Real firepower on streets

The Republican ^ | Wednesday, February 01, 2006 | PATRICK JOHNSON

[x1stcav]

Hey! Where can I get one of those 75 round clips? I'll take ten. And an assistant gunner to carry them.

I'll repeat what someone else has said here...where do they come up with this crap?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

This in a paper using the name "Republican"?
Oh, Hell, no telling what passes for Republican in Massachusetts!

[from occupied ga]

It is actually comforting when a LAW ABIDING CITIZEN has one.

Apparently not to the police or the writer of this particular bit of dog squeeze.

[Sam Cree]

"The firepower has enormous potential for danger. It's what police officers face every day," he said. "In some cases, police officers are out-gunned by these weapons."

Our founding fathers clearly wanted lots of "real firepowwer in the streets." They specifically did not want all "firepower" concentrated in the hands of the police and rulers. Of course they expected that the people would be responsible citizens. But that kind of thinking is repugnant to the Left and to liberals. They disagree on both points - they want both firearms and responsibility restricted to central authority.

[ArrogantBustard]

Here's a picture of one ... they're quite readily available, and the price dropped back to 'reasonable' a year-adn-a-half ago.

[x1stcav]

I'll be damned..just when you thought you'd heard of everything.

Uh, what does it do to the CG?

Aftermarket? Or ComBloc?

[yarddog]

I do not know exactly how to do it, but have read that semi auto AK47 look alikes are among the most difficult to convert to full auto.

I guess it is possible that is what they were shooting but I would bet it is a real one which didn't require conversion.

[from occupied ga]

The guy put 75 rounds through a, what, three square foot target "in one continuous spray?" Sure he did....

Of course it's a lie. You can not stop muzzle climb with an AK on full auto. After 8 - 10 rounds it would be pointing into the sky.

The remaining 70 shots in the 75-round clip fired in one continuous spray turned a bullet-proof vest into Swiss cheese. "I went through it in what, five seconds?" said Springfield police officer Sean Sullivan of the empty and now smoking rifle

Obviously "Springfield police officer Sean Sullivan" is a liar*, but what the heck, the ends justify the means when you want to destroy freedom, and most massholes are too dumb, too liberal, and too cowardly to have ever touched a gun, let alone want to know the truth about them.

The really bad part is that massholes want to force their serf viewpoint on the rest of us.

*by definition

[Emmett McCarthy]

I want to know where they picked up "semiautomatic revolvers"?

[ArrogantBustard]

The device pictured is Romanian ... the ChiComs also made them. I don't believe that any are new manufacture. I've never used one, so I can't comment on reliability or changes in handling qualities of the rifle.

[holymoly]

Aftermarket? Or ComBloc?

Romanian 75-rd drum mag. IIRC Current import. I got one for Christmas (for my WASR-10).

Prices usually run anywhere from $75-$100.

[Joe Brower]

"It's a scary weapon to face, and scary knowing there are people out there who have them," said Sullivan, a member of the police Street Crimes Unit.

Then hand in your badge and get another job.

[holymoly]

I've never used one, so I can't comment on reliability or changes in handling qualities of the rifle.

I've got one. They're a blast. No problems in my WASR-10. Naturally, it's heavier than your standard 30 or 40 rd mag, but it isn't particularly bad.

[Grut]

I want to know where they picked up "semiautomatic revolvers"?

Oddly enough...

[TXnMA]

... an assault rifle, illegally converted into a machine gun capable of firing as many as 400 rounds per minute

Proving what? Breaking the law is bad? Sorry, Bozo -- we alrady knew that...

[popdonnelly]

To be honest, I don't see any reason assault weapons should be sold to the public.

[absolootezer0]

Thompson submachine gun
May I buy the Thompson. Please?

betcha it was a semiauto version you can pick up anywhere for $800 or less.

[ArrogantBustard]

If I ever get around to buying a Kalashnikov, I'll probably also buy one or two of those drums. As is, my 7.62x39 carbine is a Simonov. Two, actually: One Russki, one ChiCom. The Russki is by far the better quality, but I got the ChiCom plus 1000 rds Norinco steel-core ammo for $150, so I can't complain too loudly.

[holymoly]

To be honest, I don't see any reason assault weapons should be sold to the public.

"Assault weapon" is a propaganda term. It is used to demonize virtually any type of firearm anti-gunners don't like, including handguns, rifles and shotguns.

Semi-automatic rifle,s such as the AK-47 look-alikes (WASR-10) and SKS Carbine, function no differently than a semi-automatic "hunting rifle". Pull the trigger, and it fires one bullet, and one bullet only.

People in many states hunt white-tail deer with WASR-10, SKS Carbines, and similar rifles. The 7.62x39 cartridge, for which these firearms are chambered, is virtually identical to one of the most popular hunting cartridges in America - the .30-30 Winchester.

Furthermore, in this country I don't need a "reason" to own one of these firearms. This is the United States, not the Peoples Republic of China.

[ArrogantBustard]

I don't either. Self defense weapons and militia weapons, OTOH ... there's no such thing as "too many".