Posted on 08/11/2002 3:14:42 AM PDT by ResistorSister
Please continue to pray for the slain officer's family.
Catch up at the other threads on the issue.
Massillon officer, suspect killed in chase, shootout
Massillon officer killed: Armed motorist also dies in shootout
Is this to imply that he's misguided because of this belief??
BTW- as the anti-capital punishment crowd ever shown up for a conservative (pro-guns, pro-life, pro-capitalism) on death row?
So now Matthew's handgun, a .32, has been elevated to a high-powered assault weapon? The newshogs are in overdrive on this one. They are gonna twist this story like crazy, and that sucks. I hate having to perform media analysis over a sad event like this - but I also see what is coming at us from the damn newshogs...
I know nothing about guns, except for the fact that they have a trigger. Is a CA-7.62x25 a high-powered gun?
One of the articles you posted said it was .32 caliber. A bullet of any caliber can kill, but no one here would dream of saying a .32 is a high-power round.
"Matthews was armed with a Czechoslovakian CZ-762x25 semi-automatic military handgun, said Major James Walker, in charge of field operations for the OSP."
“Investigators are attempting to develop information which could substantiate that,” Lewis said.
Do the cops investigate the political beliefs of all dead perps? Or do they think there is some sort of conspiracy here beyond the fact that a perp ran, then decided to shoot it out?
The article is an attempt to make some anti-gun, anti-conservative hay by taking the actions of a now-dead crook, and smearing them on someone still alive. The political life of your average dead street punk doesn't merit this much attention and speculation.
7.62x25 Tokarev Cartridge - Sellier and Bellot
7.62x25 Tokarev Cartridge - Sellier and Bellot. Bullet Type, 85gr FMJ
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PPSh 7.62x25 submachine gun
... numbers. Its drum magazine holds 71 rounds (Tokarev 7.62x25 aka Mauser
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Also known as the .30 calibre Mauser Military- it's a supersonic load.
The machine where you access your floppy drive...do you know what I mean?
Unlike the familiar anemic .32 pistol ammo, the 7.62x25 appears to be rather formidable. Googling for 7.62x25 turns up stuff like this:
In other words, some news accounts may have blundered into something near the truth.
Condolences to Officer Taylor's family.
I think the media was trying to make the computer seem different by calling it a "tower". Almost all computers today are "towers".
This is no anemic little .32 ACP. With sabotted rounds it could penetrate a kevlar vest.
There are loads available for it that use a 62 grain .223 round in a sabot. These generate over 2000fps muzzle velocity, which is a serious round, in a pistol.
These rounds will reportedly penetrate level III body armor.
Sorry to disagree with you Dirtboy, but lurkers abound, and they would think a Spit Ball is a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
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