gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (M-16)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2002-10-24 03:18 pm

Oh Please!

Now that they think they have caught the D.C. sniper, we are beginning to hear loads of bullshit.

To begin with, CNN was making a big deal over the fact that the suspect shot Expert with the M-16 while in the army. So what? The '16 is an easy weapon to fire, and every soldier has ample opportunities to shoot the required 36 out of 40.

Secondly, I heard a talking head describe DOOM as a "sniping game." Right. Last time I looked, sniping does not involve automatic weapons and pulse cannons.

[identity profile] todkaninchen.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Support pukes don't get as much oppurtunity, and it appears that's what the guy was...

The scary thing was that I was reading about the same thing they were talking about (sniper hides in cars/trucks) a couple weeks ago... (I can't remember where...) and that it used to be an IRA tactic.

The news, so far, are making a bigger deal out of the Islamic connection than that. They've even pointed out that, because of a restraining order, it was illegal for him to own as it was...

[identity profile] todkaninchen.livejournal.com 2002-10-25 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
...And the only AR15 variant the Maryland County Police chose to show as a possible example:

http://www.co.mo.md.us/services/police/media/pressrelease/rifle/1assualt.html

...Is a museum piece.

*smirk*

A gen-u-ine prototype CAR-15.

(The stock extends and the very short barrel/triangular handguards are obvious.)

(Want one!)