Opinion ID: 682805
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Heading: Evidence on the Interstate Movement of the Firearm.

Text: 27 Defendant's final point on appeal is that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting the testimony of ATF Agent Richard Turner. Agent Turner testified generally that there are not, and have never been, any manufacturers of revolvers in Oklahoma. Accordingly, Turner opined, any revolver used during a carjacking in Oklahoma necessarily travelled in interstate commerce. 4 28 Turner had not examined any particular firearm in connection with this case and had no knowledge or opinion about the firearm identified in the indictment. The gun in question was never recovered and was not available at trial. However, the government was not required to introduce the actual firearm to proceed on the section 922(g) charge. United States v. Hamilton, 992 F.2d 1126, 1128 (10th Cir.1993); United States v. Gregg, 803 F.2d 568, 572 (10th Cir.1986). 29 Defendant merely argues that the gun in question was not sufficiently identified to provide foundation for Agent Turner's testimony. He points to United States v. Gregg, 803 F.2d at 571, where testimony about the interstate travel of the gun in question was allowed only after a detailed description of the gun was provided by witnesses to the crime. 30 Although the gun in the instant case was described in far less detail than in Gregg, it was identified as a revolver. Holden testified that the defendant was holding a silver, large caliber revolver which looked like the gun used in the courtroom demonstration of the carjacking. Holden's testimony that a revolver of that general description was involved in the carjacking provided sufficient foundation for Agent Turner's testimony that no revolvers are manufactured in Oklahoma and, thus, the gun must have travelled in interstate commerce. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the agent's testimony. 31 AFFIRMED.