Yes, I always top up my magazine. And if I fire the chambered round one round will be stripped from the magazine leaving it one round short of full. No?
Yes it will, and if you re-read the article, that’s what it appears to be he’s saying, the magazine had one round missing, the chamber contained one unfired round, thus the only round missing from the magazine was the unfired round in the chamber.
Anyway, we’re arguing about something some reporter claims he heard from someone who claims to know something. When we get the lab work back, we’ll know exactly what was found. My memory is that some other report mentioned recovering a casing, but so far I haven’t dug it up.
Found it... it’s in the Prosecutor’s charge:
“Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest. When police arrived Zimmerman admitted shooting Martin. Officers recovered a gun from a holster inside Zimmerman’s waistband. A fired casing that was recovered at the scene was determined to have been fired from the firearm.”