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Downtown sniper alert
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Thursday, March 23, 2006
| Mike Wereschagin
Posted on 03/24/2006 12:04:47 PM PST by Supernatural
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To: Supernatural
All over a guy with an air rifle.
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posted on
03/24/2006 4:24:31 PM PST
by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
To: planekT
Perfect poem!
We should e-mail it to the Mayor of Pittsburgh and the Chief of Police. LOL!
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posted on
03/24/2006 4:24:41 PM PST
by
Supernatural
(Ea wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
To: Supernatural
Well be my guest. I officially declare that little ditty public domain!
63
posted on
03/24/2006 4:28:26 PM PST
by
planekT
(<- http://www.wadejacoby.com/pedro/ ->)
To: planekT
I'll see if I can find their e-mail addresses on the web...
64
posted on
03/24/2006 4:36:51 PM PST
by
Supernatural
(Ea wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
To: Supernatural
www.morefirepowerthensense.com
65
posted on
03/24/2006 4:40:00 PM PST
by
planekT
(<- http://www.wadejacoby.com/pedro/ ->)
To: planekT
66
posted on
03/24/2006 4:41:22 PM PST
by
Supernatural
(Ea wull staun ma groon, Staun ma groon al nae be afraid)
To: Supernatural
Yea, it's true. These clowns get all this stuff and they suddently forget that about 99 times out of 100, they'll never need it.
This case is a classic example where ONE officer with a gun and a badge would have been quite sufficient.
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posted on
03/24/2006 4:54:00 PM PST
by
planekT
(<- http://www.wadejacoby.com/pedro/ ->)
To: Supernatural
All over a guy with an air rifle. Oh the Horror. Oh the Humanity.
At least it wasn't a Super Soaker!
68
posted on
03/24/2006 6:39:52 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: El Gato
Heck, they would have had to call out the National Guard and the tanks.
You're a funny guy, Gato. LOL
To: planekT
Rather too logical for a moon-bat. Especially as I find it hard to believe that the receptionist/security guard at the front desk did not ask some pointed questions about the gun.
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posted on
03/24/2006 7:21:11 PM PST
by
Fraxinus
(Warning: Opinion may be less useful than it appears)
To: Fraxinus
This guy sounds like he was the designated pigeon shooter to me.
Did anybody from the company call in? I doubt it. No need to.
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posted on
03/24/2006 7:41:22 PM PST
by
planekT
(<- http://www.wadejacoby.com/pedro/ ->)
To: Fraxinus
Hi Fraxinus-
The pellet gun was probably in a soft case when he brought it to work. Some cases are pretty plain.
~ Blue Jays ~
72
posted on
03/24/2006 7:43:17 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: absolootezer0
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? It made "Da Mayor" feel better. It's all about feelings and perception. Facts be blasted.
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posted on
03/24/2006 7:43:33 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: Blue Jays
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. I had the bottom of the line Daisy when I was a kid. A spring operated BB gun. Same basic design as the Red Ryder, but cheaper. I could put a BB through one wall of a steel beer can from 5 or 10 yards. My cousin had a "pump", but steel spring operated, which would put one through both sides of that steel can. (Not the aluminum cans we have today, steel). All you have to do is keep 'em properly oiled
A mere BB gun can and will kill pigeon from close range. A good pellet gun is murder on 'em.
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posted on
03/24/2006 7:52:04 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: Fraxinus
I have heard that peregrines also think pigeons are tasty. I've known people who think they are tasty.
My Dad used to raise show pigeons. He'd take his culls to the needy old folks, who were darn happy to get 'em. Way better than cat food, or horse meat even.
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posted on
03/24/2006 7:55:01 PM PST
by
El Gato
To: Blue Jays
76
posted on
03/24/2006 10:37:11 PM PST
by
gnarledmaw
(I traded freedom for security and all I got were these damned shackles.)
To: planekT
Singing at the top of your lungs again, huh?
77
posted on
03/24/2006 10:49:54 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
(What has an alimentary canal, a big appetite at one end & no sense of responsibility at the other.)
To: gnarledmaw
Hi gnarledmaw-
Holy smokes, that is impressive. My intention is to smack feral cats in the butt and convince them hunting pretty songbirds on my property isn't worth the sharp pain in the rump. Something tells me that those air rifles pictured above are going to have a fairly significant auditory report...which might get my suburban neighbors all worked into a froth! Very cool.
~ Blue Jays ~
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posted on
03/25/2006 11:48:38 AM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: B4Ranch
79
posted on
03/25/2006 1:09:23 PM PST
by
planekT
(<- http://www.wadejacoby.com/pedro/ ->)
To: NJ Freeper
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. Same sort of thing is happening in New York State, as the cancer (aka, New York City) has started to spread outward into the countryside. :-(
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posted on
03/25/2006 2:52:54 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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