going to fire without someone deciding to make the full pull on it? that would make it a lot less likely to accidentally pull. it would be a deliberate pull of the trigger. are you saying it s not a safety feature or did i just misstate the word when i was using pull pressure? it s the design feature of the gun. to make it safer? potentially, yes. so is that an appropriate gun
i measured the distance about 9 inches down from the top shoulder seem and approximately 7 inches in from the side arm seem. all right. states 123, what s depicted there? it s a little difficult to see with the particular color of the fabric, but what i was looking at here are a few, there are a few gunpowder particles surrounding this as well as blackening right around the hole as well as tearing of the fabric and burning and singeeing on the fabric ends that were torn. and is that a closeup, obviously, of the bullet hole on the sweatshirt? yes, it is. all right. states 124, what is that? that is the inside of that same area. right here, you can see a little better, the blackening that i was looking at. so that s a closeup of the inside of the sweatshirt? yes.
i use yes the trigger travel distance. yes. in terms of the length that the trigger needs to travel backwards to release the firing mechanism on a double action and especially this one is much longer than say a single action firearm. would you agree that also is a safety mechanism to be certain the person that the firing is not going to fire without someone deciding to make the full pull on it? that would make it a lot less likely to accidental pull. it would be a deliberate pull of the trigger. you re saying it s not a safety feature or did i just misstate the word when i was using pull pressure? it s a design feature. to make it safer. potentially, yes. is that an appropriate gun then to be carrying or is it a safe gun to be carrying in a
. in conducting the test fires, did you capture your analysis with photography? yes, i did. all right. let me ask you to look then at states 122, your honor, if we could have assistance with the lights. and if i may approach the witness. yes, you may. laser pointer works by depressing that button right there at the top. we re at states 122 first. this is a picture of the outer sweatshirt that i had examined for distance determination. all right. explain to the members of the jury just the significance of the items that you have marked on the exhibit. sure. this is an overall shot of the sweatshirt.