Hadn’t thought of that.
Figured if the cop asked if the gun that I’d just used in self defense laying there on the gound, no longer in my hand so the cops wouldn’t see me as a threat, was ready to fire, I’d have told them whether there was a live round in the chamber or not.
Learn somethin’ new every day.
If I’m ever in that situation, I guess I’ll just stand there with my hands up like a deafmute then.
The most striking example that I recall was of a suspect claiming to have been out of town. A witness with no stake in the situation and who was considered reliable reported, mistakenly, having seen the suspect in town just before the crime was committed.
Had the suspect remained silent, there would have been no evidentiary value to having been seen in town. However, by claiming not to have been in town, the suspect created a conflict in statements which brought the suspect's truthfulness into question.