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WHY DIDNT THE GUN FIRE A SECOUND TIME
A 25 caliber semi automatic gun will when fired reload a shell into the chamber auto maticly that is why they are called semi automatic hand guns.
When a round is fired some of the gases released push the slider back and eject the spent shell casing. As the slider returns it picks up a new shell and places it in the chamber so the gun is ready to fire again. This action is very rapid and just takes a split second to reload a new cartridge,
Firing pin strikes the primer of the cartridge, causing it to fire. The flame from the primer ignites gunpowder, which burns rapidly. Gasses created by burning powder push bullet down barrel, at the same time pushing back on the slide of the pistol. Since the slide is heavier than the bullet, it moves much slower. As the slide is pushed back on its springs, it pulls the fired cartridge case from the chamber, and it is flipped out of the pistol (ejection). At the end of the stroke, springs that were compressed during recoil now push the slide forward, stripping fresh cartridge from magazine, and sliding it into the chamber. You are now ready for the next shot
Why didnt the gun fire a second time?
Jodi Arias said she was knocked over backwards by the impact of Travis hitting her just after the gun fired and hitting him in the head with the bullet.
If she still had the gun in her hand at this time of firing and Traviss body hit her knocking her to the ground it would be a natural muscle clench instinct to pull the trigger as she was falling backwards. A persons natural instinct is for your muscles to tighten when falling backwards. Especially if you are hit by someone weighing 190 lbs.
So why didnt the gun fire a second time? It takes very little pressure on the trigger of a gun to have it fire.
After the first shot the gun loads a new shell into the chamber in a split second and all that is needed to fire again is a very small amount of trigger pressure.
Either the gun jammed or she was not in the position she said she was if the attack had occurred how she stated.
She also stated she was holding the gun with both hands and her arms were out stretched and she fired as Travis lunged at her.
I am posting a picture of just how small these 25 cal semi auto handguns are so you can see how it would be pretty well impossible for her to hold one of these guns with both hands.
The gun picture is actual size and the YouTube link shows how the gun loads itself after the first shot is fired.
The bullet trajectory hitting Travis just above the right eyebrow and traveling across the skull nicking the frontal lobe of the brain and exiting into his left cheek does not make sense if she shot him as he was lunging at her.
Even if his head was turned to the left as he was lunging the bullet could not have impacted his skull and traveled in the path the medical examiner stated it did.
Why would you retrieve a gun that as far as you knew was not loaded then run back into a bathroom that had no way for you to escape?
If it was Travis that told you the gun was not loaded he would not have been afraid of being shot by it.
If the gun was not loaded Jodi would have had to chamber a shell into it in order for the gun to fire and this is not something someone unfamiliar with semi auto pistols would be able to do in a hurry.
Juan should ask her where the safety lever is on a 25 cal gun.
How you would load the gun?
How you would know if there is not a round in the chamber already how you would put a round in it?
How she would know if the guns clip or (magazine) had shells loaded in it all in a split second or two?
If she can not provide these answers than the gun belonging to Travis would be another fabrication.
Remember she told detective Florez in his interview that she knew absolutely nothing about guns.
If she stole her grandfathers gun she would have had time to learn where the safety was and how to lock or unlock it.
She would have been able to ask someone how you check to see if a semi auto gun is loaded or look it up on the internet somewhere without using her own computer.
She would have been able to look and see if the clip had shells in it.
She may have fired it before hand to see how much noise it would make.
I think the gun is going to be a key issue in her trial as to her premeditated quilt.
Is it possible that she loaded the gun cartridge with the wrong bullets, causing the second bullet to jam?
I know of someone who shot & killed her husband with a 357 (he was a Sheriff) but the fact that the wrong bullets were loaded, showed premeditation. A police officer would not have loaded the wrong bullets.
