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At which point any decent lawyer could point out the fact that the vast majority of production handguns are black or at most two tone.
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Yes - but that assumes a juror is sympathetic to production handguns. You just said that most guns are designed to look evil. In fact, I can come up with an article in a product design magazine discussing the aesthetics of semi-auto handguns that makes them look dangerous.
Look, you don't know unless you read the mind of the juror. If the prosecution says ABC and then you try to rebut it - you might just make the jury pay more attention.
That's been found when someone objects and the judge says to ignore it. Some jurors pay more attention and think the point must be reasonable if the defendant (who is probably guilty anyway) is having a fit about it.
One really should read up before expounding that is or that won't have an effect or you as a non-expert claim this or that is a good strategy.