Great pickup. I’ve heard media speculating on “something like a Wellrod” but am astounded a company makes/tries to sell such a thing — at over $2000 a pop.
Could there be a more foolish choice for a high profile public assassination? Relatively few of these $2,000 novelty pistols would exist; buying one requires a successful NFA transfer application and tax stamp; the rarity makes acquiring a stolen one implausible. By now, even BATFE should have traced every one of them ever made or sold, and interviewed the owners. (”Gee, it’s not here. My son must have taken it out rabbit hunting...”)
I’d think a professional killer would use the most common possible stolen 9mm, throw on an aftermarket threaded barrel and a stolen suppressor. Will be interesting to see how this turns out.
The pistol, the unusual $300.00 daypack, the coffee shop, the shell labeling and clues at the murder scene, the travel and overnight stay, the clothing, there is so much information of an unexpected nature that it is puzzling what it all means, is it as clumsy and strange as it appears or is some of it deliberate misdirection?
It will be interesting to learn the facts of this.