Posted on 02/03/2002 1:25:14 PM PST by codebreaker
The condition of the .50 caliber gun found 5 miles from the Soldier Hollow Olympic Venue is under debate.
Governor Mike Leavitt said Saturday he was told the weapon had no link to the Winter Olympics.
"It was rusted and did not appear to be operable," Leavitt said.
That information contradicted the observations of Wasatch County Deputy Rick Benson, who took possession of the weapon from a hunter who found it January 26 while hunting coyotes in the hills above Wallsburg.
"It doesn't look brand new, but it looks to me like a servicable weapon, " he said.
The hunter who wished to remain anonymous, also said the gun had papers dating back to 1992, indicating it was not an old weapon.
The gun often used by military and police as a sniper rifle becuase of its power, is currently being tested in the state crime lab.
That was my thought, exactly.
To keep their guns from rusting.
What's wrong with this picture?
Hunter just happens to "come across" a .50 BMG rifle.
There are PAPERS allegedly found with the rifle, indicating the papers were in readable condition, yet date back to 1992, indicating the PAPERS were in some type of weatherproof container (if indeed they were there before at all), yet the RIFLE is rusty and unusable (meaning the rifle was not stored properly nor prepared for long term caching [cosmoline, LTL (long term lubricant]}
Hunter actually turns this rifle into authorities, instead of (a) trying to contact owner listed on "papers" or
invoking salvage law of abandoned material and appropriates same. Seems to me that the cost of restoring would be less than purchasing a new .50.
The ammunition is all that "nasty, not for civilians" armor piercing and API stuff, in belts, yet. No word of condition of ammunition given.
This has a real unbelievable odor to it. How convenient we have one of those "sniper rifles" which are under attack as we discuss this, found at a location which is not really at the Winter Olympics, but to the liberals and the liberal media, distance is no object to totally incoherent links. Waxman/McCain, the Fang Sisters, Chuckie and Kennedy must be loving this. IMHO, the finder was no "hunter", the firearm either was planted, or was a cache from 10 years ago, when the knowlegable knew there was going to be a repressive regime in place. (Remember the original "assault weapons" ban was on George Bush Sr.'s watch, and he quit the NRA in a well publicized "moral outrage"). X42 was already on deck, waiting to step up to the plate, and congress was stacked against firearms.
This has nothing to do with terrorism. This is another "convenient event" that seems to fit right in with the Democratic agenda. There already was a problem, regardless if it was a PR ploy or political deal, but Bush I had already tacitly supported the gun grabbers with the assault weapon ban, had his tantrum against the NRA, and the Dumbocrap congress loved it. Either someone did a bad cache job, or is now deceased or incapacitated and was unable to check the cache periodically, or someone planted a rusty .50 there to be found by "someone".
The next thing you know, some spent bullets(pristine, naturally, just like the JFK "magic bullet", which will, of course, match the firearm perfectly, are going to be found around an airport, and the rest will be rather obvious.
If the outcome didn't have the potential to be so serious in the continued assault on 2A rights, this would be a ludicrous story, worthy of the 3 Stooges.
Keep the Faith for Freedom
MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC
Greg
I left the e out at the end, didn't I. No one is perfect. I stand corrected
Sad that we even have to wonder, isn't it?
Last weapon recovered in FBI vehicle theft June 6, 1997
Web posted at: 4:52 p.m. EDT (2052 GMT)
MEMPHIS (CNN) -- All weapons stolen from an FBI SWAT vehicle this week have now been recovered.
"The missing M-79 40mm gas delivery system has been recovered, and with that recovery, all stolen weapons are back in FBI possession," according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Western District of Tennessee.
The M-79 is a grenade launcher used by SWAT teams to fire gas grenades.
The FBI vehicle -- a GMC Suburban, parked outside a Memphis motel where FBI agents were taking part in a training seminar, was stolen early Tuesday and found hours later burned.
The seven M-16 rifles, three MP-5 rifles, an M-79 grenade launcher and several thousand rounds of ammunition that had been stored in the van were missing, prompting an intensive search.
The weapons were found scattered in a north Memphis neighborhood.
Several suspects are in custody. Authorities said Thursday the suspects apparently did not know what they were stealing.
This is what the media was told.
You mean you haven't heard about the new SS-18 .50 BMG round? Up to 11,000 kilometer range, and your choice of either a 25-megaton single warhead--that one can turn Cheyenne Mountain into Cheyenne Lake--or up to 10 550-750 kiloton MIRVs?
Only $19.95 a box! A steal at twice the price!
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