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Missouri State Trooper Shot Nine Times During Traffic Stop
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| May 30, 2005
| Associated Press
Posted on 05/30/2005 2:04:49 PM PDT by Skylab
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To: upchuck
Assault rifle? 9mm? Naww. Musta been a 9mm assault pistol :)Remember that any weapon used in an illegal act is (as far as the media is concerned), an assualt XXXX, weather it's an "assault pistol," an "assault rifle," or whatever. These people aren't interesting in getting the details right, as long as the slant meets their political views.
BTW, there are a number of carbines out there that do fire 9mm. I believe that Savage makes one, and it uses S&W magazines. There's also the Colt 9mm version of the AR15, but I don't know if it's ever been offered in a semi-auto/civilian version. there are others that I've seen over the years, but I can't think of any right off hand.
Mark
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:00:07 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(I've got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!!!)
To: Clintons Are White Trash
Whine, whine, whine! I feel sorry for the police officer. Not this idiot. So he had a bad day. That doesn't give him the right to shoot a police officer.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:02:46 PM PDT
by
Goodgirlinred
( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
To: Skylab
"It was just temporary insanity. I wasn't even thinking when I did it," he said. "The society's what caused me to do what I did. Just look at the society we live in."
And a court jury of his peers should do the same, charged him for his insanity claiming society forced them to put him behind bars for life. Loser
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:05:54 PM PDT
by
SunnySide
(Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
To: Skylab
There is no such thing as a 9-mm assault rifle. Submachine gun perhaps, but by definition, a 9 mm is not an assault caliber. Don't expect the media to appreciate the distinction.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:06:43 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: GSlob
"9 mm assault rifle" - Hmm, none comes to mind. Assuming that the author doesn't know the difference between a semi-auto and a full-auto firearm (safe assumption, as they never do), and that they are wrongly calling a semi-auto an "assault rifle",then (Ruger makes one)
There are probably others, but this is the only one that I know of.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:08:52 PM PDT
by
wyattearp
(The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
To: streetpreacher
More like, the real story here is the continuing proliferation of unstable types(Nut cases) that know too well how to use and manipulate PC pacifist terminology in their favor.
Perp, "It's not my fault I pulled the trigger. I had a hang nail and a bad hair day. It's enough to drive anyone nuts!"
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:09:20 PM PDT
by
SunnySide
(Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
To: Praxeas
I'd say that this caliber modification would immediately become a SMG [if selective fire] due to the cartridge power limitations - try to squeeze more than 600 ft-lbs from a hot 9 mm round, even with a long barrel. Assault rifles give more than 1000 ft-lbs per progectile.
Besides, I could bet you a can of diet Coke that the perp was not using it as he would not be able to use it on a trooper from inside the car (too long and unwieldy)
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:10:57 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Clintons Are White Trash
There's no doubt he was a Democrat!I am sure you are right sir.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:14:12 PM PDT
by
Mark17
To: Skylab
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:14:17 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: pipecorp
It was a gun. It doesn't matter which gun was it. Guns are not bad, but some people are...
To: Donald Meaker
Per another article on this,
link here, the trooper was wearing a vest. Referred article also described the weapon used as a 9mm handgun and not an "assault rifle".
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:18:58 PM PDT
by
CGTRWK
To: blueberry12
That is a great t-shirt. I'm ordering mine tonight!
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:19:43 PM PDT
by
Hat-Trick
(Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
To: blueberry12
Cool t-shirt.
When I was a kid I had a can that read "Can's don't litter people do." Objects don't move or activate on their own.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:20:28 PM PDT
by
SunnySide
(Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
To: muir_redwoods
"So an idiot commits an assault with a rifle and it becomes an assault rifle. If he had perpetrated a rape with a banana would it become a rape banana? or just a ripe banana?"
Probably it would become a confiscated banana when the LEO on the scene pulled on his rubber gloves and picked it up for evidence.
Can't have an "assault by a fruit" without evidence, could we?
To: Skylab
"It was just temporary insanity. I wasn't even thinking when I did it," he said. Not using your brain is irresponsible, and should be punishable crime in this case. The many murderers say that they are insane. And I believe it. They are. They should be tried and sentenced for that. We don't want insane people to be in our society.
To: GSlob
Yeah, that was my question too. I can't believe someone could be shot 9 times with a rifle and survive, it would be tough to survive being shot with a 9mm handgun. TEC 9 maybe?
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:31:14 PM PDT
by
Jabba the Nutt
(Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
To: pipecorp
I hope they catch the gun that did this. Oh, please, enough of this "blame the gun" stuff.
The man has already admitted that society is to blame. Now, let's all be grownups about this and go turn ourselves in for leading him to do this, ok??
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:52:49 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(The Crew Chief's Toolbox: A roll around cabinet full of specialists.)
To: Skylab
"The society's what caused me to do what I did. Just look at the society we live in."
Society is merely the product of billions of individual choices, and he made his choice. He might as well claim his cat told him to do it.
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posted on
05/30/2005 3:55:37 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(My tag line was about to be censored.)
To: blueberry12
"many murderers say that they are insane."
Well, to prevent bogus and malingering insanity claims, the judge should order the perp's skull to be cracked (the court bailiff might do it), the hood lifted and the engine compartment examined by the experts in detail - right there in the courtroom. Somehow I think that the perp would immediately plead complete sanity.
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:06:01 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: streetpreacher
"Look for every story with a firearm involved to contain the term "assault" in the future."
I just heard on Fox News no less the story about the family on the farm all getting shot. The reporter said the 18 yo who just graduated from high school used a "22 caliber shotgun". And you think a "9mm assault rifle" is odd???
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posted on
05/30/2005 4:32:30 PM PDT
by
hophead
("FRY MUMIA")
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