InTheGarden
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Responding to what you were responding to...
All "Jodi shot first" theorizing seems to be based on the gun jamming. Which is, of course, begging the question (circular reasoning, or assuming what one is trying to prove) of the form:
Q. If Jodi shot first, why didn't she shoot him again?
A. The gun jammed
Q. What makes you think the gun jammed?
A. Because she didn't shoot him again
Oh, okay. Problem is, when semi-auto guns "jam" what that usually means is a misfeed, not a "jam", which is usually cleared by pulling the slide back. So the tell-tale sign of a "jam" is a unfired round dropped to the floor.
Without the gun, we have no way of knowing.
I will say this though. It seems likely the .25 stolen from Grandpa was of the Colt template and they tend to be incredibly reliable firearms. In absence of knowing if the ammunition was improper, underpowered or corroded, assuming "the gun jammed" is not a reasonable assumption.
From the photos of the "gun cabinet" and the other weapons at JA's grandparents' home, it does not look like the guns were kept in pristine condition. How long ago was the missing .25 caliber gun cleaned, if ever? I know nothing about guns, but I imagine a gun that has not been cared for would tend to misfire or jam.