From ABC:

What forensic testing reveals about revolver in on-set ‘Rust’ shooting

Accidental discharge testing determined that the firearm used in the shooting — a .45 Colt (.45 Long Colt) caliber F.lli Pietta single-action revolver — could not have fired without the trigger being pulled, the FBI report shows.

With the hammer in the quarter- and half-cock positions, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger,” the report stated.

With the hammer fully cocked, the gun “could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger while the working internal components were intact and functional,” the report stated.

With the hammer de-cocked on a loaded chamber, the gun was able to detonate a primer “without a pull of the trigger when the hammer was struck directly,” which is normal for this type of revolver, the report stated.

Okay, I’m now confused.

Quarter and half cock are supposed to be safe positions.  The hammer is not supposed to fall from quarter or half cock when the trigger is pulled.

Hence why “going off half cocked” is a bad thing.

So did the gun drop the hammer from quarter cock and half cock when the trigger is pulled?

With the hammer down and striking the hammer causing a discharge tells me it is a live firing pin design.  I’m flabbergasted that is made and imported into the US today.  It’s certainly not a drop safe design which is why just about everyone has gone to transfer bar systems.

Yes, I absolutely know that under no circumstances should there have been live rounds in the gun or on the set.  That was 100% the determining factor in this incident.

But ignoring that for a moment, what the media is reporting from the FBI makes me think that this gun was not a good gun to begin with.

A lot has changed in the firearms world since 1873, and a lot of internal design safties put in place since then are worthwhile improvements.

If this is a totally faithful reproduction of an 1874 Colt Single Action Army, I would be dubious of it.

I saw this and had to share:

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If you watched a Police Academy movie, you'll remember Michael Winslow, and his sound effects. He's here doing Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” on Norwegian TV ???
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— Templar⚔️ (@aTeXan575) August 5, 2022

I caught this story online:

Wow…

Miguel has written treatises on the importance of security cameras, not breaching your own perimeter, and not leaving guns in your vehicle unsecured.

Clearly this guy doesn’t read our blog.

He is very lucky to have survived and to have not been charged with a crime for filling a neighborhood with bullets.

He actually retreated, put on shoes, and went back out into the frey.

Brave but stupid really sums it up.

And what does he have to show for it?

His truck gun was stolen and his BMW is full of holes.

At least he didn’t get shot, and that was probably more dumb luck than anything else.

The famed author Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed at an event in New York.

Rushdie lost an eye, and suffered damage to nerves in his arm and liver.

In 1989, the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a Fatwa against him for his book The Satanic Verses.

In 2006, Hezbollah issued their own Fatwa against him.

However, according to The New York Times,  the motive for the stabbing of Rushdie is “unclear.”

The ghost of Walter Durante has never left that place.  There is no greater publisher of dishonest bullshit than the paper of record.

Ricky Shiffer: just another antivax, Musk-worshipping, antifa/BLM hating, trans-panicking stolen election truther. These guys are your neighbors, your coworkers, and your extended family. And many of them want to kill you. pic.twitter.com/grCy6XE3GV

— Mike Rothschild (no relation) (@rothschildmd) August 11, 2022

See, according to Max here, being Ricky Shiffer:  antivax, antifa/BLM hating, trans-panicking, stolen election truther, makes you the bad guy.

But…

It turns out the vaccines are far less efficacious than we were told and do not stop the spread of COVID.  They are in fact more dangerous than we were originally told.  The vaccine mandates did nothing to curb COVID but did do enormous economic damage by causing mass layoffs.

Antifa and BLM did actually kill and injure people, do billions of dollars in property damage, destroy businesses, and cost people their livelihoods, while the executive management of BLM pocketed donated money and bought themselves mansions.

Trans athletes are causing a rift in girls sports.  Trans activism in schools is causing emotionally vulnerable children and teens to cause permanent physical damage to themselves with hormones and surgery.

The 2020 election was full of fuckery.  CIA and FBI officials, and members of Congress used their positions of authority and credibility to smear Trump with knowingly false allegations of Russian collusion.  They called factual information about Hunter and Joe Biden’s corruption Russian disinformation.  Social media controlled the flow of information, limiting anti-Biden and promoting anti-Trump messaging, posted online.  Famous the Hunter Biden laptop story by the New York Post was blocked on Twitter and Facebook.  The New York Times admitted that the media and social media conspired to “fortify the election” for Joe Biden.

Then there were the changes to election laws and procedures as a result of the pandemic.

Whatever term you want to use, it’s absolutely crystal clear that the 2020 election was not “free and fair” by any previous standards.

But the Left does not acknowledge this, or if they do, they say it’s a good thing.

Following that, there is the juxtaposition of how BLM rioters and January 6th protesters were treated.  Obviously one side being politically favored and the other not.

And then there is the juxtaposition of how Trump was treated against Hillary Clinton, Eric Swalwell, and Hunter Biden.

Hillary Clinton maintained a third party server and destroyed evidence.  Swalwell fell into a Chinese honeypot and was given a free pass.  Hunter Biden has video and recorded evidence of corruption and degenerate criminal activity, some of which has gone public.  None of them were raided.

The man who signed off on the Trump raid was the same man Trump blocked from being appointed to the Supreme Court.  Can anyone say conflict of interest?

Not just do we have ideological differences, we can’t agree on the facts.

We are two nations, occupying the same plot of land, and we are colliding at breakneck speed.

It’s not going to go well.

Let’s do some political math.

1: The FBI has been lying to pad the numbers on how dangerous the Right-Wing white men MAGA moment is to make it look like they are more of a threat than they really are.

?#BREAKING: Whistleblower Reveals That Former Top FBI Official Jill Sanborn Led Pressure Campaign to Pad Domestic Terrorism Data pic.twitter.com/I4ow11npW0

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) August 10, 2022

2: Leftist punditry and media is claiming that the response to the political raid of Trump’s home at Mar-A-Lago is dangerous.

WashPost ed board: Republicans’ response to the Mar-a-Lago search is disturbing and dangerous https://t.co/QXxIKBB4b2

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August 10, 2022

The Republican reaction to a legally executed search—over-the-top-denunciation, violence-incitement-adjacent, extreme-hatred-of-law-enforcement-and-the-courts—is indicative of the unabashed extremism that’s overtaken the GOP. One might almost call such a party…insurrectionist.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 9, 2022

3: Violence happens, but we don’t yet know the motivation.

An armed man wearing body armor tried to breach a security screening area at an FBI field office in Cincinnati, authorities say. The man was injured in an exchange of gunfire and remains in a standoff with law enforcement, officials say. https://t.co/GqeGRLWkLG

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 11, 2022

I’m adding all of this together and it seems like they are baiting us and priming the shit out of the pump for violence.

They are provoking a reaction and then claiming that we’re actually the bad guy for calling them on their bullshit.

Everything about this seems like it’s geared to justify maximum violence against the GOP base prior to the election.

Maybe my tinfoil hat is getting tight but holy fuck is this adding up to something shitty.

This is Daniel Goldman:

He’s a lawyer and is running for Congress.

He Tweeted this:

The Fifth Amendment ensures that people are not forced to incriminate themselves.

But you don’t take the Fifth if you didn’t do anything wrong. https://t.co/xIKupKNMSo

— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) August 10, 2022

Griffin v. California (1965) is very explicit that you cannot infer guilt because the defendant refuses to testify or that silence is evidence of guilt.

If a prosecutor said this in court the defense would move for an immediate mistrial and it would probably be granted.

But this fucking piece of shit throws that legal principle out the window because he’s a Democrat and it’s Trump who’s pleading the Fifth.

These people don’t believe in the principles of the law, only using the law as a tool to destroy their opponents.

This fuck should be disbarred for that Tweet.