• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Maybe plotting how to dispose of it, perhaps extra paranoid with how much he blew up. Unfortunately all the memes of him probably helped spread the search for him. Not everyone who saw a meme agreed with his actions.

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      13 days ago

      It was a ghost gun, he could have thrown it into any ditch and not have it traced back to him.

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        13 days ago

        He’d probably be ditching more than just that. He could be caught on a security camera disposing of it which could give further clues. He may also had no intention of disposal and intended to keep the firearm.

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          13 days ago

          There are not security cameras all the way.

          He may also had no intention of disposal

          The whole point of a ghost gun is to be able to throw it away and have it not traced back to you.

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            12 days ago

            Private security footage could have caught him disposing, someone could have witnessess and grabbed another photo of him using his their cell phone. He could be worried about finger prints on the gun or other biological clues. And if a ghost gun is so untraceable, keeping it after a crime shouldn’t be proof, because how do you prove it was this ghost gun used in the crime? He could claim he just keeps it for self defense or was interested in how far 3D printed tech has come

            He could be planning another assassination or desire to keep the weapon for self defense purposes. I think you are downplaying the parannoia that would come with such a large scale manhunt accompanied with becoming an internet meme spreading your photo and awareness of your act over night. Paranoia makes you constantly think “but what if?” And that paranoia is even stronger in an extreme circumstance like this.

            The fact is, we may never know why he kept it.

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              11 days ago

              Even without serial number, a ghost gun will leave rifling marks on the bullets which can be compared by firing the gun into ballistic gel