We might appropriately need this because the article mentions Ann.
Posted on 12/01/2004 1:26:57 PM PST by Dr.Syn
Great bashing of NYSlimes coverage of Wisconsin hunting murders.
Gee, I thought it was the moron behind the gun that did the killing. Silly me. (Sarcasm)
I thought is was SUVs that did the killing.
The author of this piece should adjust the article to reflect the fact that the NSSF guy was misquoted by the times (gee, what a surprise there).
See an email from larry keane at ar15.com
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=299360
We might appropriately need this because the article mentions Ann.
Nah, couldn't be. We gave SUV a medal for running over a couple of bad guys last week!
Yep NY Slimes and Mr. Butterfield! Them SKS's are a rare gun. /sarcasm off
This kind of reporting is why I call it the Putzpuller Prize!
Love that line. In fact I'm officially stealing it right now.
Who does Ann have in her sights?
Rare Weapon to Hunt Deer nyt
By FOX BUTTERFIELD
November 23, 2004
The rifle that killed five Wisconsin hunters and wounded three more on Sunday was an SKS 7.62-millimeter semiautomatic assault weapon not normally used in hunting animals.
"This is not a gun you go deer hunting with," said Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry trade association.
The reason the SKS is not used by hunters, Mr. Keane said, is that it is designed for combat soldiers and is therefore underpowered for killing an animal like a deer with a single shot, the goal of good hunters.
"The ethics of hunting are you don't want the animal to suffer needlessly," Mr. Keane said.
Mr. Keane said he suspected that the man accused of the Wisconsin killings was not a trained hunter, since with the SKS he was carrying, he would have had to shoot a deer several times to kill it.
The SKS is a precursor of the AK-47 assault rifle. Though it has a longer barrel, it otherwise looks much like the AK-47. It has become popular in the United States among gun collectors, target shooters and some criminals, because it sells for less than $200, or more than $100 less than an AK-47, said Kristen Rand, legislative director of the Violence Policy Center, a gun control group.
By executive order, President Bill Clinton barred the importing of Chinese- and Russian-made SKS rifles. But the Bush administration, Ms. Rand said, has specifically authorized the importing of SKS's from Yugoslavia and Albania.
It is not known where the SKS used in the Wisconsin shootings was manufactured.
Reminds me of a local news story from several years ago. A guy hooked up with a couple of local homosexuals, went to a local hotel with them, and after a manage a trois, shot and killed them both. You guessed it. He was charged with a hate crime as violence against gays.
In a gun store that caters to the rich maybe, but if I wanted a mini-thirty, I wouldn't pay a dime over $450 brand new.
Ping to you for your ping list.
You don't have one of the Yugo SKS's? You are missing out, I tell you. Very well made rifles.
nope... have seen a few in gun shops. I have not had any problems with either of them... But have heard that the Yugo SKS's are very accurate and well manufactured. I do have a mosin nagnet m44 that is a Yugo manufactor and that for as beat up as it is... (was a Yugo military rifle before being surplusd) it still shoots straight and the bolt is a bit worn, but still works like a charm. I will give the soviets and eastern block countries they knew how to make a good reliable gun.
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