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Originally Posted by Samoht [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's a lot of words just to say "we don't have any smoking gun after all"

The term "smoking gun" is a reference to an object or fact that serves as conclusive evidence of a crime or similar act, just short of being caught in flagrante delicto. "Smoking gun" refers to the strongest kind of circumstantial evidence, as opposed to direct evidence. Direct evidence would include the entire action; i.e. the action of pulling the trigger, firing the gun, and the victim falling.[1]

The phrase originally came from the idea that finding a very recently fired (hence smoking) gun on the person of a suspect wanted for shooting someone would in that situation be nearly unshakable proof of having committed the crime. A variant of the phrase (as "smoking pistol") is used in the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" (1893).[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_gun

Fun fact: Gemstones from Brell Rants Page 8 was referred to as Sherlock Fucking Holmes.