Downtown sniper alert

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Thursday, March 23, 2006 | Mike Wereschagin

[oyez]

He is really going to be in trouble when PETA and ELF get after his sorry butt.

[absolootezer0]

Mayor donned a bullet-proof vest

what's a bullet proof vest gonna do against any semblance of a decent sniper. head shot anyone? that and whats a vest gonna do against a high powered rifle?

[Supernatural]

Huge overreaction by the whole city.

You are right, a "bullet-proof" vest usually isn't much good against a rifle, at least the ones commonly used by police.

[KarlInOhio]

Who was the stool pigeon who turned this guy in?

and the Mayor donned a bullet-proof vest.

He should have gone with the lighter and cooler BB-proof vest.

[BulletBobCo]

Pigeons = Rats with wings.

[elkfersupper]

We've turned into a nation of hysterical weenies.

Makes me wanna puke.

[Riley]

It's Pudge!

[Fraxinus]

Good kitty!!!!

I have heard that peregrines also think pigeons are tasty.

[Supernatural]

"Who was the stool pigeon who turned this guy in"?

At least three witnesses (stool pigeons) called police.

I like your choice of words. Very appropriate!

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

"...Richard Wills, a maintenance worker in the building, brought the weapon to work to chase pigeons away from broken windows on the building's roof, said PACT President Robert Fazio..."

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Now that police and the media know it's a dang pellet gun, they could similarly tone down their rhetoric. Let's be truthful here, it is essentially a toy used to plink empty soda cans or possibly to get rid of pests. Depending on the distance, it might not even be capable of permanently hurting the pigeons.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Ladysmith]

"We're going to make sure he takes his BB gun home," he said.

Oh man, I have no idea why but I can't stop giggling over this one.

[freepatriot32]

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[Ditto]

what's a bullet proof vest gonna do against any semblance of a decent sniper. head shot anyone?

You obviously don't know the Mayor of Pittsburgh. A head shot would just pass right through and not do any damage.

[Supernatural]

Its a real hoot, that's for sure.

[green iguana]

I have heard that peregrines also think pigeons are tasty.

I think pigeons are tasty... at least country pigeons. You never know what those city pigeons have eaten...

[green iguana]

Let's be truthful here, it is essentially a toy

Depends on what type of pellet gun it is. If it's a Daisy or low-end Crossman, sure. OTOH, my Beeman Kodiak has no problem blowing a .25 cal pellet through 1/4 inch ply or a 55 gallon drum at 40 yards.

[Blue Jays]

Hi green iguana-

Yes, there will always be enthusiasts with high-performance models, and I'm guessing this was probably a common BB or pellet gun. Interesting to hear about your Beeman as I'm currently in the market for either a GAMO, Beeman, or RWS model myself. Mostly to frighten feral cats from the property to protect songbirds without making too much noise in the neighborhood.

~ Blue Jays ~

[HawaiianGecko]

Dwayne Weber, 21, a student at the Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts, was studying in the institute's library on the 15th floor of the Clark Building along Liberty Avenue when he received a text message about the gunman. "I didn't believe it at first," he said. Weber and other students quickly ran into the street.

There's a sniper on the roof so I'm going to run out into the street. Maybe he should have painted a bulls eye on his shirt first.

 

 

[Kommodor]

Man, where's Tom Lehrer when you need him???

[NJ Freeper]

Growing up, we use to carry pellet and bb guns everywhere around the neighborhood. At most, we'd annoy one of the neighborhood moms and they'd either yell at us or tell our moms we were causing trouble.

Move ahead 5-10 years when I was in high school one of the "new" neighbors (a.k.a. city slicker transplant) in the neighborhood saw me and some friends with a bb gun and she called the cops. When the officer responded and realized it was only a bb gun he apologized for the misunderstanding and left.

That was about 10-15 years ago. If that had happened now, a swat team would of showed up and I'd have made the ten o'clock news as well as the papers.

We also use to love fireworks and I think of some of the stuff we did with m-80's and I thank god that I'm not a kid nowadays.