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Cops just had 577 rifles, hadn't fired in 10 yrs (Mumbai, India)
Times of India ^
| 12-2-08
| Prafulla Marpakwar
Posted on 12/03/2008 8:15:54 AM PST by dynachrome
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No wonder the police didn't do much.
To: dynachrome
Dang, I know a couple of gun collectors who have ALMOST THAT Many guns!
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:18:28 AM PST
by
buffyt
(Carbon offsets provided today by Al Gore, profitting from Glowbull Warming (hoax) since 1997.)
To: dynachrome
Why do I picture a guy with a turban and a flintlock?
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:19:35 AM PST
by
ryan71
To: dynachrome
I found it interesting to see many of them running aound with vintage Enfields...
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:20:07 AM PST
by
Gman
(Anglican Priest)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:23:16 AM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: dynachrome
It took two bank robbers in LA to finally make people understand that cops need to be AT LEAST as well armed as those they are going up against.
Seems that the Powers That Be in Bombay learned that lesson the hard way too.
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:24:01 AM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: dynachrome
Buy these..

or these..
or better yet, even this....
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:24:32 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(01-20-2013 Obama's last day - If we make it)
To: Gman
“vintage Enfields”
Heck, I want one of those. Should be in good shape if they haven’t been fired hardly at all!
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:26:45 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: DuncanWaring
I prefer the Martini-Henry.
:)
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:27:44 AM PST
by
dynachrome
(Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
To: dynachrome
And I thought the Navy was slack with our weapons training.
Regardless of whether the police were experienced with their weapons or not, they had the requesite knowledge/training, and ability, to do something other than stand around slack jawed, or worse run and hide.
Give me a gun and ammo and even if I’m not familiar with it, I’ll figure it out and use it to defend myself or others. No excuse for the police...period.
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:27:54 AM PST
by
Muddy168
(Navy beats Army this weekend...or I'm in trouble.)
To: dynachrome
Perhaps they should outsource their police protection to the United States?
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:31:00 AM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. -C.S. Lewis)
To: ryan71
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:31:01 AM PST
by
buffyt
(Carbon offsets provided today by Al Gore, profitting from Glowbull Warming (hoax) since 1997.)
To: Abathar
I remember those bank robberies in LA when the cops were outgunned! You are RIGHT.
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:31:41 AM PST
by
buffyt
(Carbon offsets provided today by Al Gore, profitting from Glowbull Warming (hoax) since 1997.)
To: dynachrome
The pictures of them dragging around rifles by the muzzle was sort of a clue.
To: DuncanWaring
—my first thought at a glance, too—
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:35:37 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: Gman
I had a British .303 once. Fastest bolt action rifle made.
Not a weapon to be scoffed at, unless you have never practiced with it or don’t have ammunition. That explains them carrying them around like props.
To: Muddy168
Buy your guns before Obama gets in!
To: dynachrome
I am sure you can purchase a good Mumbai Enfield rifle...
Never been fired....
Only dropped once.
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:42:51 AM PST
by
allmendream
(Wealth is EARNED not distributed.... so how could it be Redistributed?)
To: buffyt
Then you probably also remember that no one succeeded in getting anywhere near those guys until they left the bank on their own terms and started wandering around the neighborhoods. Ultimately, one of them committed suicide and the other was handled by a SWAT attack that included a volume of fire sufficient to keep his return fire suppressed. They finally managed to keep him distracted long enough so someone could get to ground level and shoot him in the lower legs.
During the time they were in a good position, and their weapons were functioning, though, they ran the show, and it certainly wasn’t for the lack of efforts to stop them.
To: Gman
Ishapore Enfields?
I want one of those.
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posted on
12/03/2008 8:48:27 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(Hubba Hubba...)
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