They do make 38 caliber semi-automatics.
Posted on 03/11/2019 5:30:26 AM PDT by simpson96
Authorities in Missouri say a woman fatally shot her boyfriend at a home in Fulton on Thursday.
According to Fox News, 37-year-old Kalesha Peterson later told police that she used a .38-caliber handgun while attempting to reenact a movie scene with 36-year-old David Dalton.
She said the two had been drinking and she did not intend to actually shoot the victim, according to a statement from the Fulton Police Department.
A medical examiner’s report indicated the victim died from a single gunshot wound to the head and police say they found two spent shell casings at the scene.
“Peterson advised that at some point Dalton suggested the two play out a scene in the movie that involved a firearm,” the news release explained. “Peterson advised that the two retrieved a handgun kept in the bedroom to act out the scene.”
It was Peterson who called 911 to report the shooting, according to police. Officers conducted a sobriety test confirming that she had been drinking.
The suspect reportedly told police that she was also on a number of medications at the time, some of which could have side effects if taken with alcohol.
Authorities arrested her at the scene on suspicion of felony murder and unlawful use of a weapon. She remained behind bars without bail as of the latest updates available.
In an interview with KOMU, Dalton’s sister sought justice in the case and dismissed the suspect’s story.
“No, I don’t think they were reenacting a movie,” Mary Bonner said. “That doesn’t sound like David at all.”
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As I recall, or IIRC, poor John took a prop .44magnum, put it to his temple and laughingly pulled the trigger. The revolver was loaded with blanks, but the discharge, when reaching the muzzle end of the handgun, encountered John's temple and carried with it a chunk of bone into his brain.
More ironic, his salvaged, healthy heart was transplanted into the chest of a Las Vegas pimp, whose own heart failed after years of drug abuse.
Not taking my wife to see that movie.
Oh my.........
Yeah ... I doubt she was using a .38 Super ... and .38Spl automatics are even rarer.
Odds improve if you take a second shot
Probly better ask David. He had a better view.
“SuperMax guilty.”
LOL!
“I’ve fired a lot of semi automatic weapons Funny thing is not one has gone off without my finger on the trigger”
Yep, that’s called trigger finger control which is necessary with automatics oh, absolutely necessary. However if you’re shooting revolvers you can develop a bad habit of sticking your finger on the trigger because you need a bit more Force to actually fire a round off with a revolver.
Anyway, the subject is moot since this was a revolver, but my point was that if you have a semi-automatic pistol and even if you were engaging a Target whether it’s on a range or it’s in a real life scenario and you put your finger on the trigger there is a chance because of the trigger sensitivity that you could bump off a shot before you actually intended to. I can say with certainty that if you are engaging a Target and you do not have your finger inside the trigger guard that you are wasting a few milliseconds which if the target is armed as well could result in you being the target rather than the target you are engaging. That was the only point I was trying to make. And I’m sure but there have been cases where law enforcement officers have had their fingers inside the trigger guard and were engaging violent targets and may have any effect misfired or pre-fire before they really intend it to or before the incident was diffused. And that was not considered an accident or misfire or unintentional homicide as the LEO were basically well within their scope of procedure. But it does happen.
she IS!
She looks like some farm animal straight from the field.
One of these days I'm gonna make it to the street in Scarsdale or New Rochelle (can't recall which) where the red Corvette scene was filmed.
They do make 38 caliber semi-automatics.
Obvious mercy killing. Not guilty.
The first one missed.
The movie had to have been “Moby Dick.”
I’m guessing one of two possibilities. Either the dude pissed her off, or she wanted to know what it felt like to kill a human.
5.56mm
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