• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    There are not security cameras all the way.

    He may also had no intention of disposal

    The whole point of a ghost gun is to be able to throw it away and have it not traced back to you.

    • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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      17 days ago

      Private security footage could have caught him disposing, someone could have witnessess and grabbed another photo of him using his their cell phone. He could be worried about finger prints on the gun or other biological clues. And if a ghost gun is so untraceable, keeping it after a crime shouldn’t be proof, because how do you prove it was this ghost gun used in the crime? He could claim he just keeps it for self defense or was interested in how far 3D printed tech has come

      He could be planning another assassination or desire to keep the weapon for self defense purposes. I think you are downplaying the parannoia that would come with such a large scale manhunt accompanied with becoming an internet meme spreading your photo and awareness of your act over night. Paranoia makes you constantly think “but what if?” And that paranoia is even stronger in an extreme circumstance like this.

      The fact is, we may never know why he kept it.

      • Laurel Raven@lemmy.zip
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        16 days ago

        Even without serial number, a ghost gun will leave rifling marks on the bullets which can be compared by firing the gun into ballistic gel