Conflicting Statements

[guest7363]

It is possible to fire shots from a semi automatic rifle in very rapid succession.  Three or four rounds in a single second is easy and ten or eleven rounds could easily be fired in under three seconds.  It actually sounds similar to a sub machine gun being fired, although obviously a lot quieter.

 

Thanks NGB, that quick, so the twins could have been shot in about 5 seconds and anyone hearing wouldn’t have had much responsive time anyway even less if nothing was suspected

[lookout]

So in effect it would have only taken the slightest pressure for that second shot which Sheila in all probability did herself ?

[lookout]

Oh lummy, I've already said that----and I've only had a tangerine 

[Steve_uk]

So in effect it would have only taken the slightest pressure for that second shot which Sheila in all probability did herself ?

Yes but in which case why was the wound not in the same or adjacent spot?

[lookout]

Yes but in which case why was the wound not in the same or adjacent spot?

It would have shifted after the first shot---the rifle, that is as there'd be a certain amount of movement after firing.

[sami]

It would have shifted after the first shot---the rifle, that is as there'd be a certain amount of movement after firing.

those damm semi auto and full auto rifles,sounds like poor sheila could have been alive today if hadnt used that damm semi auto .because the first shot was not fatal

[lookout]

those damm semi auto and full auto rifles,sounds like poor sheila could have been alive today if hadnt used that damm semi auto .because the first shot was not fatal

Sheila wouldn't have been dead outright after that first shot though whether or not you know it but a person can give a sudden jerk/jolt just before they die if they've been in an active state beforehand and if her finger still remained on the trigger as I think it would have done, then that jolt before death would automatically fire off another bullet.

[Steve_uk]

Sheila wouldn't have been dead outright after that first shot though whether or not you know it but a person can give a sudden jerk/jolt just before they die if they've been in an active state beforehand and if her finger still remained on the trigger as I think it would have done, then that jolt before death would automatically fire off another bullet.

I find this very hard to believe lookout.

[ngb1066]

So in effect it would have only taken the slightest pressure for that second shot which Sheila in all probability did herself ?

Yes, very little pressure indeed.  It is easy to fire a shot by accident.

 

[Caroline]

I find this very hard to believe lookout.

You and me both!

[lookout]

I find this very hard to believe lookout.

Steve I have sat with people who were dying and as God is my judge, they " twitch ". It's an involuntary movement before brain death.

[Steve_uk]

Yes, very little pressure indeed.  It is easy to fire a shot by accident.

Yes but in that case the bullets strike the same location.

[lookout]

Yes, very little pressure indeed.  It is easy to fire a shot by accident.

Thankyou NGB-------solved 

[lookout]

You and me both!

Suit yourself. You can argue  only if you're medically trained.

[Caroline]

Thankyou NGB-------solved 

That comment doesn't back up what you just said - you have completely ignored what the pathologist said and added your own slant.