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MLeake · December 27, 2011, 07:55 PM

JayCee, you neglect another branch of the argument (Edit: To which Don P alluded in his OP) - if there is conflicting testimony about what distance the shooting occurred at, GSR from handloads probably won't be admissible.

"So you say you shot him as he was pulling you from your car... why was there no trace of gunpowder on his clothing?"

IE, it's not just limited to suicides.

The fact that your light loads might not leave the expected levels of residue probably wouldn't be admissible, because it couldn't reliably be replicated by evidence specialists. They'd have to take your word, or the word of your logs, as to what and how you had loaded. What little precedent exists does not favor that.

December 27, 2011, 07:55 PM	#20
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	JayCee, you neglect another branch of the argument (Edit: To which Don P alluded in his OP) - if there is conflicting testimony about what distance the shooting occurred at, GSR from handloads probably won't be admissible. "So you say you shot him as he was pulling you from your car... why was there no trace of gunpowder on his clothing?" IE, it's not just limited to suicides. The fact that your light loads might not leave the expected levels of residue probably wouldn't be admissible, because it couldn't reliably be replicated by evidence specialists. They'd have to take your word, or the word of your logs, as to what and how you had loaded. What little precedent exists does not favor that. Last edited by MLeake; December 27, 2011 at 08:07 PM.