I guess, for me, this kind of sums it up:
Many of the most vociferous opponents of the military do not realize that in a REAL repressive government, THEY would be the first one to get a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
Posted on 02/01/2006 6:35:58 AM PST by holymoly
SPRINGFIELD - The first five bullets from the AK-47, delivered in two short bursts, tore through the metal of the U.S. Postal Service mailbox.
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.
During a demonstration for the press in the basement shooting range at police headquarters, Sullivan showed what an assault rifle, illegally converted into a machine gun capable of firing as many as 400 rounds per minute, can do.
"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.
That particular weapon, said Sgt. John Delaney, "was out on the streets five days ago in the hands of a drug dealer."
It was one of 13 guns confiscated by police over the past few days, he said.
In addition, police also seized a semiautomatic AK-47, a semiautomatic M-16 and a Thompson submachine gun, and several semiautomatic pistols and revolvers.
So far this year, confiscations number 21, compared to three in January 2005.
In 2005, police confiscated 151 handguns, rifles and shotguns.
Despite the emphasis on getting illegal weapons off the streets, "Guns, drugs and gangs continue to be a problem," said acting Police Commissioner William J. Fitchet.
"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."
Fitchet pledged that anyone found with an illegal gun or using a gun in the commission of a crime will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Shooting range master Joseph Lech said a bullet fired from an AK-47 cannot only go right through a metal mailbox, it can perforate "both sides" of the standard police-issue protective vest.
"It pierces, goes through the officer, and pierces the back," he said.
Sullivan said when members of the Street Crime Unit seized the fully automatic AK-47 during a drug raid, its owner had a 75-round clip, plus two 30-round and two 20-round clips.
"That's more ammunition than the regular soldier carries in combat," he said, still holding the weapon in his hands.
"Unfortunately, it is not the only one out there," he said.
Might not be to bad if you used a LULA
Prefacing by saying that I'm very far from being an expert in revolvers and their terminology (or auto-loaders, for that matter), I'd hazard to say yes, especially with the familial resemblance between speed loaders and half-moon clips.
I couldn't agree more. Artificial price increases, such as those resulting from "Saturday Night Special" laws, are akin to poll taxes in that they prohibit the exercise of a right by making it economically unviable to do so.
I guess, for me, this kind of sums it up:
Many of the most vociferous opponents of the military do not realize that in a REAL repressive government, THEY would be the first one to get a knock on the door in the middle of the night.
LOL! VERY well said-I really like the way you put it!
To be honest, I don't see any reason assault weapons should be sold to the public.
Currently, I use one of these along w. my SKS stripper clips to load my 20 & 30 rd mags.
It works pretty well.
Yes. The heart of the matter. They have contempt for the average citizen,and do not believe you have the capability to think for yourself, nor the willpower to accept the responsibility for doing so.
Sadly, much of the demographic supporting liberal politics falls into two categories: Those who think they are the smartest and should make all decisions, and those who are willing to let them do so.
My pleasure. Just wish I had the ability to use one out here behind enemy lines in California.
Most Marines in my time, 86-97, carried 7, 30 round magazines (1 in the weapon and 3 in each of 2 magazine puches) that would be a total of 210 rounds. Most guys I knew carried enough to refill each one at least once.
The frontline, in the deep doo-doo, troops carry a helluva lot more than that. Multiply that by an avg. of 13 guys to a squad x 3-4 squads per platoon and that equals a sh*tload of ammo, and that's just the M-16's we're not even counting the SAWs, M240s, etc.
The dipsh*t in the report does not have a clue.
Semper Fidelis
Have you checked on the price of a Ma Deuce recently? $50k. Solely due to the REPUBLICAN sponsored '86 machine gun ban.
Next, some DA reporter will be writing 24,000 rounds an hour
To be honest, people like you scare me.
Sorry. Bzzzt! Momentum is conserved. mv(slug)=mv(rifle)
Spoken like a true Liberal. If the government ever goes bad, you would want a gun (the deadlier the better) to preserve your personal liberty. Or do you prefer to be led away to the gulag like a sheep to the slaughter? You say it can't/hasn't happened? Fool.
You don't expect the manufacturers to just give them away, do you? How else is the public supposed to get them?
Or are you buying into the counter-revolutionary nonsense of the liberals? The men at Lexington and Concord who risked or sacrificed their lives to protect your freedoms did so in order to deny the government the power to confiscate the arms of the citizenry. Why do you wish to make their sacrifices worthless?
I sure hope you are not one of those. ;-D
He said he'd hate to have his wife know he went to range and had fun.
I'll keep working on him.
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