Sig Sauer P239 in .40 S&W. It’s double action for the first round, single action after with a decocking lever. The hammer is bobbed, but it could be “cocked” for the first shot by someone who knew how it operated. In court the police expert who tested the piece said it had a single action trigger pull of about five pounds and double action pull of about ten pounds. Normal for a pistol of this type. It was in good working order.
It’s possible but unlikely that the pistol was cocked with a round in the chamber when the felon took possession of it. More likely he had to overcome the longer, harder double action trigger pull.
Either way, you have to pull the trigger to make it go boom. I’d wager the felon pulled the trigger to see if the thing would fire, because he’s that addled and/or stupid.
If this guy walked because the trigger was too light, every single criminal shooting could be blamed on the correct functioning of the firearm. If he walked because he didn’t know guns fire when you pull the trigger, same thing, anybody could plead stupid and walk.
The POS defense attorney was pushing the “hair trigger” thing with the jury. I hope he rots in Hell after being “accidentally” shot by an illegal alien.
And the single action trigger on that Sig or any Sig for that matter is not a "hair trigger".
He is not a chimp like the one in Planet of the Apes with the AK.
He is a career criminal who knew what was in his hand and what would happen if he pointed it at someone and pulled the trigger.
Common sense also tells us that he stole the pistol.
If the average subject of the People's Republic of CA had a loaded pistol stolen from an unlocked vehicle that was later used in a homicide they would be up S*** Creek.
Not this fed though.