@@fartypebbles The many hundreds if not thousands of people who have been shot accidentally by guns they or others “knew” were unloaded would say it does. It’s not that that particular case presented danger, it’s the danger brought about by the idea that it’s okay to wave around guns you “know” are unloaded. It’s simple enough to always treat guns as if they are loaded to possibly save lives.
@@fartypebbles you should always handle a firearm as if it was loaded, regardless if you know its not loaded. literally the first things you should know about gun safety democrat
The point of all this is to convey to the jury that the shooter was *very* deliberate and cold-blooded in his planning, from fantasizing such a shooting to researching the guns and bullets, and purchasing the necessary equipment. It's about proving how cold-blooded the shooter actually was, not just based off what he said in his videos or posted online on message boards, but by highlighting that he followed through with his actions. The prosecution's point is not to let the jury have any sympathy whatsoever based on if the shooter just experienced mood swings on the day of the shooting and rashly decided to purchase some random gun and carry out a shooting. The difference between a cold-blooded attack and a sudden, impulsive attack could decide between life in prison and death.
It is also for society to learn the real and devasting effects of the gun culture in the USA. A disturbed individual who fantasizes about murdering people should not have such easy access to purchasing a weapon that can annihilate dozens of people in seconds. I agree with you. Society has laws and a justice system because we are a civilized society, yet we resemble the wild west with the mass shootings happening almost daily in the USA.
@@sachafreedom9134 I agree psychopaths shouldn't have access to legal arms. My question is why hasn't society developed defense against these types of people. Why don't we have heavily armed security at every public school after all these shootings. I'm not talking one guy either. Laws will only do so much and confiscation is unconstitutional and attempts of would likely cause big problems. When our military went to the middle east the were unprepared and had unarmourd humvees and after getting blown up a few time armor and MRAPs mat-ves started getting developed to counter the problem.
This expert clearly demonstrates respect for what is a deadly weapon. Never does he make believe that he is going to shoot something. He is not holding a toy. I think he conveys that without ever saying it.
@@fivehead6675 you know, I was gonna reply to the original comment something like, "If he didn't treat it appropriately, he wouldn't be an expert" But after reading your comment, I guess I'm wrong...
@@nmm8817 exactly what I have said... Ever since Call of Duty has hit the shelves our youth believes that to extinguish a life means you can reset tye game and bring them back... In a way to say see you hurt me now stop it... I grew up in rural Central PA... I graduated in 1993... When I was 13 to the age of 16 I spent every summer at the local shooting range for Survival camp... It was 4 weeks starting in mid June till mid July... We had two weeks of fire arm safety, and hunting safety and trapping... The proper does and don't with fire arms archery and fishing... We were taught to come to the range to active shoot and proper trigger positioning... To never take the safety off except for a clear shot at our game animals... What the proper steps even for home invasion or if car jacked if concealed carry... You don't see these camps or classes anymore... Something the American Society definitely needs...
@@tioswift3676 it truly depends on who is on the jury. You would be surprised how many people have never handled a firearm even in a 2A friendly state like Florida. They may have seen the zip tie but had no idea what it is. That's why the prosecution and witness are being so meticulous in the testimony.
@@koltaire5938 I think he was saying they were synonymous within the context of that rifle since it was manufactured as a 5.56 NATO. But he definitely should have specified
If only we had some sort of procedure in place to avoid what you call sick human beings from obtaining these highpower rifles so easily. I’m a pro gun law abiding Citizen but people who want to acquire high power rifles should have a more rigorous vetting process
I was highly absolutely impressed also. The state's attorney has to become an expert in many different disciplines to handle a case like this, weapons, biology, physics, psychology. He has to learn as much about each subject as each expert witness knows. I couldn't do it. I don't know how much he gets paid but I'm sure it's not enough.
The dude who murdered people indiscriminately is sitting in a room with the public and is not in hand cuffs? You don't treat anyone who isn't on TV like this.
My heart breaks for these families u can see how still 5 years on theyre broken like it was yesterday they will never get over what happened....he didn't take 17 lives he took far more 💔
that pain will almost never go away for this heavy case, innocent life's ended to short . I hope he gets life without parole so he can rot in there aside from the easy way out
@@tombuckle7460 There is no sentence mankind could impose on him equal to the severity of his crimes, but God can .... send him on, & let God sort him out.
*@ Miss Vegan* Unfortunately yet importantly, those, the escaping words from the grief stricken heart of countless "men" (biblical reference to both male/female) since his creation. "Far more". The only two words the require it's echo to carry until it's grief stricken heart stops beating...starting the next echo, from the next grief stricken heart. smh 😔
@@Lambbeast99 He is a bit fast and loose with the velocity differences. 223 can go every bit of 3100 fps with a 55 grain bullet, 556 (xm193) 55 grain is slightly faster at 3431. The ONLY round in 556/223 ive run in to that hits 4000 fps is the hornady 35 grain ntx superperformance, and that is a 223 cartridge.
@@frankranager8749 He also Said , "The design of it is still the same" -"Along with the foregrips" While touching the handguard. Lmao. Anti 2A will have a field day with those quotes. We're doomed.
He’s a POS like his attorneys I wouldn’t like to see this coward suffer terribly in prison until he’s 100 they’ll be people waiting for this sick coward he deserves the DP but I would like to see him suffer a good while
I like how his attorneys don’t even want to look at him, everytime he stares at them they feel creeped out and don’t want to stare directly into his eyes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
So proud of the parents for their impact statements yesterday. I know you guys will probably never read these comments, but Incase you do I want each of you to know how powerful your words are, and you did so well on telling the world how amazing each of your children are. Your strength is inspiring, and I wish you guys didn't have to be strong all the time. I know how hard that is.. but you're moving mountains and we are all so proud of you for being so brave. ❤️
His social media activity should have brought enough attention to him to have prevented this, period. These software companies have designed their platforms to detect what they deem false, dangerous, or hate speech,(dangerous to their agenda), but his activity brought no action? I call bs. Anyone who could have took action here and didn't will face their consequences, perhaps not in this life, but I have no doubt that they will get theirs along with this monster.
It amazes me that they want a jury to consider not giving death sentence to anyone who put this much thought and time into killing as many people as he could and making them sit in fear not knowing if they were going to be next. I hope they find him guilty. My prayers go out for these poor parents and families and classmates that survived.
@@annpatrick572 99.9% of young men who buy a rifle don't have homicidal thoughts...and we live in a free country where consumers can buy "dangerous" items every day...you can buy cars with 1000hp, you can buy a pressure cooker, and a refrigerator...a refrigerator? Yeah, a refrigerator...once upon a time there were thousands of deaths caused by being locked in a refrigerator and suffocating to death...do people have to have a background check to build or buy a 1000hp car? Pressure cookers have caused many more injuries than any firearm, yet you never have to get a background check to purchase one...my point? Every step has been taken to make sure that a criminal cannot legally buy a gun...there is one thing that could cause you to wreck your 1000hp car, to lock a person in a refrigerator, to have an injury with your pressure cooker, and that is human interaction with the product...same with firearms, they aren't dangerous until you add human interaction...and if that human has homicidal intent? I don't believe that the government should be able to tell you what products you are allowed to own...especially if that product is able to protect your life, not to mention that it is constitutionally protected 😉
@@annpatrick572 his mum had the guns she had 3 in total dont know why she would want 3 guns unless she got them for him he killed his mum first then set of to the school with the guns
Putting the gun within feet of the defendant that killed their relatives after the professional showed the court how to use it. The crinkling of the packaging containing live rounds and the rounds he used. That would have driven the defendant mad.
I cant imagine the amount of hate that has to build up inside of you to walk into a school with military style weapons and kill everybody you see what happened to this guy? Something like this has to take years to build up and finally get the nerve to do it i cant even hurt a insect without feeling bad
Mental Illness! And childhood Truma, being born on drug's by his mother! He became fascinated with gun's at an very early age. this whole situation is very sad..
An AR-15 is not a ‘military style weapon’ a military rifle is select fire meaning it is capable of Fully automatic fire, meaning one trigger pull means multiple round being fired at once at a rate usually around 4-600rpm or ‘rounds per minute’. It is people like you, who know zero about firearms and the real culture around them who gives real gun owners a disastrous reputation, simply put, if you believe in restricted gun ownership, you have no place to call yourself an american.
@@SectionZ1996 technically this particular rifle was chambered in 5.56 nato. doesnt make much of a difference but if you start firing 5.56 nato through a rifle actually chambered for .223 remington you run the risk of ruining you gun because 5.56 nato has a larger powder charge than .223. Not trying to be that guy correcting people i was just letting you know in case you have a rifle chambered for .223 and wanted to put 5.56 in it😂😂
Not so much. He gave many inaccuracies about the rifle that just aren’t true. It doesn’t really matter, i hope he gets the death penalty but “experts” shouldn’t give blatant misinformation. They are either misinformed or purposely misleading. I have seen the prosecution do it several times as well
I agree, he has basic knowledge nothing more. It's apparent by his answer, how does the weapon function, that he has no actual clue of how the weapon fires. He called the picatinny rail covers-plates, and much much more. He did okay, but I do not believe he has spent 10,000 hours or more with this type of weapon system, using it, studying it, researching it, cleaning it, repairing them etc. His description of ammunition is also substandard in my opinion. This was my primary assigned weapon, of which I qualified expert with dozens and dozens of times and also used IRL to defend myself and others with as well as having been characterized an actual expert in my field (EIB). Less than 10% of the infantry will ever earn their EIB. The EIB testing includes physical and mental stress, doctrinal procedures of operations of some 30 - 35 various equipment pieces, weapon systems, or military tactics. While his testimony served its purpose, a sharp defense of attorney could have gone back on a lot of what was said.
@@elissitdesign haha while, I didn't watch the entire case, the parts I did hear indicated he was a detective? I guess I was confused as to why he was qualified as an expert witness of firearms. Personally, I would say that the designers, the engineers, the armorers would be the best source.
he was planning a massacre 😡 my heart goes out to all these families, this community, all the children , the school faculty , the police department and these prosecutors, and the judge and jury ♥️ My condolences
Hopefully the jury will take into consideration the three cell phone videos he made. That right there says he planned it. My heart breaks for all the families. 🕯️💟🕯️💟🕯️
@ Wendy Marie He should be handcuffed and shackled . But freely sitting there while all these parents and family and friend are grieving their love ones who life he took …. But cry so much for all these families because i know then emptiness, pain, lose, they feel . I pray for them , cry with them , and I am mad with them !!
This trial seems redundant, its already been proven his is guilty way beyond reasonable doubt and gave a confession; give him an execution date and save the tax dollars.
He was never proven guilty. No need, as he confessed and pled guilty to all charges. The point of this is to present evidence that would have been entered during a trial so that he can be sentenced correctly per Florida state law.
I've seen this argument a few times. Personally, I have my view that this felon with the crime committed should lose all rights + name. However, since we are here. Lets explain why the State is going to heavy into the details. They are aiming for a death penalty sentence. It has to be WATER TIGHT. Or else it can be discarded last minute causing more injury to the wound. They are doing a good job. It needs to be played out.
This trial is mostly to determine death penalty vs. life without parole, so the jury needs to be convinced of the extremes and see no sympathy - that's the point and why they're doing so mjch
I built my own ar there is nothing standard about it but since I have a tax stamp for the short barrel the atf considers me the manufacturer but they would still say its modified id imagine
When you put something on a stock item from a car to a firearm it’s modified it’s not stock any make you added something use your words and not your common slang words
@@teamelite77 customized isn't a slang word but nice try. You say anything from even a car. So if someone "adds" pin striping to the car's paint job then that's considered modifying because it changes the way the car operates or performs? I don't think so.
At 1:44 he states that Armalite rifle made for Military purposes is SO WRONG!!!! The AR was made for civilians before the military ever adopted it and it became the M-16. It was available to the civilian population before the military adopted it.
dude, the literal history of the gun states that stoner created the platform as a predecessor to the military m-16. while available for civilians, it was designed for the military and later created the military variant the m-16. just because it was released to the civilian market doesn't mean it wasn't designed for the military, the reason stoner made it was so we had an advantage over the reds aks. not saying it should only be military either, js that the guy in the vid was right and you were actually wrong.
This makes me so disgusted that they let Cruz sit there and doodle on a paper 😡he should be made to pay attention to every word they are sagging. If he needs to say something to his attorney then he can write something . Disgusting absolutely disgusting.
Even though Cruz isn't human, he still has human rights. Which in this case I do think is wrong. I wish they could put him in a soundproof room with every father of a victim and close the door for 30 minutes.
“He shouldn't be allowed to doodle on paper” also “If he needs to say something to his attorney he can write it down” So which is it, is he allowed to write or can he not write?
Imagine being one of those parents and seeing that this man scrounged up any ammo he could to go to school and deliberately end the lives of their children. This type of hate is just sickening.
@@jd-yo2is I care. It implies the simple attachments had some massive change to the lethality of the gun. It's a way for Democrats to demonize simple common accessories as "assault" accessories
@@Time4Project2025 not everything is about your little culture war narrative my dude. This is a prosecutor trying to win a case, and he very clearly goes into plenty of detail on the modifications….
As much as I want jury to hand capitol punishment I’d rather see life without parole in the smallest, darkest, most miserable cell they can find with no reading material and zero luxuries.
As a sound tech myself, although I am having a mild meltdown over them not having lapel mics too let me tell you that is quite offensive of you blaming the techs of this when it is usually the clients fault for not wanting to pay more for them. Those mics in the tables cost about 20-30€ where I live and can sound quite well if you are good at your job, but if you want any quality whatsoever on a lapel mic it's got to be about 100-120€ and the client rarely wants to pay for them and for the tecs to set them up. I'm not blaming you btw, it is obvious that you have minimum knowledge of this job, just wanted to clarify that on behalf of my profession mates over there. It's not that easy of a job as it may seem most times. As sadly most times is, this comes down to budget.
@BuildGUY Right...Sure, it's common knowledge that a 30 round clip can hold more than 30 rounds depending on who loads it. Most responsible gun owners know that.
It’s so bizarre watching school shootings occur so frequently in the US and every time it happens they wonder how such a terrible event can occur. Seemingly blind to the fact that they have a legislation from 1791 that they think is fully applicable today. Land of the free.. I don’t know, here in Europe you can still get a AR/AK type rifle but you have to be 18+ and an active member of a shooting club for 5+ years and get a acceptance letter from the Police & a Social worker/psychiatrist have to evaluate the mental state of the person that’s applying for the weapon. I think they at least should have a more refined evaluation process that removes nutters like Cruz from owning a weapon.
Yeah, that "pesky legislation from 1791" that's kept us free from invasion and our government while Europe has suffered war after war due to dictators and royalty while their unarmed citizens could do nothing. smh
@@georgedolen1486 What’s with this paranoia in the US? And that’s not true, I live in Sweden and we have one of the most restrictive gun laws in the world, We have not been at war for 208 years… meanwhile the US last war in Afghanistan ended a few months ago. That’s a non argument, the military and armed forces fight wars, not untrained civilians with tactical gear… I guess they look cool but a scalpel is only useful in the hand of a surgeon.
@@ayejay5603 Thank you I appreciate that! I have been to the US many times and I really love it, it’s one of the most beautiful countries I’ve been to and I think it’s sad all the violence that’s happening there.
@Dyna Guy Greg Springs don’t weaken from static position… Cycling is why they weaken. People download to 29 rounds to make it easier to do tactical reloads on a closed bolt.
As much as I want to agree with you unfortunately it's cheaper to just give him life without parole. On the bright side I think he wants to die so that life would just be torture.
@@charleshowie2074 it’s way too late for rehabilitation. Still, life imprisonment is the worse fate and it’s what I would give to him if it were up to me.
Title is so misleading 😂 nothing is special about this rifle unless you are uneducated in fire arms and should never make a decision about gun rights. EVER
@@mariothemartian2016 dont forget about the scary handguard with picatinny rails that is “not on the factory version” but S@W quite obviously has a model that comes with it😰😰
As an English guy, I have zero concept on how the hell anyone can by such a thing from a shop!! I have lived 50 plus years in the UK and I have NO idea where to buy a gun from!! Also in British schools in the the last 200 years, only 16 children have been shot, all on one day in 1996, that was the first and last time kids were killed at school! You guys in the US have a serious problem, trouble is though, guns are deep in your DNA, and it will never change!
It’s incredible but the reason they don’t do anything is because it makes money for the manufacturer & America thinks it’s cool own guns tough guy mentality . I saw that in Texas someone has a restaurant where they allow people to walk in with their guns like the cowboys used to . These people aren’t very bright they are hillbillies . It has nothing to do with their rights .I bet some of these tough guys that think caring a gun is cool in a WAR zone wouldn’t know what to do ……but it looks cool owing a gun that how they think Everyone wants to be Rambo in America but these senseless deaths the only ones who cares are the poor parents who have lost their babies . America’s Greed !!!
Yeah these Americans dont understand. Gun store? We fit behave gun sorted in Australia. U dont drive past a guns shop. There aren't any. And to think the thinks it's normal.
As an american, it isnt a gun problem. We used to be able to order any firearm we wanted out of a Sears catalog, including machineguns, delivered right to our door no questions asked. And we never saw a level of violence back then even close to the scale we see today. So what changed? Firarms have only become harder to possess these days compared to back then, so what changed?? We raised an entire generstion of apathetic monsters with no regard for the value of human life. We stopped educating our youth on gun safety which used to be common practice in school. I live in a US state that hasnt had a school shooting since the late 1800s. Only 1 incident on record and was determined to be an accidental death. But gun culture is strong where i live. We went to school with hunting rifles and shotguns locked in our cars in the school parking lot. We had elective classes to teach gun safety and even college credits for shooting trap/skeet in a league. I understand your perspective, but guns certainly aren't the issue. We have a mental health and a socioeconomic crisis here, not a gun crisis.
There are absolutely no 556 rounds that go 4000 feet per second. Maybe some extremely light, 45 grain 223 rounds coming out of a 20 inch barrel can hit 3700-3800 feet per second, but 556 is a nato cartridge that is typically 55 grains or 62 grains, and gets up to 3200-3300 feet per second.
Going into a school with that machine it’s truly shocking and very very scary!!!!!! Those poor beautiful children and their teachers didn’t deserve to die like this they was all innocent
smh NO IT WASN'T. i support its civilian use but this nonsense needs to stop being spread. stoner designed the gun SPECIFICALLY for the military to have an advantage over aks. the fact that it was released to the civilian market does not change that fact. in fact, it was a great thing that a military designed gun was available for the civilian market, and thus should be the example that ALL military guns should be available to the civilian market. it literally takes 10 seconds to research the history of the AR15 and why eugene stoner designed it. the version that was later created, (the m-16,) was the official military variant once it was made, and that was literally what the AR15 was designed to set the premise for. so yes, it was designed for the military, but that doesn't mean civilians shouldn't have access to it. it was in fact designed during a time where a lot of people recognized the need for civilian arms that were on par with military ones. after all, what's the point of having the second amendment if the guns we are allowed to have are less efficient and safe than their military counterparts, of which will always be in the hands of those who commit tyranny against us.
I’m glad that the top comment explains why there is a trial to begin with, it’s obviously not about wether he’s innocent or guilty but wether he is a killer or a kid with “problems” and obviously just by looking at his arrest he pathetically tries to seem insane by asking “What happened? Wtf Where am I?” So it’s safe to say that there is no way the insanity card will be in this freak’s benefit
This guy ain’t got it all Cruz no reason to take away responsible gun owners rights besides what if the police quit nobody supports them in democrat areas
The sad truth is there will be another school shoòting in the USA in the near future as the country is scared to dig into why these occur so often and take a tougher stance on gun control. I couldn't fathom sending my child to a school where you have drills for shootings.
We already have tons of gun control, 300 laws federally, and 20,000 laws stately and locally. Plus, there's still fire drills, earthquake drills, and lockdowns from things like wild animals, which happened to me when I was in school, so how is having a lockdown for active shooters any different?
The fact that a normal citizen can have one of these guns is the worrying thing about this. A 19-year-old person being able to have such a gun is mind-boggling to me. You guys in the US are crazy! I hope we will never allow people to buy and own guns here in Europe.
@@adamjohnson6432 you guys are so indoctrinated that you always use the same stupid arguments. That’s the main one. A loaded gun in the hands of a person is what’s kills someone. If there’s no easy access to guns, there is no loaded gun in the hands of a f*ing kid!! You will never solve that problem in the USA with that mentality. Just don’t export that stupid guns love to Europe.
The title of this video is terrible- making it seem like the rifle was modified to fire rapidly 139 shots. In reality it had only a few extremely common and legal accessories that almost everybody puts on their rifles that would have had no effect at all on the firing rate. The fore grip “for stability” is more for personal preference, the strap is so you either don’t lose it or have to hold it all the time, and the forearm rail is for mounting more accessories(laser/flashlights/etc) which, even by itself, is often not really worth the extra weight it adds. The 5lb trigger pull is standard. It is a civilian version of a military rifle that lacks full auto and burst capabilities. If it was downgraded specifically for civilians it should be common sense that it is not a military weapon.
@@dodo2829 The number of shots fired had nothing to do with the rifle modifications, as the title leads the reader to believe: “Nik Cruz fired 139 shots with modified rifle”
@@CLEVERBRA1N well it doesn't, they didn't say "139 rapid shots" they said shots, it's normal for any weapon to fire more than that amount of shots even if it wasn't modified, and the suspect himself mentioned that the rifle is semi auto, not like the military rifles.
@@dodo2829 The title… not the video. youre making an argument out of nothing. This video made a headline with two things that had nothing to do with one another- it is natural for them to have something to do with one another if you’re going to mention them together. Thus I expected testimony of bump stocks, light triggers, filing down parts etc… NOT 3 ridiculous mods having nothing to do with the subject. In the same way if a headline read “somebody plowed a modified vehicle into a crowd, killing 20” I would expect to hear about power mods etc- not that the car had an aftermarket paint job. Stupid headlines like this are why idiot lawmakers ban aftermarket parts and make stupid rules that do nothing to stop anything.
This was the school shooting that made me buy a shotgun at 18 and take it to school with me and leave it in my car. I was scared of the same thing happening to my school. Was a scary time
Imagine living your life in constant fear. Seriously? Grow up. That was the moment that you realized that you and only you are responsible for your personal safety?
I wish I knew who made 5.56 NATO ammo with a muzzle velocity of 4,000 f.p.s.--I'm not terribly impressed by this expert, and would hate to rely on him for a less open and shut case.
Just the manner in which he handles the rifle despite knowing that it is unloaded with no round in the chamber shows his professionalism. In contrast to ADA that attempted to prosecute Kyle Rittenhouse. That DA pointed the rifle at the jury, he broke the 3 major rules in firearm handling and safety in several seconds almost simultaneously. He should have been instantly fired. An expert never violates these 3 rules but especially in a court room. This is a very easy rifle to declare "safe", but you are theoretically never supposed to assume a firearm is clear and unloaded unless you clear it yourself.
I appreciate this witness not referring to the AR-15 as an “assault rifle” and being mostly unbiased. However I do have a few issues with his testimony. First of all the five pound trigger pull is standard for AR-15s and most other military and law enforcement types of firearms. They use a somewhat heavy five pound trigger pull to help to mitigate negligent/accidental discharges of the firearms. Much lighter and otherwise modified “drop in” AR-15 triggers are legally available to civilians. Also when he referred to the tracer ammunition, he seemed to infer that it is somehow more lethal than ball ammo. Tracer ammunition is only used for tracking the path of the round going down range at night at long distances. Even the military only loads one tracer for every five round, they use other types of ammunition that is going to be more effective on target for the other four of the five. In daylight or indoor lighting at the close ranges that this tragedy happened, the tracer ammunition would not have been visible by the shooter. Also he stated the Lake City ammunition used in this tragedy was manufactured over four or five years. There has been a ammunition shortage for years. The ammunition manufactured has been sold out from suppliers as quickly as Lake City could make it. So unless the shooter began purchasing ammunition when he was around 13 years old, I don’t understand how he could of acquired it. That just seems very odd in my opinion.
The ammo lot numbers are probably from shop owners sitting on ammo stock so they can flip it for a huge mark up. I've seen it at my local, they have pallets of the stuff and claim to be "sold out" so when it hits the shelf it's gone within minutes. It's a sure sale and this terrible practice is keeping a lot of places open right now.
Ammo purchase > perhaps gray market. I wish there had been some more explanation for the jury to understand. Like prosecutor didn't go in to any depth on trigger pull weight. Also further emphasis on the ultimate purpose of the aftermarket parts that the rifle was equipped with.
@@ethanh8791 the only after market parts he had on the rifle were a bipod, A vertical for grip, and a sling. The sling is the only practical one, so you can take your hands off the rifle. A optical sight and a weapon mounted light would of made it a much more effective weapon, however banning those would effect hunters and not get much support from voters. That wouldn’t get modern semiautomatic sporting rifles banned like some people want.
@@crystalmoore7458 Yeah I meant more in terms of conveying the purpose to the audience: the jury. Not for broader lens purposes on 2A rights (was absolutely not intending to dive in to that with my comment). A bipod would be quite useful in prone position on the end of a hallway (like say in a a high school.....) and the vertical foregrip allows you to stabilize over bursts so that was absolutely installed for the purpose of maximizing (hate saying this): efficiency. Basically my point of my initial comment would be to have spelled it out more to the jury since the lawyers have no idea the knowledge of their audience.
Yes there is no change to the gun internally or externally in physical nature wrong choice of word he should of said customised as Cruz did customised the gun with external parts.
Why did they drag dummies across the lawn, as there was a phone call made reporting "body desecration", and the caller was told they were dummies and admitted it was a DRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Possibly. But he didn't need to know more than was necessary to commit his heinous killing spree in which he shot 34 people, 17 of which died of their wounds and 17 survived, undoubtedly scarred physically and mentally for life by the perp's acts. It's hard to see how the jury can give him life imprisonment. I say this even despite not hearing the mitigating factors as to why he should be given a life sentence. The prosecution have done an excellent job in showing how the perpetrator's crime meets the standard for the death penalty.
@@jdramirez7613 what are you on, that isn't even ignored, it's more dramatize than ignored, president Biden literally said that a 9 mil can blow a lung out. a pistol round that even a lot of people think the round is a little weak for self defense.
@@jdramirez7613 guns was a mistake to create we were fine with swords and arrows but nah guess that wasn't enough lets make something that could kill dozens and dozens of people in a few minutes with ease even one moment when you're not aware of your surroundings could cost you you're life what could possibly go wrong this is the world we have to live in now unfortunately
Exactly. And none of that bling makes the rifle any more deadly. True enthusiasts scoff at rifles with that much poser bling attached. Even if he DID modify it himself, why would you add a bi-pod for CQB? This is all a hoax and the bling'd out rifle is for show.
@@reviewiaid6432 it’s impossible and will never happen so everyone should have one so the statistics of murders go up and cause people to freak out even more than they already are. That’s a safe society hahahaha
I'm in the UK and I could buy a gun now and get it in a few days. Of course I won't but it's true that you can't physically stop anyone because there is always and will always be a way
the families don't have to be there from my understanding, but they are wanting to see justice be done. They knew this would not be easy, but not being involved and present at all doesn't feel right either I guess?.... i've never lost a child in this manner, so not sure honestly Edit: or maybe they do have to be there? All I know is that they are trying to figure out whether to kill Cruz or not
@@thisisme3238 They'll never understand that, just get emotional. Last time I'm reading the comments on the trial because its all bloodthirsty crybabies.
To further show that he “deliberately” planned this with intent to kill. Thus, not making it a last minute random act. To show that this @-hole actually did some research
He said several things that were incorrect however he was better than most. Especially that prosecutor, he is very uneducated when it comes to firearms
It does not change the ballistics but it definitely improves performance. Shoot an AR offhand at 100 yards. Fire 10 rounds, and see your grouping. Probably will be around 10 moa. Now shoot it with the bipod and that grouping will close. Even to the most inexperienced shooter, the bipod will help decrease the size of the groupings.
@@westcoastplinkin6559 How does a bipod help someone kill more people in a school shooting? I highly doubt he was ever in a stationary position where he could set a bipod up. Bipods are near useless for offensive attacks. Especially since he's using a AR. It's semi auto .223. You're not getting much less recoil than that. You'd have more of a case if it was automatic.
Firearm expert was very professional and thorough with the details which didn’t seat well with defense counsel, she on other hand was bored and wanted things to move along. Props to the 80yr old litigator with his questions and professional behavior in the courtroom
Magazines don't hold 30 rounds give or take a few. A 30 round magazine holds 30 rounds, not sometimes 31 or a little more than 30. But he got more right than wrong.
i have a ruger 556. its so weird to see people explain how to use guns to people that will probably vote for gun bans. i grew up around guns since iwas like 5. hunting. clay pigeons and target practice. its not the gun. its the people. as long as humans exist there will always be murders
@@nicolebriceno2012 wrong. It's the persons mind that pulls the trigger. A bullet can't kill without someone pulling the trigger. Like u said. Let's be real
@@iBloodYT the point is someone like the parkland shooter shouldn’t have been able to get hs hands on a semi automatic rifle it would’ve been much harder for him to kill that many people if he didn’t have his hands on one! so yeah guns do kill people! a rifle like that was designed for the military so isn’t that its purpose, to kill a lot of people at once.
@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 well he's wrong. All you have to do is look at the history of the rifle. It was designed in 1956 as a "Modern Sporting Rifle" do some research.
Lol either way he's done the damage who cares about any modifications if your arguing about being pro gun lol it makes your comment worse because it shows the damage that gun can do without any proper modifications according to you can do lol
@@sully9836 Another Karen from the UK obsessed with American laws as a dozen people are stabbed in London for their watches and British schoolgirls are “grouped up on” by your many many refugees. 😂
It’s fear-mongering that they call it ‘modified’, despite going into the exact details on the modifications? Pretty sure you’re just complaining over pointless semantics…
6 mins to kill 17 people wound 17 and destroy so many lives and run off just like a coward. Now you sit in court like your tired of being there fighting for your life to live. Absolutely disgusting.
There is absolutely no reason a young man still in high-school should have a gun like this. Or any gun to be honest but this is not a hunting rifle this Is a combat rifle
That won't stop it. It'll only cause more problems. This man's testimony is to establish intent. The criminal was of sound mind when he modified the weapon, meaning his criminal act was pre-meditated. The US still has "innocent until proven guilty." When someone commits a criminal act, such as mass murder, it is established during the court hearings whether or not it was pre-meditated or not. It all needs to be heard because it also affects sentencing.
The "Fired with a modified rifle" part of this title is intentionally misleading to make people think the rifle way modified to shoot faster. It wasn't. A bi-pod would just get in the way in a school shootings scenario. The rail covers are a cosmetic / comfort thing, they are irrelevant for a school shooter scenario. The sling could have been used in a tactical manner but the expert didn't mention that.
I trust the expert. You are blathering over semantics (check the dictionary). Anything he added to the weapon, even what you call cosmetics or for comforting reasons further adds to the scale of level of planning. Cruz added the bi-pod. He thought it will be useful for him, not to you. His thinking matter, not yours. 🔔This testimony is to show the level of planning. The killer already confessed to 17 premeditated murders.✔️ We are in sentencing phase and prosecution wants the death penalty. To make the death penalty stick, the jury has to consider the aggravating factors (like how he *the killer and the killer alone* was meticulous and took his time and great care to kill as many people as he could). He didn't just bought a weapon and went on to kill. All the additions he installed are further proof of the depth of his evil. I'm sick and tired of 2nd-Amendment supporters commenting their ignorance here and, interpreting everything as a slant against them. You are protesting too much.🤷🏽♂️ Customize your weapon all you like. The difference is he murdered many people, and you didn't. Relax!
@@hus390 you missed the entire point of my statement. This that expert testimony, in a sentencing, for a monster that should have been fried a long time ago. I was shocked that Cruz wasn't pushing up daisies already or at least spending the rest of his life in prison being the GF to some prisoner named Bubba. That wasn't my point. I didn't comment of the case at all. I'm sick and fu¢king tired of people using tragedies, to misinform, mislead, and manipulate blithering sheeple like you. The gun grabbers absolutely LOVE school shootings, because they never do anything to protect the kids, just dance on their graves because now they have a chance to pass a law that won't make anyone safer but will chip away at the 2A. Here's a news flash, someone that is going to murder a bunch of kids doesn't give a flying fuc about any gun law! Protect kids in school if easy. Harden the schools, locks on doors would be nice (I'm talking to you, Sandy hook), a way to electronically lock down zones to trap a shooter would help, armed guards or cops that aren't pussies (yes in talking to you, Parkland and Uvalde), allowing qualified teachers to conceal carry and putting up a sign that reads, "this school is armed. Any threat to these children will be met with deadly force! You might want to try the school down the road they believe in gun laws, a warm environment (read soft) and most importantly a sign that they think will keep you from brining a gun on campus." But no, out politician wont fix the problem because they use it to their political advantage. No, no gun law can or will ever save a life, but many have cost some.
@@hus390 the problem is that common modifications for comfort don’t play well into intent. Extremely strenuous to make that connection. Now if he had extra ammunition, tools to be used for maximum damage then that would be better to prove intent, but general modifications that can be used at the range are not proof of intent to harm.
@@hus390 it is the equivalent of saying adding a grill guard, tinted windows, aftermarket exhaust, rims and tires, bucket seats to a vehicle is proof of intent to commit an intentional crash.
There’s no excuse for taking life especially from those who did u no wrong he stole the lives of human beings who had hardly lived of course he’s a victim of his upbringing but that’s to evil to even feel sympathetic
This guy either mis spoke or directly and deliberately lied on the stand. The Armalite Model 15 was designed in the 1950s for the civillian market not military use. Eugene stoner its designer did believe and intend to get the military to adapt a version of it because the concept could be adapted to help the military solve some of its firearms problems in Vietnam. Aldo in the 1960s Armalite and Stoner issued a license to Colt to produce the M16 for military use. It's a completely different rifle.
@dd yeah as much as it hate it being called a military weapon I’m pretty certain Stoner started his whole project trying to get a military contract. And I believe armalite sold the rights to AR-15 so now only colts can technically be called that
@dd No your wrong its easily looked up the AR-10 a 7.62 version of the rifle was originally designed in 1956 as a civillian rifle that it's designer Eugene Stoner and Armalite wanted to sell to the military as well. Armalite lacked the financial resources at the time to mass produce the rifle to sell to anyone. They sold their rights on the design to Colt that made a few immediate changes to the original design and then immediately began selling it to the civillian market while at the same time marketing it to militaries around the world including the US. The US used the M14 a 7.62mm rifle at the time and many in the US Mulitary Chain of Command fought for and against the adaption of the AR-Style rifle into the US Military. In the end the military would insist along with all the other modifications that it be reduced to a 223 Remington cartridge to reduce weight carried by the soldiers and at the same time increase the volume they could fire. This could only be achieved by building an all new rifle the M-16 which had a different name originally. At the same time Colt built the AR-15 and began to sell it to civillians right along with the AR-10. There were many tests the Airforce had given some to some to its police and both companies also marketed to police departments. The M16 did not begin to become available to the military until 1964-1965. They had not become the dominant rifle in the Infantry until 1966 at least all that time Colt was still selling AR-10s and AR-15s in the Civillian Market. The Patton on the design expired in the 1970s and so other manufacturers began making their own semiautomatic versions for the civillian market though from what I understand they way the law worked they are not allowed to call their rifles ARs because for one Armalite is still in business and still owns the trademark. There are lots of firearms that look like ARs that are not even the same design at all but have a similar look. Sig firearms for example makes rifles that look like ARs on the outside and even fire 5.56/223 but they function completely different. You obviously without even realizing it fumbled and mentioned one main difference between actual AR style firearms and those like the SIG that aren't. You mentioned a piston. AR -10s, and 15s don't have a piston they have a direct impingement system where gas created by the round going off is recycled and moves the action directly. Gas piston firearms do so with a gas piston. This is often unscrupulous marketed as a new and improved blah blah blah. It's not the AK-47 was a gas piston rifle. If you pull one of these Gas Piston weapons apart the difference becomes apparent very quickly. For one Gas Piston systems tend to keep the chamber of the firearm much cleaner and so you don't have to clean them nearly as much.
Quit calling it a modified rifle. Adding a sling or a bipod is simply accessorizing. If he replaced the trigger or replaced springs with higher power springs or replaced the gas block with an adjustable gas block or something like that, then you can use the word modified. Otherwise you were just demonizing very common accessories you can buy from Walmart as “modifications“.
@@SM-mr3wp Slings and bipods and grips don’t change the fact it is a rifle and operates exactly as it did from the factory. Therefore it is not modified in anyway. By calling it modified or agreeing to call it modified you are showing your ignorance of how firearms work.
@@mr.nightshade8465 never said I did. Just talking about the fact that modified is being used in the sense that the perpetrator “modified” the rifle from its stock setting. All of you gun nuts are getting your panties rolled up over a word.
Love how he kept the barrel pointing up the entire time. Unlike the prosecution in the rittenhouse trial
Binger bb
@@fartypebbles yeah it matters.
@@fartypebbles The many hundreds if not thousands of people who have been shot accidentally by guns they or others “knew” were unloaded would say it does. It’s not that that particular case presented danger, it’s the danger brought about by the idea that it’s okay to wave around guns you “know” are unloaded. It’s simple enough to always treat guns as if they are loaded to possibly save lives.
@@fartypebbles the 'Know'' proves the point.
@@fartypebbles you should always handle a firearm as if it was loaded, regardless if you know its not loaded. literally the first things you should know about gun safety democrat
The point of all this is to convey to the jury that the shooter was *very* deliberate and cold-blooded in his planning, from fantasizing such a shooting to researching the guns and bullets, and purchasing the necessary equipment. It's about proving how cold-blooded the shooter actually was, not just based off what he said in his videos or posted online on message boards, but by highlighting that he followed through with his actions.
The prosecution's point is not to let the jury have any sympathy whatsoever based on if the shooter just experienced mood swings on the day of the shooting and rashly decided to purchase some random gun and carry out a shooting. The difference between a cold-blooded attack and a sudden, impulsive attack could decide between life in prison and death.
Very well stated 👍
Very well stated
It is also for society to learn the real and devasting effects of the gun culture in the USA. A disturbed individual who fantasizes about murdering people should not have such easy access to purchasing a weapon that can annihilate dozens of people in seconds. I agree with you. Society has laws and a justice system because we are a civilized society, yet we resemble the wild west with the mass shootings happening almost daily in the USA.
@@sachafreedom9134 I agree psychopaths shouldn't have access to legal arms. My question is why hasn't society developed defense against these types of people. Why don't we have heavily armed security at every public school after all these shootings. I'm not talking one guy either. Laws will only do so much and confiscation is unconstitutional and attempts of would likely cause big problems. When our military went to the middle east the were unprepared and had unarmourd humvees and after getting blown up a few time armor and MRAPs mat-ves started getting developed to counter the problem.
Right. Because knowing the manufacturer of the ammo and who made the bipod conveys that. This boarders on ridiculous.
This expert clearly demonstrates respect for what is a deadly weapon. Never does he make believe that he is going to shoot something. He is not holding a toy. I think he conveys that without ever saying it.
This is how you handle all firearms, many people sadly dont grow up to learn the true power of weapons. Seems like too much videogame crap nowadays
He did a very good job of describing it.
Yeah, don’t point it at the jury like the prosecutor in the Rittenhouse trial
@@fivehead6675 you know, I was gonna reply to the original comment something like, "If he didn't treat it appropriately, he wouldn't be an expert"
But after reading your comment, I guess I'm wrong...
@@nmm8817 exactly what I have said... Ever since Call of Duty has hit the shelves our youth believes that to extinguish a life means you can reset tye game and bring them back... In a way to say see you hurt me now stop it... I grew up in rural Central PA... I graduated in 1993... When I was 13 to the age of 16 I spent every summer at the local shooting range for Survival camp... It was 4 weeks starting in mid June till mid July... We had two weeks of fire arm safety, and hunting safety and trapping... The proper does and don't with fire arms archery and fishing... We were taught to come to the range to active shoot and proper trigger positioning... To never take the safety off except for a clear shot at our game animals... What the proper steps even for home invasion or if car jacked if concealed carry... You don't see these camps or classes anymore... Something the American Society definitely needs...
this man is a true professional and it shows... even abiding the rules of firearms in court unlike so many others
This guy doesn't know the history of AR rifle, and he has no idea about 5.5.56/.223 either, you're a clown
He killed 17 people in a highschool, but can't deny he's a professional at what he's doing.
@@SnowdropWood isn't the shooting expert is Cruz?
@@dodo2829 definitely not
bruh the only thing you took from this is that he kept his finger off the trigger and didn't point it at anybody, weird
He even said he had no ammunition on him while he demonstrated how to use the rifle, his professionalism is incredible.
Uh ok. I’m sure they can see the bright red zip tie through the magazine holder and firing chamber
@@tioswift3676 So much better than Binger, the prosecutor at the Rittenhouse trial, who handled Rittenhouse's rifle recklessly before the jury.
@@tioswift3676 it truly depends on who is on the jury. You would be surprised how many people have never handled a firearm even in a 2A friendly state like Florida. They may have seen the zip tie but had no idea what it is. That's why the prosecution and witness are being so meticulous in the testimony.
@@christophdollis1955 True
@@bigfun7372 Good point
This man is a text book professional and should be damn proud of his knowledge and understanding of his job.
Only thing I noticed is he said 556 and 223 are synonymous which they aren’t.
@@koltaire5938 I think he was saying they were synonymous within the context of that rifle since it was manufactured as a 5.56 NATO. But he definitely should have specified
@@koltaire5938 and he clarified what he meant very soon after lol
He's Got Nowt To Be Proud ov son.
@@koltaire5938 He didn't say that. He said the A.R will accept both but that the .556 has more grains of powder.
The only lethal “modification” to that weapon was the attachment of a sick human being.
If only we had some sort of procedure in place to avoid what you call sick human beings from obtaining these highpower rifles so easily. I’m a pro gun law abiding Citizen but people who want to acquire high power rifles should have a more rigorous vetting process
@@Seichmusicaid say first off stop selling any guns to people under 21 they don't need them kids make bad decisions.
A gun doesn’t need any modification to be lethal. The are designed and manufactured for exactly that purpose.
How about we raise funding for mental hospitals where we can permanently store these sick people forever.
@@Seichmusica to be clear, are you saying the muzzle velocity and clip capacity constitute “high power?”
This state attorney is very detailed, organized and professional. He remembers everything he talks about barley refers to reading notes
I was highly absolutely impressed also. The state's attorney has to become an expert in many different disciplines to handle a case like this, weapons, biology, physics, psychology. He has to learn as much about each subject as each expert witness knows. I couldn't do it. I don't know how much he gets paid but I'm sure it's not enough.
@@bigfun7372 in Florida a state attorney makes about 100k a year. I live in Tampa, FL
He’s 80 years old too which is insane to me. Hopefully I’ll be that healthy myself when I get to that age
The dude who murdered people indiscriminately is sitting in a room with the public and is not in hand cuffs? You don't treat anyone who isn't on TV like this.
Defendants are usually not in cuffs during their trials, even mass murderers.
It prejudices the jury, it is the same reason he is not in prison clothes.
My heart breaks for these families u can see how still 5 years on theyre broken like it was yesterday they will never get over what happened....he didn't take 17 lives he took far more 💔
4 years, but yeah. The pain never goes away.
that pain will almost never go away for this heavy case, innocent life's ended to short . I hope he gets life without parole so he can rot in there aside from the easy way out
@@tombuckle7460 There is no sentence mankind could impose on him equal to the severity of his crimes, but God can .... send him on, & let God sort him out.
@@angelodomingo2818 facts. Save tax payer money, fry em.
*@ Miss Vegan* Unfortunately yet importantly, those, the escaping words from the grief stricken heart of countless "men" (biblical reference to both male/female) since his creation. "Far more". The only two words the require it's echo to carry until it's grief stricken heart stops beating...starting the next echo, from the next grief stricken heart. smh 😔
They have some excellent experts testifying in this trial
I agree, everyone is very well spoken and fully knowledgeable in their research and fields
Yea, just not this one
@@chief7839 how is he not well spoken and knowledgeable about what he’s is saying?
@@Lambbeast99 He is a bit fast and loose with the velocity differences. 223 can go every bit of 3100 fps with a 55 grain bullet, 556 (xm193) 55 grain is slightly faster at 3431. The ONLY round in 556/223 ive run in to that hits 4000 fps is the hornady 35 grain ntx superperformance, and that is a 223 cartridge.
@@frankranager8749 He also Said , "The design of it is still the same" -"Along with the foregrips" While touching the handguard. Lmao. Anti 2A will have a field day with those quotes. We're doomed.
I love how Cruz keeps turning to his lawyers for support and they are just like yeah yeah yeah whatever
If i was the prison's warden i would legalize torture in his cell
@@Chris-cx7zk So what you are saying is you have the propensity for violence?.
He shouldn't even be aloud to get next to them like that it's disgusting n not safe .
@@bleuskye8124 I said legalize, not that i would do it haha. Look at you putting words in my mouth
He’s a POS like his attorneys
I wouldn’t like to see this coward suffer terribly in prison until he’s 100 they’ll be people waiting for this sick coward he deserves the DP but I would like to see him suffer a good while
Glad to hear this guy talk about rifles like a professional. Keep barrel pointed up at all times.
Ground is better
@@bretthobson3034 ground looks cooler
I think some people never heard saying what goes up must come back down.
@@le9335 That's just common sense.
I like how his attorneys don’t even want to look at him, everytime he stares at them they feel creeped out and don’t want to stare directly into his eyes 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cruz would steal their souls if they did
😂
So proud of the parents for their impact statements yesterday. I know you guys will probably never read these comments, but Incase you do I want each of you to know how powerful your words are, and you did so well on telling the world how amazing each of your children are. Your strength is inspiring, and I wish you guys didn't have to be strong all the time. I know how hard that is.. but you're moving mountains and we are all so proud of you for being so brave. ❤️
♥️😢
Beautiful words
Well said.❤
Very proud
YESSSSSSS. WHAT MOLLY SAID🤍
His social media activity should have brought enough attention to him to have prevented this, period. These software companies have designed their platforms to detect what they deem false, dangerous, or hate speech,(dangerous to their agenda), but his activity brought no action?
I call bs. Anyone who could have took action here and didn't will face their consequences, perhaps not in this life, but I have no doubt that they will get theirs along with this monster.
@TwinMommy: SoRaya😍 link to the original yt vid who was it
It amazes me that they want a jury to consider not giving death sentence to anyone who put this much thought and time into killing as many people as he could and making them sit in fear not knowing if they were going to be next. I hope they find him guilty. My prayers go out for these poor parents and families and classmates that survived.
He was already found guilty. He admitted to everything. This is to determine the sentence, not guilt or innocence
How can a young guy like
This be able to buy a gun like this is unbelievable
@@annpatrick572 99.9% of young men who buy a rifle don't have homicidal thoughts...and we live in a free country where consumers can buy "dangerous" items every day...you can buy cars with 1000hp, you can buy a pressure cooker, and a refrigerator...a refrigerator? Yeah, a refrigerator...once upon a time there were thousands of deaths caused by being locked in a refrigerator and suffocating to death...do people have to have a background check to build or buy a 1000hp car? Pressure cookers have caused many more injuries than any firearm, yet you never have to get a background check to purchase one...my point? Every step has been taken to make sure that a criminal cannot legally buy a gun...there is one thing that could cause you to wreck your 1000hp car, to lock a person in a refrigerator, to have an injury with your pressure cooker, and that is human interaction with the product...same with firearms, they aren't dangerous until you add human interaction...and if that human has homicidal intent? I don't believe that the government should be able to tell you what products you are allowed to own...especially if that product is able to protect your life, not to mention that it is constitutionally protected 😉
@@annpatrick572 Yes, it's total BS!
@@annpatrick572 his mum had the guns she had 3 in total dont know why she would want 3 guns unless she got them for him he killed his mum first then set of to the school with the guns
The sad faces of the family members in the backround..absolutely heartbreaking 💔 😢
Putting the gun within feet of the defendant that killed their relatives after the professional showed the court how to use it. The crinkling of the packaging containing live rounds and the rounds he used. That would have driven the defendant mad.
What the hell could Cruz be writing-a love letter to Satan?
he's playing hangman
@@drsharidrosen LOL!
They will be meeting soon. He wants to be prepared.
I wonder that to he keeps passing notes to his lawyers what can he be saying to them..
@@teresaroman5259 hes a creep . How he gets so close to them . It shouldn't even be allowed.
I cant imagine the amount of hate that has to build up inside of you to walk into a school with military style weapons and kill everybody you see what happened to this guy? Something like this has to take years to build up and finally get the nerve to do it i cant even hurt a insect without feeling bad
Mental Illness! And childhood Truma, being born on drug's by his mother! He became fascinated with gun's at an very early age. this whole situation is very sad..
An AR-15 is not a ‘military style weapon’ a military rifle is select fire meaning it is capable of Fully automatic fire, meaning one trigger pull means multiple round being fired at once at a rate usually around 4-600rpm or ‘rounds per minute’. It is people like you, who know zero about firearms and the real culture around them who gives real gun owners a disastrous reputation, simply put, if you believe in restricted gun ownership, you have no place to call yourself an american.
The fact is it’s not a military weapon it’s a civilian rifle chambered in .223 Remington
@@SectionZ1996 technically this particular rifle was chambered in 5.56 nato. doesnt make much of a difference but if you start firing 5.56 nato through a rifle actually chambered for .223 remington you run the risk of ruining you gun because 5.56 nato has a larger powder charge than .223. Not trying to be that guy correcting people i was just letting you know in case you have a rifle chambered for .223 and wanted to put 5.56 in it😂😂
What an intelligent, stoic, and truth-telling man. Holy sh*t.
Man this guy is the real deal! Incredible, his expert testimony is excellent!!
Not so much. He gave many inaccuracies about the rifle that just aren’t true. It doesn’t really matter, i hope he gets the death penalty but “experts” shouldn’t give blatant misinformation. They are either misinformed or purposely misleading. I have seen the prosecution do it several times as well
I agree, he has basic knowledge nothing more. It's apparent by his answer, how does the weapon function, that he has no actual clue of how the weapon fires. He called the picatinny rail covers-plates, and much much more. He did okay, but I do not believe he has spent 10,000 hours or more with this type of weapon system, using it, studying it, researching it, cleaning it, repairing them etc. His description of ammunition is also substandard in my opinion. This was my primary assigned weapon, of which I qualified expert with dozens and dozens of times and also used IRL to defend myself and others with as well as having been characterized an actual expert in my field (EIB). Less than 10% of the infantry will ever earn their EIB. The EIB testing includes physical and mental stress, doctrinal procedures of operations of some 30 - 35 various equipment pieces, weapon systems, or military tactics. While his testimony served its purpose, a sharp defense of attorney could have gone back on a lot of what was said.
😂🤣😂🤣 more like a blubbering idiot “nato is a synonym for 223” wtf lol this dude is not an expert
@@Orderofthepheonix you should use your expertise as a service in court. It pays extremely well.
@@elissitdesign haha while, I didn't watch the entire case, the parts I did hear indicated he was a detective? I guess I was confused as to why he was qualified as an expert witness of firearms. Personally, I would say that the designers, the engineers, the armorers would be the best source.
he was planning a massacre 😡 my heart goes out to all these families, this community, all the children , the school faculty , the police department and these prosecutors, and the judge and jury ♥️ My condolences
Hopefully the jury will take into consideration the three cell phone videos he made. That right there says he planned it. My heart breaks for all the families. 🕯️💟🕯️💟🕯️
@ Wendy Marie He should be handcuffed and shackled . But freely sitting there while all these parents and family and friend are grieving their love ones who life he took …. But cry so much for all these families because i know then emptiness, pain, lose, they feel . I pray for them , cry with them , and I am mad with them !!
@@robinroberts2803 I totally agree 💯 with you.
What does it matter whether he planned or just did? People still died.
Regardless of your views on gun control you must admit this never went on in the 70’s and 80’s our society is collapsing
This trial seems redundant, its already been proven his is guilty way beyond reasonable doubt and gave a confession; give him an execution date and save the tax dollars.
He was never proven guilty. No need, as he confessed and pled guilty to all charges. The point of this is to present evidence that would have been entered during a trial so that he can be sentenced correctly per Florida state law.
I've seen this argument a few times. Personally, I have my view that this felon with the crime committed should lose all rights + name. However, since we are here. Lets explain why the State is going to heavy into the details. They are aiming for a death penalty sentence. It has to be WATER TIGHT. Or else it can be discarded last minute causing more injury to the wound. They are doing a good job. It needs to be played out.
Cruz is a victim, too. He was bullied and society failed with him.
Yes!!
This trial is mostly to determine death penalty vs. life without parole, so the jury needs to be convinced of the extremes and see no sympathy - that's the point and why they're doing so mjch
I think a better word than "modified" would be "customized". He didn't modify anything.
Modify is a synonym of customize
I built my own ar there is nothing standard about it but since I have a tax stamp for the short barrel the atf considers me the manufacturer but they would still say its modified id imagine
When you put something on a stock item from a car to a firearm it’s modified it’s not stock any make you added something use your words and not your common slang words
@@teamelite77 customized isn't a slang word but nice try. You say anything from even a car. So if someone "adds" pin striping to the car's paint job then that's considered modifying because it changes the way the car operates or performs? I don't think so.
Yes very true
At 1:44 he states that Armalite rifle made for Military purposes is SO WRONG!!!! The AR was made for civilians before the military ever adopted it and it became the M-16. It was available to the civilian population before the military adopted it.
dude, the literal history of the gun states that stoner created the platform as a predecessor to the military m-16.
while available for civilians, it was designed for the military and later created the military variant the m-16.
just because it was released to the civilian market doesn't mean it wasn't designed for the military, the reason stoner made it was so we had an advantage over the reds aks.
not saying it should only be military either, js that the guy in the vid was right and you were actually wrong.
Sometimes I see "experts" in cases like this that are clearly NOT an expert...but this man 100% is very much an expert.
You have to make an example of people who do stuff like this... 💀☠, he's enjoying all this attention
This makes me so disgusted that they let Cruz sit there and doodle on a paper 😡he should be made to pay attention to every word they are sagging. If he needs to say something to his attorney then he can write something . Disgusting absolutely disgusting.
Even though Cruz isn't human, he still has human rights. Which in this case I do think is wrong. I wish they could put him in a soundproof room with every father of a victim and close the door for 30 minutes.
“He shouldn't be allowed to doodle on paper” also “If he needs to say something to his attorney he can write it down” So which is it, is he allowed to write or can he not write?
The paper should only be used to speak to his attorney. Not for his distraction .
Focus on the evidence and testimonies. His actions in court are irrelevant. He’s literally just sitting there, not causing any problems.
It doesn’t matter whether he doodles on a paper or not. He’s still gonna get either life in prison or death.
Imagine being one of those parents and seeing that this man scrounged up any ammo he could to go to school and deliberately end the lives of their children. This type of hate is just sickening.
he brought hundreds of rounds lmao he didn't scrounge up random bullets
I find it truly horrifying that such a weapon can be purchased. So grateful to live in a society that does not permit this type of thing.
Which cartel-owned country might that be?
@@TheSundayShooter lmao exactly got her, bro can’t even own a gun imagine 🤣🤣🤣🤣. It’s the people who get ahold of the guns that are a problem
Sheeple.... Sorry for you.
Have you fired one though? Don't knock it till you try it
@@TheSundayShooter bro really think he did something by commenting this
Using the term "modified" is really a bit of a stretch here.
So is using the terms assault rifle, machine gun and assault weapon.
no one cares
@@2K9s no one cares
@@jd-yo2is I care. It implies the simple attachments had some massive change to the lethality of the gun. It's a way for Democrats to demonize simple common accessories as "assault" accessories
@@Time4Project2025 not everything is about your little culture war narrative my dude.
This is a prosecutor trying to win a case, and he very clearly goes into plenty of detail on the modifications….
As much as I want jury to hand capitol punishment I’d rather see life without parole in the smallest, darkest, most miserable cell they can find with no reading material and zero luxuries.
How does the state be ok to sell such deadly weapon to a kid..
he was 18 when he bought it. 18 you're old enough to enlist why should you not be allowed to exorcize your God given right to own a semi auto rifle?
I don't think any ARs were ever used in millitary.
@@spaceballs44 That's literally not possible. AR-15s are civilian weapons. You're thinking of m16s or m4s.
@@spaceballs44 Which military? I served and I have never heard of that.
RIFLES ARE MANY MILiTARY USE SOME.
Should be illegal
You'd be wrong
I'm mystified why lapel mics are still apparently unfamiliar to the tech people that set up these televised hearings.
As a sound tech myself, although I am having a mild meltdown over them not having lapel mics too let me tell you that is quite offensive of you blaming the techs of this when it is usually the clients fault for not wanting to pay more for them. Those mics in the tables cost about 20-30€ where I live and can sound quite well if you are good at your job, but if you want any quality whatsoever on a lapel mic it's got to be about 100-120€ and the client rarely wants to pay for them and for the tecs to set them up. I'm not blaming you btw, it is obvious that you have minimum knowledge of this job, just wanted to clarify that on behalf of my profession mates over there. It's not that easy of a job as it may seem most times. As sadly most times is, this comes down to budget.
A 30 round p mag will not hold more than 30 rounds…. This guy is a clown
Yeah he has Read some books but obviously never learned a magazine. I don't know of any AR mags that will hold more than 30
Gun Expert knows his stuff
@BuildGUY Right...Sure, it's common knowledge that a 30 round clip can hold more than 30 rounds depending on who loads it. Most responsible gun owners know that.
@BuildGUY Right, Common knowledge that you can't tell the difference between a magazine that held a tracer round and a magazine that didn't.
@BuildGUY Right....Common knowledge that 5.56 shoots at a higher velocity than .223.
@BuildGUY You are full of it dude. This is not common knowledge at all.
@BuildGUY I am quoting the gun expert. He said higher velocity.
This guys a ballistics expert not a "parkland shooter expert." Get your titles right.
fox news got something wrong, what a shocker
I mean technically he is a parkland shooting expert. He knows more details about this case then most people.
It’s so bizarre watching school shootings occur so frequently in the US and every time it happens they wonder how such a terrible event can occur. Seemingly blind to the fact that they have a legislation from 1791 that they think is fully applicable today. Land of the free.. I don’t know, here in Europe you can still get a AR/AK type rifle but you have to be 18+ and an active member of a shooting club for 5+ years and get a acceptance letter from the Police & a Social worker/psychiatrist have to evaluate the mental state of the person that’s applying for the weapon. I think they at least should have a more refined evaluation process that removes nutters like Cruz from owning a weapon.
Spot on. As someone from the US I appreciate your comment.
Yeah, that "pesky legislation from 1791" that's kept us free from invasion and our government while Europe has suffered war after war due to dictators and royalty while their unarmed citizens could do nothing. smh
@@georgedolen1486 What’s with this paranoia in the US? And that’s not true, I live in Sweden and we have one of the most restrictive gun laws in the world, We have not been at war for 208 years… meanwhile the US last war in Afghanistan ended a few months ago. That’s a non argument, the military and armed forces fight wars, not untrained civilians with tactical gear… I guess they look cool but a scalpel is only useful in the hand of a surgeon.
@@ayejay5603 Thank you I appreciate that! I have been to the US many times and I really love it, it’s one of the most beautiful countries I’ve been to and I think it’s sad all the violence that’s happening there.
Dam I've that. That's a gun law process we need here. That would put individuals at a stand still and cause them not to want to get a gun
A standard 30rd mag is NOT a high capacity
It is never recommended you jam in an extra round beyond the capacity of the magazine.
One more can't hurt surely ;)
@Dyna Guy Greg Springs don’t weaken from static position… Cycling is why they weaken. People download to 29 rounds to make it easier to do tactical reloads on a closed bolt.
@@sam91832 yo 😅
@@sam91832 i can not get 31 rounds in my magazine ONLY 30 FIT IN A 30 ROUND MAGAZINE IF YOU WANT MORE BY A 40 ROUND MAGAZINE IT ONLY HOLDS 40 ALSO.
@@Jasonbourne19741 You can fit an extra round in some magazines
If he doesn't get a death sentence I will lose all faith in humanity
As much as I want to agree with you unfortunately it's cheaper to just give him life without parole. On the bright side I think he wants to die so that life would just be torture.
Sounds like you already have. Rehabilitation is the best outcome.
@@charleshowie2074 it’s way too late for rehabilitation.
Still, life imprisonment is the worse fate and it’s what I would give to him if it were up to me.
@@AubreyFaye It has only been four and a bit years since the shooting. When does the window for rehabilitation close in your opinion?
It will be a rest after such a terrible life that cruz had lived
Title is so misleading 😂 nothing is special about this rifle unless you are uneducated in fire arms and should never make a decision about gun rights. EVER
Assault bipod and assault foregrip is so scary😱
@@littletimmy9686 Its even decked out in black assault paint! What a scary machine-gun! 😱
@@mariothemartian2016 dont forget about the scary handguard with picatinny rails that is “not on the factory version” but S@W quite obviously has a model that comes with it😰😰
@@littletimmy9686 I saw that and did you see the attitude the rifle emitted?? I swear it was chanting 🎶 FJB🎶FJB🎶
As an English guy, I have zero concept on how the hell anyone can by such a thing from a shop!! I have lived 50 plus years in the UK and I have NO idea where to buy a gun from!! Also in British schools in the the last 200 years, only 16 children have been shot, all on one day in 1996, that was the first and last time kids were killed at school! You guys in the US have a serious problem, trouble is though, guns are deep in your DNA, and it will never change!
From brit to brit hear hear!
It’s incredible but the reason they don’t do anything is because it makes money for the manufacturer & America thinks it’s cool own guns tough guy mentality . I saw that in Texas someone has a restaurant where they allow people to walk in with their guns like the cowboys used to . These people aren’t very bright they are hillbillies . It has nothing to do with their rights .I bet some of these tough guys that think caring a gun is cool in a WAR zone wouldn’t know what to do ……but it looks cool owing a gun that how they think Everyone wants to be Rambo in America but these senseless deaths the only ones who cares are the poor parents who have lost their babies . America’s Greed !!!
Yeah these Americans dont understand. Gun store? We fit behave gun sorted in Australia. U dont drive past a guns shop. There aren't any. And to think the thinks it's normal.
As an american, it isnt a gun problem. We used to be able to order any firearm we wanted out of a Sears catalog, including machineguns, delivered right to our door no questions asked. And we never saw a level of violence back then even close to the scale we see today. So what changed? Firarms have only become harder to possess these days compared to back then, so what changed??
We raised an entire generstion of apathetic monsters with no regard for the value of human life. We stopped educating our youth on gun safety which used to be common practice in school. I live in a US state that hasnt had a school shooting since the late 1800s. Only 1 incident on record and was determined to be an accidental death. But gun culture is strong where i live. We went to school with hunting rifles and shotguns locked in our cars in the school parking lot. We had elective classes to teach gun safety and even college credits for shooting trap/skeet in a league. I understand your perspective, but guns certainly aren't the issue. We have a mental health and a socioeconomic crisis here, not a gun crisis.
How those mass stabbings going? It's not the tool, it's thr person using it.
There are absolutely no 556 rounds that go 4000 feet per second. Maybe some extremely light, 45 grain 223 rounds coming out of a 20 inch barrel can hit 3700-3800 feet per second, but 556 is a nato cartridge that is typically 55 grains or 62 grains, and gets up to 3200-3300 feet per second.
Bingo. That 16 in barrel on the s&w 15 wont even reach 3000 fps with factory loaded ammunition
Also, Lake City is Federal.
Going into a school with that machine it’s truly shocking and very very scary!!!!!! Those poor beautiful children and their teachers didn’t deserve to die like this they was all innocent
Supposed “expert “ doesn’t seem to know that the ar-15 was designed for civilian use THEN adopted and modified into the M-16
smh NO IT WASN'T.
i support its civilian use but this nonsense needs to stop being spread.
stoner designed the gun SPECIFICALLY for the military to have an advantage over aks.
the fact that it was released to the civilian market does not change that fact.
in fact, it was a great thing that a military designed gun was available for the civilian market, and thus should be the example that ALL military guns should be available to the civilian market.
it literally takes 10 seconds to research the history of the AR15 and why eugene stoner designed it.
the version that was later created, (the m-16,) was the official military variant once it was made, and that was literally what the AR15 was designed to set the premise for.
so yes, it was designed for the military, but that doesn't mean civilians shouldn't have access to it.
it was in fact designed during a time where a lot of people recognized the need for civilian arms that were on par with military ones.
after all, what's the point of having the second amendment if the guns we are allowed to have are less efficient and safe than their military counterparts, of which will always be in the hands of those who commit tyranny against us.
nerd
how is such a weapon by default even allowed in the first place.
Because Americans put their 'rights' before common sense or even the lives of their children.
because behind every blade of grass is a gun. the reason Russia and China or any other country wants to invade us
@@MrEdmundF orrr it’s because of the fact that you have the worlds most powerful military
This guy isn't much of a expert.
@@spaceballs44 it's almost like watching blasphemy ain't it? I think Binger did a better job in the Rittenhouse trial and that's not saying much.
I’m glad that the top comment explains why there is a trial to begin with, it’s obviously not about wether he’s innocent or guilty but wether he is a killer or a kid with “problems” and obviously just by looking at his arrest he pathetically tries to seem insane by asking “What happened? Wtf Where am I?” So it’s safe to say that there is no way the insanity card will be in this freak’s benefit
What's infuriating is it fooled at least one person in the Jury. Three people got fooled enough to not put this freak down.
This guy ain’t got it all Cruz no reason to take away responsible gun owners rights besides what if the police quit nobody supports them in democrat areas
I love this prosecutor. He walks like he's in pain or uncomfortable. I hope he's ok.
He is 80. His body is probably not as fit as it once was. Though his mind is sharp as can be.
Yeah I noticed that too :( may God bless that man for his service in this case
@@prometheus23c 80!? He does not look it 😲
He's 80 years old, so he minces his steps just like Biden does.
@@joannreyes1773 Nah he looks his age, don't fool yourself
The sad truth is there will be another school shoòting in the USA in the near future as the country is scared to dig into why these occur so often and take a tougher stance on gun control. I couldn't fathom sending my child to a school where you have drills for shootings.
We already have tons of gun control, 300 laws federally, and 20,000 laws stately and locally. Plus, there's still fire drills, earthquake drills, and lockdowns from things like wild animals, which happened to me when I was in school, so how is having a lockdown for active shooters any different?
There's much we can do that doesn't involve infringing on people's rights. The left would have you believe otherwise.
@@robertbinder7296 I totally agree with you.
Where do you get the idea that they're " scared " to dig into why it keeps happening? Many countries are far more violent and have far more crime.
The fact that a normal citizen can have one of these guns is the worrying thing about this. A 19-year-old person being able to have such a gun is mind-boggling to me.
You guys in the US are crazy! I hope we will never allow people to buy and own guns here in Europe.
I thought the same seeing this "gun"
The gun didn't turn this guy into a killer. A gun is neither good nor evil.
@@adamjohnson6432 you guys are so indoctrinated that you always use the same stupid arguments. That’s the main one.
A loaded gun in the hands of a person is what’s kills someone. If there’s no easy access to guns, there is no loaded gun in the hands of a f*ing kid!!
You will never solve that problem in the USA with that mentality. Just don’t export that stupid guns love to Europe.
@@adamjohnson6432 typical gun owner apologist. You guys can’t seem to change.
@@clorofilaazul How did the gun turn him into a killer? Dumb ass!
The title of this video is terrible- making it seem like the rifle was modified to fire rapidly 139 shots. In reality it had only a few extremely common and legal accessories that almost everybody puts on their rifles that would have had no effect at all on the firing rate. The fore grip “for stability” is more for personal preference, the strap is so you either don’t lose it or have to hold it all the time, and the forearm rail is for mounting more accessories(laser/flashlights/etc) which, even by itself, is often not really worth the extra weight it adds. The 5lb trigger pull is standard. It is a civilian version of a military rifle that lacks full auto and burst capabilities. If it was downgraded specifically for civilians it should be common sense that it is not a military weapon.
What are you talking about 😕 he fired 139 shots at students and teachers in the highschool and killed 17 people.
@@dodo2829 The number of shots fired had nothing to do with the rifle modifications, as the title leads the reader to believe:
“Nik Cruz fired 139 shots with modified rifle”
@@CLEVERBRA1N well it doesn't, they didn't say "139 rapid shots" they said shots, it's normal for any weapon to fire more than that amount of shots even if it wasn't modified, and the suspect himself mentioned that the rifle is semi auto, not like the military rifles.
@@CLEVERBRA1N they didn't mention in any way how he fired those 139 shots.
@@dodo2829 The title… not the video. youre making an argument out of nothing. This video made a headline with two things that had nothing to do with one another- it is natural for them to have something to do with one another if you’re going to mention them together. Thus I expected testimony of bump stocks, light triggers, filing down parts etc… NOT 3 ridiculous mods having nothing to do with the subject.
In the same way if a headline read “somebody plowed a modified vehicle into a crowd, killing 20” I would expect to hear about power mods etc- not that the car had an aftermarket paint job.
Stupid headlines like this are why idiot lawmakers ban aftermarket parts and make stupid rules that do nothing to stop anything.
You can tell his lawyer is like “omg I am really representing an evil evil person”
He admitted his guilt let the families vote if he lives or he dies putting the family's through this process would be awful
This was the school shooting that made me buy a shotgun at 18 and take it to school with me and leave it in my car. I was scared of the same thing happening to my school. Was a scary time
Imagine living your life in constant fear. Seriously? Grow up. That was the moment that you realized that you and only you are responsible for your personal safety?
@@texashunter940 are you talking to me?
Notice he didn't say Assault Rifle. Probably because it's NOT AN ASSAULT RIFLE.
A gun that fires ridiculously high powered rounds tho
@@ericthemaestro
No it doesn't. You just don't know anything about firearms.
I wish I knew who made 5.56 NATO ammo with a muzzle velocity of 4,000 f.p.s.--I'm not terribly impressed by this expert, and would hate to rely on him for a less open and shut case.
This lawyer is doing a “Great” job.
How could someone like him get a weapon like that legally
Muttmerica!
Can anyone explain to me why any civilian would need the use of a rifle like that?
Yesss I wouldn’t even want to hold one so scary.
2nd Amedment
you dont need them absent
actually an expert who knows stuff
Everything he said was basic commonsense knowledge about this firearm. He just has to dumb things down for the jury.
This kid had 115 rounds and mad clips and he just sits there with his head down like a coward
mags*
This thing could have wave all his rights and said he wanted the death penalty. These poor parents wouldn't have to go through this.
Doesn't work that way. In Florida, this procedure is mandated by law.
Just the manner in which he handles the rifle despite knowing that it is unloaded with no round in the chamber shows his professionalism. In contrast to ADA that attempted to prosecute Kyle Rittenhouse. That DA pointed the rifle at the jury, he broke the 3 major rules in firearm handling and safety in several seconds almost simultaneously. He should have been instantly fired. An expert never violates these 3 rules but especially in a court room. This is a very easy rifle to declare "safe", but you are theoretically never supposed to assume a firearm is clear and unloaded unless you clear it yourself.
I appreciate this witness not referring to the AR-15 as an “assault rifle” and being mostly unbiased.
However I do have a few issues with his testimony.
First of all the five pound trigger pull is standard for AR-15s and most other military and law enforcement types of firearms.
They use a somewhat heavy five pound trigger pull to help to mitigate negligent/accidental discharges of the firearms.
Much lighter and otherwise modified “drop in” AR-15 triggers are legally available to civilians.
Also when he referred to the tracer ammunition, he seemed to infer that it is somehow more lethal than ball ammo.
Tracer ammunition is only used for tracking the path of the round going down range at night at long distances.
Even the military only loads one tracer for every five round, they use other types of ammunition that is going to be more effective on target for the other four of the five.
In daylight or indoor lighting at the close ranges that this tragedy happened, the tracer ammunition would not have been visible by the shooter.
Also he stated the Lake City ammunition used in this tragedy was manufactured over four or five years.
There has been a ammunition shortage for years. The ammunition manufactured has been sold out from suppliers as quickly as Lake City could make it.
So unless the shooter began purchasing ammunition when he was around 13 years old, I don’t understand how he could of acquired it. That just seems very odd in my opinion.
The ammo lot numbers are probably from shop owners sitting on ammo stock so they can flip it for a huge mark up. I've seen it at my local, they have pallets of the stuff and claim to be "sold out" so when it hits the shelf it's gone within minutes. It's a sure sale and this terrible practice is keeping a lot of places open right now.
Ammo purchase > perhaps gray market. I wish there had been some more explanation for the jury to understand. Like prosecutor didn't go in to any depth on trigger pull weight. Also further emphasis on the ultimate purpose of the aftermarket parts that the rifle was equipped with.
Thanks but I think Ill go with what he said
@@ethanh8791 the only after market parts he had on the rifle were a bipod, A vertical for grip, and a sling.
The sling is the only practical one, so you can take your hands off the rifle.
A optical sight and a weapon mounted light would of made it a much more effective weapon, however banning those would effect hunters and not get much support from voters. That wouldn’t get modern semiautomatic sporting rifles banned like some people want.
@@crystalmoore7458 Yeah I meant more in terms of conveying the purpose to the audience: the jury. Not for broader lens purposes on 2A rights (was absolutely not intending to dive in to that with my comment). A bipod would be quite useful in prone position on the end of a hallway (like say in a a high school.....) and the vertical foregrip allows you to stabilize over bursts so that was absolutely installed for the purpose of maximizing (hate saying this): efficiency. Basically my point of my initial comment would be to have spelled it out more to the jury since the lawyers have no idea the knowledge of their audience.
Nothing on this rifle is modified..
Yes there is no change to the gun internally or externally in physical nature wrong choice of word he should of said customised as Cruz did customised the gun with external parts.
@alkintugsal7563 a mass made bolt on part is not a customization.
@@mrrod3004 What is it than no modification or customisation?
Wow these people dont have a clue about firearms
Why did they drag dummies across the lawn, as there was a phone call made reporting "body desecration", and the caller was told they were dummies and admitted it was a DRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huh?!
This kid has probabley didn't know half that $hit about that gun until today.
Possibly. But he didn't need to know more than was necessary to commit his heinous killing spree in which he shot 34 people, 17 of which died of their wounds and 17 survived, undoubtedly scarred physically and mentally for life by the perp's acts. It's hard to see how the jury can give him life imprisonment. I say this even despite not hearing the mitigating factors as to why he should be given a life sentence. The prosecution have done an excellent job in showing how the perpetrator's crime meets the standard for the death penalty.
@@bigbootyhunta its disturbing how ppl choose to ignore the fact on how much destruction one of these rifles can cause in under 10 minutes
@@jdramirez7613 what are you on, that isn't even ignored, it's more dramatize than ignored, president Biden literally said that a 9 mil can blow a lung out. a pistol round that even a lot of people think the round is a little weak for self defense.
@@jdramirez7613 guns was a mistake to create we were fine with swords and arrows but nah guess that wasn't enough lets make something that could kill dozens and dozens of people in a few minutes with ease even one moment when you're not aware of your surroundings could cost you you're life what could possibly go wrong this is the world we have to live in now unfortunately
Exactly. And none of that bling makes the rifle any more deadly. True enthusiasts scoff at rifles with that much poser bling attached.
Even if he DID modify it himself, why would you add a bi-pod for CQB? This is all a hoax and the bling'd out rifle is for show.
AR-15 was originally developed for the CIVILIAN market and then adopted by the military.
ssshhhh the expert is speaking
@@ninja29mv 🤣
I want to know what makes the gun modified? Looks like a normal AR15.
It's not modified. They're just normal accessories you can purchase anywhere.
@@ukmedicfrcs yes that is why I asked. The media loves to play with words.
Lock this dude up forever already.
How the heck did the killer get his hands on such a weapon and ammo for it?
you can get one all over the place here in America. as long as your 18 and can pass a background check its awesome!
YOU WILL NEVER STOP PEOPLE FROM GETTING ANY KINDS OF GUNS ON THE STREETS
Its hard but its not impossible
@@reviewiaid6432 it’s impossible and will never happen so everyone should have one so the statistics of murders go up and cause people to freak out even more than they already are. That’s a safe society hahahaha
It's actually easy I can buy a ghost gun online rn and buy the parts from a gun store and easily make a homemade gun it's easier than ppl think it is
I'm in the UK and I could buy a gun now and get it in a few days. Of course I won't but it's true that you can't physically stop anyone because there is always and will always be a way
@@reviewiaid6432 It is absolutely impossible.
I don't see how this is necessary! There just hurting the families more and more.
the families don't have to be there from my understanding, but they are wanting to see justice be done. They knew this would not be easy, but not being involved and present at all doesn't feel right either I guess?.... i've never lost a child in this manner, so not sure honestly
Edit: or maybe they do have to be there? All I know is that they are trying to figure out whether to kill Cruz or not
It's part of the trial.
@@thisisme3238 They'll never understand that, just get emotional. Last time I'm reading the comments on the trial because its all bloodthirsty crybabies.
To further show that he “deliberately” planned this with intent to kill. Thus, not making it a last minute random act. To show that this @-hole actually did some research
Hey, a firearms expert who actually isn’t a tool.
Yeah this guy was actually really educated. You can 100% tell he owns guns himself and is pro 2A
He said several things that were incorrect however he was better than most. Especially that prosecutor, he is very uneducated when it comes to firearms
@@HkMp5Guy such as?
@@HkMp5Guy no, he didnt. Funny how the know it alls who are finding fault in the comments, fail to cite even one mistake he made
@@milesstover3724 for one the original ar was not designed with a foregrip like he said.
No one other than the military and police should own a gun like that. That type of gun sale should be banned to all civilians
He added a foregrip and a red dot. That’s hardly modified. It does nothing to change the ballistics of the rifle.
red dot?
@@Darkstar2520 sight
It does not change the ballistics but it definitely improves performance. Shoot an AR offhand at 100 yards. Fire 10 rounds, and see your grouping. Probably will be around 10 moa. Now shoot it with the bipod and that grouping will close. Even to the most inexperienced shooter, the bipod will help decrease the size of the groupings.
wat noob uses red dot rofl
@@westcoastplinkin6559 How does a bipod help someone kill more people in a school shooting? I highly doubt he was ever in a stationary position where he could set a bipod up. Bipods are near useless for offensive attacks. Especially since he's using a AR. It's semi auto .223. You're not getting much less recoil than that. You'd have more of a case if it was automatic.
Firearm expert was very professional and thorough with the details which didn’t seat well with defense counsel, she on other hand was bored and wanted things to move along. Props to the 80yr old litigator with his questions and professional behavior in the courtroom
Magazines don't hold 30 rounds give or take a few. A 30 round magazine holds 30 rounds, not sometimes 31 or a little more than 30. But he got more right than wrong.
He fkd up the 223 and 556 class ammo also 🤷♂️
He got a lot wrong. He's an idiot for being considered a firearms expert.
i have a ruger 556. its so weird to see people explain how to use guns to people that will probably vote for gun bans. i grew up around guns since iwas like 5. hunting. clay pigeons and target practice. its not the gun. its the people. as long as humans exist there will always be murders
best comment!
but what ACTUALLY kills the person is the bullets, lmao be fr
@@nicolebriceno2012 wrong. It's the persons mind that pulls the trigger. A bullet can't kill without someone pulling the trigger. Like u said. Let's be real
@@nicolebriceno2012 if your family got hit by a drunk driver and they die are u going to blame the car? Lol be real ..
@@iBloodYT the point is someone like the parkland shooter shouldn’t have been able to get hs hands on a semi automatic rifle it would’ve been much harder for him to kill that many people if he didn’t have his hands on one! so yeah guns do kill people! a rifle like that was designed for the military so isn’t that its purpose, to kill a lot of people at once.
Why does civilian in the USA need AR15 in their daily life ??
It's the bill of rights, not the bill of needs.
@@mountsj why specifically an AR though, why would a civilian need a military firearm?
@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 it's not a military firearm
@@mountsj thats what the firearm expert said, and I’d rather believe him then some random dude on the internet…
@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 well he's wrong. All you have to do is look at the history of the rifle. It was designed in 1956 as a "Modern Sporting Rifle" do some research.
Unintentional ASMR with the bags ✨
It is INSULTING THAT LAW MAKERS ONLY PROTECT THEMSELVES!!!!
I don’t understand your comment can you elaborate?
It has a shitty bipod, vertical foregrip, and a $20 sling.. that’s not modified. Some fear mongering from this trail huh.
Lol either way he's done the damage who cares about any modifications if your arguing about being pro gun lol it makes your comment worse because it shows the damage that gun can do without any proper modifications according to you can do lol
“That gun” you mean any semi automatic weapon right? Because the outcome is the same no matter semi automatic rifle you use
@@sully9836 Another Karen from the UK obsessed with American laws as a dozen people are stabbed in London for their watches and British schoolgirls are “grouped up on” by your many many refugees. 😂
It’s fear-mongering that they call
it ‘modified’, despite going into the exact details on the modifications?
Pretty sure you’re just complaining over pointless semantics…
@@lolyourmad2181 I'm not against guns but I just think his comment is abit silly
6 mins to kill 17 people wound 17 and destroy so many lives and run off just like a coward. Now you sit in court like your tired of being there fighting for your life to live. Absolutely disgusting.
Not only did he run off, but ran to buy a drink at a Subway and was found near a McDonald’s…bazaar!
There is absolutely no reason a young man still in high-school should have a gun like this. Or any gun to be honest but this is not a hunting rifle this Is a combat rifle
I don’t see anything modified on it other than attachments…
Seems like a waste of money with these experts, let the parents have their way with him if you want school shootings to stop
Well said
That won't stop it. It'll only cause more problems. This man's testimony is to establish intent. The criminal was of sound mind when he modified the weapon, meaning his criminal act was pre-meditated. The US still has "innocent until proven guilty." When someone commits a criminal act, such as mass murder, it is established during the court hearings whether or not it was pre-meditated or not. It all needs to be heard because it also affects sentencing.
Its seems society refuses to learn this lesson they think it's too barbaric or somthin👎its chicken$hit really
The "Fired with a modified rifle" part of this title is intentionally misleading to make people think the rifle way modified to shoot faster. It wasn't.
A bi-pod would just get in the way in a school shootings scenario. The rail covers are a cosmetic / comfort thing, they are irrelevant for a school shooter scenario. The sling could have been used in a tactical manner but the expert didn't mention that.
I trust the expert. You are blathering over semantics (check the dictionary). Anything he added to the weapon, even what you call cosmetics or for comforting reasons further adds to the scale of level of planning. Cruz added the bi-pod. He thought it will be useful for him, not to you. His thinking matter, not yours. 🔔This testimony is to show the level of planning. The killer already confessed to 17 premeditated murders.✔️ We are in sentencing phase and prosecution wants the death penalty. To make the death penalty stick, the jury has to consider the aggravating factors (like how he *the killer and the killer alone* was meticulous and took his time and great care to kill as many people as he could). He didn't just bought a weapon and went on to kill. All the additions he installed are further proof of the depth of his evil. I'm sick and tired of 2nd-Amendment supporters commenting their ignorance here and, interpreting everything as a slant against them. You are protesting too much.🤷🏽♂️ Customize your weapon all you like. The difference is he murdered many people, and you didn't. Relax!
@@hus390 you missed the entire point of my statement. This that expert testimony, in a sentencing, for a monster that should have been fried a long time ago. I was shocked that Cruz wasn't pushing up daisies already or at least spending the rest of his life in prison being the GF to some prisoner named Bubba. That wasn't my point. I didn't comment of the case at all.
I'm sick and fu¢king tired of people using tragedies, to misinform, mislead, and manipulate blithering sheeple like you. The gun grabbers absolutely LOVE school shootings, because they never do anything to protect the kids, just dance on their graves because now they have a chance to pass a law that won't make anyone safer but will chip away at the 2A. Here's a news flash, someone that is going to murder a bunch of kids doesn't give a flying fuc about any gun law! Protect kids in school if easy. Harden the schools, locks on doors would be nice (I'm talking to you, Sandy hook), a way to electronically lock down zones to trap a shooter would help, armed guards or cops that aren't pussies (yes in talking to you, Parkland and Uvalde), allowing qualified teachers to conceal carry and putting up a sign that reads, "this school is armed. Any threat to these children will be met with deadly force! You might want to try the school down the road they believe in gun laws, a warm environment (read soft) and most importantly a sign that they think will keep you from brining a gun on campus."
But no, out politician wont fix the problem because they use it to their political advantage. No, no gun law can or will ever save a life, but many have cost some.
@@hus390 the problem is that common modifications for comfort don’t play well into intent. Extremely strenuous to make that connection.
Now if he had extra ammunition, tools to be used for maximum damage then that would be better to prove intent, but general modifications that can be used at the range are not proof of intent to harm.
@@hus390 it is the equivalent of saying adding a grill guard, tinted windows, aftermarket exhaust, rims and tires, bucket seats to a vehicle is proof of intent to commit an intentional crash.
@@hus390 these aren't modifications whatsoever. These are just accessories.
There’s no excuse for taking life especially from those who did u no wrong he stole the lives of human beings who had hardly lived of course he’s a victim of his upbringing but that’s to evil to even feel sympathetic
After seeing the evidence, I now see he understood exactly what he was doing.
i hate this fearmongering, customizing a rifle is no differnt then adjusting a car seat and playing your spotify listen
This guy either mis spoke or directly and deliberately lied on the stand. The Armalite Model 15 was designed in the 1950s for the civillian market not military use. Eugene stoner its designer did believe and intend to get the military to adapt a version of it because the concept could be adapted to help the military solve some of its firearms problems in Vietnam. Aldo in the 1960s Armalite and Stoner issued a license to Colt to produce the M16 for military use. It's a completely different rifle.
@dd yeah as much as it hate it being called a military weapon I’m pretty certain Stoner started his whole project trying to get a military contract. And I believe armalite sold the rights to AR-15 so now only colts can technically be called that
@dd No your wrong its easily looked up the AR-10 a 7.62 version of the rifle was originally designed in 1956 as a civillian rifle that it's designer Eugene Stoner and Armalite wanted to sell to the military as well. Armalite lacked the financial resources at the time to mass produce the rifle to sell to anyone. They sold their rights on the design to Colt that made a few immediate changes to the original design and then immediately began selling it to the civillian market while at the same time marketing it to militaries around the world including the US. The US used the M14 a 7.62mm rifle at the time and many in the US Mulitary Chain of Command fought for and against the adaption of the AR-Style rifle into the US Military. In the end the military would insist along with all the other modifications that it be reduced to a 223 Remington cartridge to reduce weight carried by the soldiers and at the same time increase the volume they could fire. This could only be achieved by building an all new rifle the M-16 which had a different name originally. At the same time Colt built the AR-15 and began to sell it to civillians right along with the AR-10. There were many tests the Airforce had given some to some to its police and both companies also marketed to police departments. The M16 did not begin to become available to the military until 1964-1965. They had not become the dominant rifle in the Infantry until 1966 at least all that time Colt was still selling AR-10s and AR-15s in the Civillian Market. The Patton on the design expired in the 1970s and so other manufacturers began making their own semiautomatic versions for the civillian market though from what I understand they way the law worked they are not allowed to call their rifles ARs because for one Armalite is still in business and still owns the trademark. There are lots of firearms that look like ARs that are not even the same design at all but have a similar look. Sig firearms for example makes rifles that look like ARs on the outside and even fire 5.56/223 but they function completely different. You obviously without even realizing it fumbled and mentioned one main difference between actual AR style firearms and those like the SIG that aren't. You mentioned a piston. AR -10s, and 15s don't have a piston they have a direct impingement system where gas created by the round going off is recycled and moves the action directly. Gas piston firearms do so with a gas piston. This is often unscrupulous marketed as a new and improved blah blah blah. It's not the AK-47 was a gas piston rifle. If you pull one of these Gas Piston weapons apart the difference becomes apparent very quickly. For one Gas Piston systems tend to keep the chamber of the firearm much cleaner and so you don't have to clean them nearly as much.
This is disgusting and extremely disturbing
Quit calling it a modified rifle. Adding a sling or a bipod is simply accessorizing. If he replaced the trigger or replaced springs with higher power springs or replaced the gas block with an adjustable gas block or something like that, then you can use the word modified. Otherwise you were just demonizing very common accessories you can buy from Walmart as “modifications“.
You really need to look up the definition of “modification” before commenting something so stupid. 🤦🏽♂️
@@SM-mr3wp Slings and bipods and grips don’t change the fact it is a rifle and operates exactly as it did from the factory. Therefore it is not modified in anyway. By calling it modified or agreeing to call it modified you are showing your ignorance of how firearms work.
@@SM-mr3wp Yeah you apparently know nothing about guns
@@mr.nightshade8465 never said I did. Just talking about the fact that modified is being used in the sense that the perpetrator “modified” the rifle from its stock setting. All of you gun nuts are getting your panties rolled up over a word.
@@clayhughes3263 A bipod does help improve performance. It will tighten groups because it allows for a far better stable platform rather than offhand.
139 bullets and only killed 17 that should be a crime itself
Broooo