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Modified guns like the one used in Sun Prairie shooting are unusual but easy to make (barf alert)
Wisconsin State Journal ^ | 28 Dec 2020 | Chris Rickert

Posted on 12/29/2020 8:49:44 AM PST by rellimpank

A federal law enforcement official says it isn't hard to illegally convert a handgun into a fully automatic weapon like the one a 16-year-old Madison boy allegedly used to spray bullets near a busy stretch of road in Sun Prairie earlier this month.

Yeshua Schworck was formally charged with attempted first-degree homicide Monday in the Dec. 9 shooting that hit four vehicles, including three that were occupied, around 6:40 p.m. near a BP gas station on West Main Street, the city's main thoroughfare. The driver of the Mitsubishi SUV Schworck was riding in when he allegedly fired the shots, Trentin G. Holsten, 19, of Necedah, is charged as a party to the crime.

According to a criminal complaint, the man who was targeted in the shooting is the father of a woman Holsten used to date. He told police that after he and Schworck briefly exchanged words in the BP parking lot, he was driving his Nissan Pathfinder onto West Main behind the Mitsubishi when Schworck leaned out of the passenger-side window and opened fire.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; rkba
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1 posted on 12/29/2020 8:49:44 AM PST by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

Pffttt! 3D printer and viola, Ma deuce. Simple.


2 posted on 12/29/2020 8:51:14 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rellimpank

It’s not the tool, it’s the operator.


3 posted on 12/29/2020 8:53:06 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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One has to be real stupid to modify a perfectly good handgun into something nobody can hang on to.

Thus the bullets everywhere.


4 posted on 12/29/2020 8:58:27 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Dutch Boy

Right. Airplane accident, pilot; car accident, driver; shooting, gun.


5 posted on 12/29/2020 8:59:38 AM PST by SkyDancer
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To: rellimpank
Oreo gangbangers, black and white.
6 posted on 12/29/2020 9:00:21 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: rellimpank

Glock 19 selector removable switch.


7 posted on 12/29/2020 9:08:54 AM PST by myerson (The coup is fully out in the open)
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I didn't find much in the article that was misleading or biased by today's standards. There are specific firearms that are “easy” to convert to “automatic” if you desire to spend time in a federal facility where you will receive free food and lodging along with a planned itinerary. A person at our gun club who was an expert and was giving a class for police officers found that out the hard way. He forgot to swap the normal parts back into a gun that he had been “experimenting” with and that he brought along with him for the class.

Although my wife and I know people with licensed automatic firearms and heavy military equipment... personally, it takes me too much time to assemble cartridges to enjoy blowing through a large amount in a very short period of time. And when it comes to large scale weaponry, we had a friend who was killed with another guy when they had a breech block failure in the WWII vintage “tank destroyer” they were enjoying a sunny afternoon blowing up car hulks. Each one of those cartridges litterally cost about $100 to put together... and they can kill you if something goes wrong.

8 posted on 12/29/2020 9:12:08 AM PST by fireman15
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The only danger from a full auto handgun is to the ceiling.


9 posted on 12/29/2020 9:14:55 AM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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MAC -10’s, TEC-9’s, and Uzi’s got the same vibe happening... aim really, really low and a couple of slugs might make contact with the target.


10 posted on 12/29/2020 9:29:28 AM PST by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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Full to empty in what, .2 seconds?


11 posted on 12/29/2020 9:41:54 AM PST by sasquatch
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Trentin G. Holsten, 19, of Necedah, is charged as a party to the crime. According to a criminal complaint, the man who was targeted in the shooting is the father of a woman Holsten used to date.

What a charmer. I can't imagine why dad didn't want his daughter dating this fellow. Clearly, he's a keeper.

12 posted on 12/29/2020 9:47:07 AM PST by Drew68
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One has to be real stupid to modify a perfectly good handgun into something nobody can hang on to. Thus the bullets everywhere.

Reminds me of a match 50+ years ago in Ft. Myers, FL. The fellow next to me had his "Highly Tuned" Colt pistol go full auto, putting several holes through the roof of the range as the pistol climbed! Luckily, no one was injured but I suspect that he left trigger modifications to a professional thereafter!

13 posted on 12/29/2020 9:49:39 AM PST by ExSES (the "bottomhttps://youtu.be/ycrqXJYf1SU-line")
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While I do not disapprove of tattoos in general, as a means of personal and/or religious expression...

People who get face/neck tats like this kid are pretty much hanging an “I’m a douche-bag” sign around their necks.


14 posted on 12/29/2020 9:51:52 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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Having fired an actual, and registered, G18 before... Keeping things relatively on target isn’t that hard...

As long as your firearm is set up correctly for it and you know what you are doing. Barrel porting, compensators, muzzle brakes, or other recoil management devices go a long way to keeping things safe and relatively on target.

Not things you would expect from a gang-banger with his “gat” though...


15 posted on 12/29/2020 9:55:24 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: rellimpank

A full auto handgun? I’m surprised he didn’t hit some birds.


16 posted on 12/29/2020 9:58:30 AM PST by circlecity
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To: rellimpank

John Dillinger had a .45 Automatic modded to full auto. It had a 30-round mag and a vertical foregrip from a M1921 Thompson submachine pistol. How his gunsmith did that I don’t have a clue... I saw pics of it long ago.


17 posted on 12/29/2020 10:06:29 AM PST by W. (And now, more music, and Les Nessman!)
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I think his was 38 super.


18 posted on 12/29/2020 10:22:54 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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19 posted on 12/29/2020 10:27:36 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Dead Corpse

Tattoos - especially neck tats - are very useful. They identify people who aren’t worth interacting with.


20 posted on 12/29/2020 10:28:25 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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