Mr. Eisenberg. Is this type of cartridge readily available for purchase?
Mr. Frazier. Yes; it is. Information we have indicates that 2 million rounds of this ammunition was reimported into this country and placed on sale.
Mr. Eisenberg. Commission Exhibit No. 141, the cartridge found in the chamber—I should say, was found in the chamber. Do you draw any inference from the fact that the cartridge was found in the chamber? In your experience, does one automatically reload whether or not one intends to fire, or is there a special significance in the fact that the cartridge had been chambered?
Mr. Frazier. I would say no, there would be no inference which I could draw based on human behavior as to why someone would or would not reload a cartridge. Normally, if you were—in my experience—shooting at some object, and it was no longer necessary to shoot, you would not reload.
You may or may not reload. It would be a normal thing to automatically reload. But not necessarily in every instance.
Mr. McCloy. Do you have any information of your own knowledge as to whether this cartridge was in the chamber or not at the time the rifle was found?
Mr. Frazier. Only as furnished to me—it was submitted as having been removed from the rifle by the Dallas Police Department.
Mr. McCloy. As having been removed from the chamber?
Mr. Frazier. From the chamber of the rifle.
Mr. McCloy. But you did not remove it yourself?