Suicide at my local range

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AH.74 said:
Their guns were taken. They were suspects in the investigation.
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OK. Please answer this question:

A man is shot. There are a lot of people there with guns. Why shouldn't they be suspects?
 
This being a public range, I'm assuming he probably brought his own gun. In Tom Servo's case, he talked with a colleague who had a man bring his own gun to the range to commit suicide.

Any idea why someone would go to a range to commit suicide rather than do it at home?
 
There could be 100 different reasons why. Maybe he really liked shooting and he wanted to die somewhere he had fond memories? It's tough to speculate.
 
JRH6856 said:
OK. Please answer this question:

A man is shot. There are a lot of people there with guns. Why shouldn't they be suspects?
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"Why not?" is rarely a component of a cogent analysis.
 
Double Naught Spy said:
me said:
"Why not?" is rarely a component of a cogent analysis.
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Nobody said it was.
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In fact, just such an analysis was offered above.

I believe that fourth amendment caselaw is likely extensive, and that there is adequate case law to resolve the questions presented by this circumstance. Depending on the relationship of others on the range to the deceased and the number of other present, I can envision a reasonable explanation for taking "all" the arms present on the range. Ever been to a range where the only other people there are those you know well? Or one stranger? I have.

That situation is distinguishable from one in which dozens of people who do not know one another or the deceased are present.

So, while there could be situations in which it is reasonable to take the arms of all present (because there are specific reasons for a seizure), mere presence is unlikely the rationale, and "Why shouldn't they be suspects?" isn't a pertinent question.
 
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