[Mobile Vulgus]

Is it sudden jihadi syndrome from an American convert??

[Carpe Cerevisi]

I hear that he was really on his way to a barn raising.

[sima_yi]

... a .223-caliber assault rifle that had been altered to fire .50-caliber ammunition."

What? Exactly how is that supposed to have been done?

[oh8eleven]

Our prisons are full of Muslim converts and have been for many decades. Probably the most famous was Malcolm X.
They hate whitey, they hate America, they hate everything, all as an excuse for being a loser in life.

[blam]

Lloyd Woodson

[puppypusher]

How does one alter a .223 calibre assault rifle so it can fire 50 calibre bmg rounds?The pressures on the barrel of that weapon would be so great that the weapon would not only be dangerous to its target.It would be dangerous to the shooter as well.

[OB1kNOb]

Funny, he doesn’t look Amish.

[Disambiguator]

a .223-caliber assault rifle that had been altered to fire .50-caliber ammunition."

I would guess that this was a AR-style rifle chambered in .50 Beowulf. Remember, if a journalist is writing about firearms, the information is probably incorrect.

[faucetman]

Navy record is new info. Where was he for those EIGHT years? Is he a MOOSLIM? Did he have a job? If not where did his money come from? What was it that was suspicious, that prompted calling police? How the heck did he almost get away? Maybe that handcuffing thing while questioning a suspicious person would have been helpful here. Just wondering.

[dangerdoc]

50 cal conversion ping.