Gun Control Expert Challenged in Court

[beevul]

Gun Control Expert Challenged in Court

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

By MEGAN GALLEGOS

DENVER (CN) - A gun control expert and proponent of background checks had a tough time defending his case in Colorado's gun control trial.

Webster said he examined the policy of transfer but then answered, "I don't remember."

Kopel pointed out that the Congressional Research Center said trace cannot be used to describe the path of a gun and how it would get to an individual or a criminal.
"I don't know what the Congressional Research Center said," Webster responded. "I don't think it is relevant."

Finally, Kopel asked why Webster showed only what happened to the homicide rate after the repeal of the gun ban in 2007 and not for other years. Kopel showed data indicating that in 2009 the homicide rate in Missouri declined.

Webster said the reason the declining homicide rate may have been because "there are a variety of changes in social conditions."

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/04/08/66878.htm

Interesting.

[DonP]

1. Reminds me of the Chicago PD "Experts" that were testifying on AR-15s

The Chicago legal team was claiming that changing the parts on an AR-15 was easy and could be turned into a full auto weapon with no tools.

The appellate court judges asked them to show the court how the gun could be disassembled and how the conversion might work.

After 5 minutes of hemming and hawing the team had to admit their "firearms experts" had no idea how to take the AR apart.

That's like not understanding how Lego's work.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

3. Obviously...

...the "Experts" didn't have knowledge or understanding of the AR-15 and the "Chicago legal team" didn't have knowledge or understanding of the word "expert".

[oneshooter]

4. X, an unknown. Spirt, a drip under pressure

Expert, a unknown drip under pressure.

Fits

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. Fits, as fine as frog hair

[Eleanors38]

2. "variety of changes in social conditions:" Yeah,

when the data doesn't go your way.