From the ISRA (Illinois State Rifle Association)-
"The saga of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s treachery in prosecuting Mark and Patricia McCloskey has taken another turn. Apparently, the pistol Patricia McCloskey was holding was used in a previous court case and had been rendered inoperable so it could be brought into court. It, therefore, was not a weapon. Kim Gardner and her enterprising staff had the crime lab fix the gun so it was capable of being fired. This was done to bring charges against the McCloskeys."
From a news article (5 On Your Side)-
"Patricia McCloskey and her husband, Mark McCloskey, have said the handgun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable because they had used it as a prop during a lawsuit they once filed against a gun manufacturer. In order to bring it into a courtroom, they made it inoperable."
"Specifically, the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin, which was backward, and made the gun incapable of firing, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side."
"Firearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it, finding that it worked, according to the documents."
Wondering what the details of the lawsuit against gun manufacturer were?
Does the reassembly constitute a tampering of evidence, will the documentation of disassembly/re assembly be presented?
Does any of it matter?
"The saga of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s treachery in prosecuting Mark and Patricia McCloskey has taken another turn. Apparently, the pistol Patricia McCloskey was holding was used in a previous court case and had been rendered inoperable so it could be brought into court. It, therefore, was not a weapon. Kim Gardner and her enterprising staff had the crime lab fix the gun so it was capable of being fired. This was done to bring charges against the McCloskeys."
From a news article (5 On Your Side)-
"Patricia McCloskey and her husband, Mark McCloskey, have said the handgun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable because they had used it as a prop during a lawsuit they once filed against a gun manufacturer. In order to bring it into a courtroom, they made it inoperable."
"Specifically, the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin, which was backward, and made the gun incapable of firing, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side."
"Firearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it, finding that it worked, according to the documents."
Wondering what the details of the lawsuit against gun manufacturer were?
Does the reassembly constitute a tampering of evidence, will the documentation of disassembly/re assembly be presented?
Does any of it matter?