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In reply to the discussion: ZIMMERMAN TRIAL: Day 8, Wednesday, July 3, 2013 [View all]That's called chambering a round. Pulling back the slide strips a cartridge from the magazine and places it into the chamber. Now here's the key point:
In a single action pistol, the act of racking the slide leaves the hammer cocked. Single action pistols also generally have external safeties and are designed to be carried cocked and locked.
In a double-action-only pistol, such as Zimmerman's, the act of racking the slide does NOT cock the hammer. The hammer is always down and there's an internal safety that prevents the firing pin from contacting the cartridge primer unless the trigger is pulled.
It is a very safe pistol. The prosecution's point is that it takes a very deliberate action, a long four pound trigger pull to fire the pistol.
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I focused on Florida law .. boom...he's going to be harder to break than RJ. He knows where they're.
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#30
This lawyer on the stand is good, he's going to now explani "imperfect" self defense
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#43
"Disproportionate"..... Cuts both ways. Defense wants us to believe it only
chelsea0011
Jul 2013
#48
That isn't the way disproportiante force is applied in self-defense law.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2013
#61
Zimmy was 185 lbs. Not 200. He is obese now, but did not weigh 200 Lbs at time of shooting.
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#119
Thank you for taking the time to counter the claims. It gets old and I appreciate your doing it. nt
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#218
I am not a Z fan. I have posted several times that I think he is guilty of manslaughter.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2013
#245
...and REASONABLE is a judged by Jury as Knock Knock stated in his own filibuster
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#60
Maybe they wrestled through those bushes Trayvon was supposedly hiding in.
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#118
Well, hell. Trayvon then managed to tuck his arms back under his body by the time others got there
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#156
This goes back to that wonderful post saying " Trayvon should have just dodged the bullet"
bravenak
Jul 2013
#169
Dr. Bao has just testified that TM was alive for 1 to 10 minutes after he was shot.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2013
#247
I thought I heard atty Bloom say that the bullet had to be loaded first into the chamber
Ninga
Jul 2013
#88
Then based on your own cite, you have just proven you did not hear the slide drawn back
Lurks Often
Jul 2013
#252
My answer had nothing to do with whether the shooting was justified or not,
Lurks Often
Jul 2013
#269
OK. My timeline was off. You still didn't hear the slide being racked.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2013
#265
More semantics. I heard what sounded like Z getting his gun ready. Understand?
mzmolly
Jul 2013
#249
Zimmy would've been better off to say "I don't know" rather than try to make things up
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#121
She is very smart and I love how she isn't letting him lead her 'round the rosy.
madaboutharry
Jul 2013
#92
He keeps trying to get her to express an opinion about degrees of safety
Ruby the Liberal
Jul 2013
#95
Yep, one sharp cookie! Her testimony about the clothing was in my opinion damaging to
Ninga
Jul 2013
#96
Defense is blah blah blah, trying to distance jury from her earlier testimony - good grief
Ninga
Jul 2013
#93
I don't think so, they established that the shot was at arms distance at least meaning there had to
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#103
How does that help the defense when Zimmerman claimed he thought the shot went wide
Ruby the Liberal
Jul 2013
#105
Good point, and a damn good reason to restrict people from carrying firearms in public.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#122
HOW did Z straddle TM and spread his arms apart, yet TM had his arms under his body?
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#124
Zimmerman claimed he wasn't sure if he even the gunshot even hit Trayvon.
madaboutharry
Jul 2013
#111
And, a good reason Zimmerman and others should not be allowed to carry in public.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#126
I haven't read that testimony, do you have a link to it? (Z shooting TM X3 in the back).
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#127
She said she thought she heard 3 shots. Nothing about shooting into his back.
uppityperson
Jul 2013
#147
I think she said she heard three shots, not that she saw three shots into the back -
hedgehog
Jul 2013
#149
Correct. She does not say that the saw the shots, only heard three shots.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2013
#162
I am a mom, grandmother and a fair minded person. I think that already too much has been said
Ninga
Jul 2013
#107
Walks? You have to believe he was in so much of a struggle that he feared for his
chelsea0011
Jul 2013
#186
That won't go anywhere. No trial has to be extended on the Defense's request.
WinkyDink
Jul 2013
#163
just a question here.. What is the difference whether zimmy knew about the SYG laws or not, besides
HeroInAHalfShell
Jul 2013
#190
That he knew what to say to the police to seem innocent, goes against Serinos comments about him
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#194
If I understood correctly, the only place Trayvon's blood was on Zimmerman
Ruby the Liberal
Jul 2013
#203
Not that I disagree, but how do you wash your own DNA away from your own hands?
Duer 157099
Jul 2013
#225
So WHY did the DNA expert just VOLUNTEER that evidence might have been stored incorrectly??? FGSake.
WinkyDink
Jul 2013
#208
If state plans to finish today, does that mean we don't hear autopsy report?
Duer 157099
Jul 2013
#209
Tegretol. Don't know if that is what Z was on, but fits your description. (I take it). nt
s-cubed
Jul 2013
#230
The rain didn't wash any of the other blood off zimmermans head or nose or the gun, they're
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#238