We used Tommyguns, not assault rifles!We will do the same...
in the future!Even us cartoons in the future...
use Tommyguns, not assault rifles!
Posted on 03/27/2007 7:59:44 PM PDT by Ajnin
CALEXICO - U.S. Border Patrol officials confirmed Tuesday the man who was shot near the Mexican border on the west side of Calexico died at El Centro Regional Medical Center, where he was transferred after the incident.
The man, whose identity and legal status in the United States has yet to be determined, was shot once with an M-4 assault rifle, which is a condensed version of an M-16, Border Patrol Agent David Kim said.
An M-4 is one of three standard-issue service weapons provided to agents by the Border Patrol.
Kim said agents saw the man, along with a group of people, scale the international fence and use a raft to cross the nearby All-American Canal.
Kim said, according to initial reports from agents, the man attempted to return into Mexico and was involved in a struggle with a Border Patrol agent.
After the struggle he grabbed a softball-sized rock and began walking toward the border fence, Kim said, and an agent with an M-4 assault rifle was approached by the man with the rock.
The man raised the rock as if to throw it, according to reports, and the agent shot him once with the assault rifle.
It could not be confirmed where the man was shot, but Kim said it was at “pretty close range.”
Four of the men who climbed the fence began throwing rocks at agents on the north and south side of the All-American Canal and an agent fired a shotgun round in their direction, Kim said.
He said it was not known if anyone was struck by the shotgun blast.
The exact location of the agent who fired the shotgun wasn’t available.
The four men fled back into Mexicali.
At first, Kim said, agents used weapons that resemble paint ball guns that fire pepper spray rounds but resorted to lethal weapons when they proved ineffective.
A lighted Molotov cocktail that did not explode was found near the scene after the suspects fled, Kim said.
Kim said a smuggling organization is believed to operate in the area, but its involvement in the incident could not be confirmed.
Mexican authorities were contacted and secured the area near the incident on the Mexicali side of the border, Kim said.
Perhaps a recounting of the 3 Coyote rule is in order.
If you have a problem with coyotes, you shoot or trap one, and hang it on your fence.
The coyotes will continue to bother you.
You then trap or shoot a second, and hang it on the fence next to the first.
The coyotes will still bother you.
You then trap or shoot a third, and hang it on the fence next to the other two.
The rest of the coyotes will go somewhere else.
We just have to find out the number that for Mexican criminals is equivalent to "3" for coyotes.
Mexico does this on a regular basis on their southern border, and do we here about that?? Nooooooo!
"shot once with an M-4 assault rifle, which is a condensed version of an M-16"
Would have made any diference if the jumper had been shot with a P-990 or an FX-05?
Sounds like the man was "assaulted". Good for the Border Patrol!
Evil Assault Rifle?
Evil Shotgun?
How about Evil Illegal Alien?
I think we know the truth, but it's not easy finding it in the article...
Five tried and one died.
Thats they way it needs to be ALL along the Southern border.
We used Tommyguns, not assault rifles! in the future! use Tommyguns, not assault rifles!
Thank goodness they didn't use a .50 cal sniper rifle. We would have never heard the end of that. LOL.
Weird headline, I have to agree. Perhaps the headline writer would prefer that we ease tension at the border by letting the Border Patrol blaze away with bazookas instead. Hey, it might work.
Hmmm... interesting overfocus on the weaponry.
"The man", whose legal status in the United States one could bank on guessing correctly, would be much less dead had he been shot one time with an ordinary "non assault" rifle, I suppose.
I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say the Border Patrol is assaulted almost every day in this area.
And I reckon the dirtbags are emboldened to know Gonzales will put the border agents who defend themselves in prison, if given an opportunity. Hopefully this team of agents has their paperwork in perfect order.
One of my all time favorites too.
Yes, I wonder why they didn't mention the BT agent was driving an evil SUV?
Yes, I wonder why they didn't mention the BT agent was driving an evil SUV? /Sarc>
Beautiful, yes. Effective at close range, yes.
Where are the reporters imbedded with these Border Patrol agents?
Right. . .way too dangerous.
It sounds like the Mexican had an assault rock.
A WHOLE REAL assault rifle? Were any SUVs involved? If so, was predatory lending involved in their purchase?
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