[2ndDivisionVet]

Haven't we all owned one at one time or another?

[ozzymandus]

That’s pretty much a wild-assed guess. The author doesn’t even know if it was a .22, let alone the make and model.

[piasa]

Every squirrel hunter in Missouri owns one- it used to be a typical young boy’s first firearm, and you can get to be an excellent marksman hunting squirrel.

[MilesVeritatis]

I’m pretty sure many of the police officers know whether it was a 22LR or a more powerful centerfire rifle round just by the sound.

[eartick]

Nope, grew up with a bolt action then a lever action Win 9422.

Could not afford the ammo or missing multiple times.

125 yards with a 22 is a nice shot on a still day. If any wind at all you would have to play the Kentucky windage on the shot.

[Travis McGee]

I agree, .22LR from a semi-auto rifle.

If it was a .223, we’d be talking about police funerals.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Hitting an 8″ target at 150 yards is well within the grasp of most people, with the most basic instruction.

I don't agree. With a 22 that is pretty good shooting. Darn good shooting without a scope. Factor in elevation, wind and lighting and someone would have to have experience as well as preplanned sighting in which took into account any elevation.

If it was a 22, it wasn't just some dickhead who grabbed a gun and did it on impulse.

I have read very little about the incident, so I am just shooting off my mouth with nothing to go on....like Dean. His guessing the make of the gun really makes the piece goofy.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The latest spin from dummieland is that RW radicals were shooting at the mob, missed them all and hit the cops.

They aren't discussing the murdered Iraqi at all.

[newnhdad]

so now everyone is a crime scene tech and an expert on how body parts like bones, cartilage and muscle effect the movement of projectiles through human tissue.

This is why I hate TV...

[moovova]

My first tube-fed 22 rifle was a Ted Williams, back in the ‘60s. I remember my father taking me to the gun counter at Sears. It showed up under the Christmas tree...from Santa.

I still have it, although it’s in pieces.

[Vaduz]

Sounds like more logic from the Obama war room.

[Vermont Lt]

Not to argue too much, but an AR has almost no recoil. I could have done that with an AR-15 without any trouble.

[MilesVeritatis]

Update: there’s at least one report of 40 caliber bullets being used.

A spokesman for the St. Louis Police Officers Association, Jeff Roorda, says that “it appears” the police officers were shot with 40 caliber bullets.

http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/police-spokesman-discusses-dead-cops-remark-412716611767