Legal Issues with Kel Tec PF9 Trigger Upgrade ?

[Frank Ettin]

AFAIK, I am the only expert witness who has said anything on this thread,...

So what? Nothing you've said is relevant to the issue of this thread. You're indeed not qualified to address the jury perception and "art of advocacy" issues. And those issues are why the folks who do understand those issue recommend against a modified trigger on a self defense gun.

 

[MarkCO]

The job of the expert witness is to assist the trier of fact (jury) on technical issues beyond the understanding of the common man. That is what I do, and frankly, juries respond well to me.

In most cases, it is the lawyers who bungle everything up...exhibit A...the US Congress.

 

[Frank Ettin]

The job of the expert witness is to assist the trier of fact (jury) on technical issues beyond the understanding of the common man....

Only within the field in which the witness has qualified as an expert and only if the attorney who hired him decides his testimony would be useful.

You are not an expert with regard to any of the issues being discussed in this thread.

 

[OldMarksman]

If you say you shot when you did not intend to, that is self incrimination and I would not be needed.

Why would anyone involved in a self defense case so claim?

If the actor is claiming self defense, he or she will certainly not say such a thing.

But a prosecutor may see it advantageous to try to prove something else. And a civil plaintiff will almost certainly see the advantage in such a strategy.

And than evidence that might tend to support such an accusation can become important.

 

[Spats McGee]

I believe this thread has outlived its utility.