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Masked Gunman Kills Oakland Reporter
NBC 11 San Francisco ^ | 11:38 am PDT August 2, 2007

Posted on 08/02/2007 11:53:55 AM PDT by TheTruthAintPretty

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Police are at the scene of a fatal shooting in Oakland that was reported at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, NBC11 reported.

Sources told NBC11 the victim was Oakland Post reporter Chauncey Bailey.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbc11.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chaunceybailey; murder; oakland; oaklandpost; reporter
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To: MrPiper

Yup.

And a few passes with a file will alter the end so that its impressions will change - even though the weapon remains functional.

I learned this from a DPD forensics tech.


41 posted on 08/02/2007 1:02:43 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

That’s true, a badly modified weapon can do some strange things to pellet dispersion.


42 posted on 08/02/2007 1:03:18 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

But you right, it will have to be found first. Also, I used to have a rifle that left a distint line on the side of each case. Not just from bolt face. Anyway, its probable in the river.


43 posted on 08/02/2007 1:03:20 PM PDT by MrPiper
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To: MrPiper

Yes, but the rifle was a high pressure metal round in a metal chamber.

Unless the shotgun has a damaged chamber, it won’t mark the plastic hull of the round.


44 posted on 08/02/2007 1:04:47 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: michigander
None of the so-called reporting on this I've read so far makes clear that the Oakland Post is an activist weekly catering to a Black readership. That's probably not a big deal in the great scheme of things except this is Oakland, home of the Black Panthers, Hell's Angels, some of the worst Black slums in America and Black politics cast in the radical Marxist mode.

Ron Dellums and Barbara Lee are political products of this area and I expect all hell is going to break loose over this. Remember, Jerry Brown, former Oakland Mayor and well known for his radical Left views, is now California's Attorney General. Fasten your seat belts!

45 posted on 08/02/2007 1:05:30 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: hophead
Odd choice of weapons, a 12g. shotgun. I wonder if the victim has written anything about Islam lately.

That would be: Odd choice of method, beheading. I wonder if the victim has written anything about Islam lately.

I'd guess not...

46 posted on 08/02/2007 1:05:46 PM PDT by null and void (Whale oil: The carbon neutral, renewable petroleum alternative)
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To: picard

00 “buck” is .32 caliber and there are nine pellets in a shell.


47 posted on 08/02/2007 1:05:47 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Lusis

Yeah, because islamists would never gun down someone who spoke ill of their precious faith. What a ridiculous notion. How dare anyone even consider the possibility.


48 posted on 08/02/2007 1:18:20 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Scotsman will be Free
00 “buck” is .32 caliber and there are nine pellets in a shell.

Ya, I once did a small presentation on why banning guns was stupid. In the presentation, I mentioned that in 1905, (just picked a date) there was a firearm capable of firing NINE shots with one pull of the trigger. The audience was amazed! Then I said they sold them at Walmart.

49 posted on 08/02/2007 1:18:23 PM PDT by MrPiper
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To: MrPiper

LOL. Good one.


50 posted on 08/02/2007 1:19:33 PM PDT by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Red_Devil 232; Postman; Puppage
Also no rifling on shot.

To be really clean he would need to take the time to pickup his spent shells. The firing pin marks on the primer and the ejector marks on the shell can be identified also he may leave finger prints on the shells.

51 posted on 08/02/2007 1:26:05 PM PDT by Pontiac (Patriotism is the natural consequence of having a free mind in a free society.)
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To: Pontiac
To be really clean he would need to take the time to pickup his spent shells. The firing pin marks on the primer and the ejector marks on the shell can be identified also he may leave finger prints on the shells.

Just to let you know, there were shells left at the scene. I just hope the LEOs find the shooter with the gun under his couch. XX (fingers crossed)

52 posted on 08/02/2007 1:31:50 PM PDT by MrPiper
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To: Pontiac
If it was a double barrel just don’t crack it open and eject them.
53 posted on 08/02/2007 1:39:39 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: TheTruthAintPretty

Maybe its started!


54 posted on 08/02/2007 1:44:56 PM PDT by PresidentFelon (Reuters Reporter Adam Entous beats his Mother.)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

theFIRMboss always writes in haiku.

Very endearing, very funny, and usually spot on.


55 posted on 08/02/2007 1:56:30 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: Scotsman will be Free; picard
00 “buck” is .32 caliber and there are nine pellets in a shell.

00 buck is .33 inch diameter and contains 8, 9, or 12 pellets, depending on manufacturer and the particular ammo, in 2 3/4" length shells. 3" shells usually contain 15 pellets, and 3 1/2" shells 18 pellets.

Tests that I have seen show average spreads (for five shots) of 5 1/2" to 14", depending on the ammo, for IC chokes, at 20 yards. Cylinder bores would likely be a bit larger.

56 posted on 08/02/2007 2:04:42 PM PDT by rmh47 (Go Kats! - Got Seven? [NRA Life Member])
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To: MrPiper; Red_Devil 232
Just to let you know, there were shells left at the scene.

I should have guessed that, otherwise how would they have known that it was a 12 gage.

57 posted on 08/02/2007 2:05:23 PM PDT by Pontiac (Patriotism is the natural consequence of having a free mind in a free society.)
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To: TheTruthAintPretty

If San Francisco had concealed carry laws this MIGHT not have happened (or been attempted).

A criminal attempting to do this in a lot of small towns in the southwestern USA could end up with a lot of holes in him from a number of directions.

A man with a gun is a citizen - a man without a gun is a subject.


58 posted on 08/02/2007 2:08:03 PM PDT by Lions Gate
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To: Red_Devil 232
If it was a double barrel just don’t crack it open and eject them.

That would be a very good Idea. You would have to carry a side arm (revolver) just in case you meet resistance such as a bystander willing to take you on. Or you could have a back up such as the driver of your get away.

59 posted on 08/02/2007 2:17:01 PM PDT by Pontiac (Patriotism is the natural consequence of having a free mind in a free society.)
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To: Bernard Marx
I expect all hell is going to break loose over this.

Wow. Thanks for your perspective about this. I hope you're wrong, but thanks for the insight into the situation.

60 posted on 08/02/2007 2:54:40 PM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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