• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The thing about ghost guns is that anyone can print them.

    Past that, they can probably get him on some kind of conspiracy to print a dearly weapon charge with the computer files. But that’s a long way from putting him at the scene of the crime with the murder weapon on the day in question.

    It’s not even a question of if he did it. It’s the problem of bringing the evidence they have in front of a jury without it getting tossed by the judge first.

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      5 days ago

      He left the suppressor on the scene, we’re way past the stage of trying to tie the weapon to the crime.

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        He left the suppressor on the scene

        Do the prosecutors have anything to tie him to it? Or did they just find a suppressor and assert it was his because he’s the guy they caught?

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          If the plastic and infill used to print the suppressor doesn’t match the other printed part still with the gun then I’m sure that will come up in court.