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What goes on in the mind of a sniper?
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| 25th January 2012
| Stephanie Hegarty
Posted on 01/25/2012 9:36:58 AM PST by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman
What goes through the mind of a snipers’ target?
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:38:42 AM PST
by
Grunthor
(I don't vote for Democrats, this includes Mitt Romney.)
To: the scotsman
The story of the woman with the grenade reminded me of the scene in Apocalypse Now, where a Vietnamese woman throws a hat with a grenade in it into am american chopper taking off.
I’m glad to see we are taking precautions in countries where friends and enemies look exactly alike.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:40:20 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: the scotsman
I have been reading Kyle's book American Sniper. It is OK--fun, fast--but not particularly eye opening...so far.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:42:10 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(Newt: "Why vote for the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama?")
To: Grunthor
What goes through the mind of a snipers target? One of these:
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:42:35 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: cuban leaf
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:43:31 AM PST
by
Grunthor
(I don't vote for Democrats, this includes Mitt Romney.)
To: Grunthor
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:44:07 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: cuban leaf
That beats having your skull split in two with a battle-axe.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:44:51 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Grunthor
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:44:58 AM PST
by
Track9
(The revolution IS brewing..)
To: the scotsman
Thank God there are men like Chris Kyle who will do the work and take the risks necessary to fight the wars of this nation.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:48:05 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: Mr Ramsbotham
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:48:42 AM PST
by
Mr. K
(Physically unable to profreed <--- oops, see?)
To: the scotsman
As US forces surged into Iraq in 2003, Chris Kyle was handed a sniper rifle and told to watch as his marine battalion entered an Iraqi town. Somehow, I think there was a little training involved before Chris was "handed a sniper rifle."
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:52:27 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: the scotsman
What goes on in the mind of a sniper?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bible Verses?
Parker: [firing machine gun] I’m out of .30 Caliber!
Private Jackson: [lining shots] Bleesed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to the war, and my fingers to fight.
[fires rifle twice]
Private Jackson: My goodness and my fortress... my high tower and my Deliverer.
[fires rifle]
Private Jackson: My shield, and he in whom I trust
Private Jackson: [fires rifle, then to his rifle]
Private Jackson: Here you go baby.
[fires rifle few more times. Notices a tank has spotted them]
Private Jackson: Parker get down!
[the tank fires at the bell tower killing both Parker and Jackson]
[lining up a rifle shot]
Private Jackson: Be not Thou far from me, O Lord.
[lining up a rifle shot]
Private Jackson: Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
[lining up a rifle shot]
Private Jackson: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust.
[lining up a rifle shot]
Private Jackson: O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:52:49 AM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
To: the scotsman
Take a breath, aim, squeeeeze! It isn’t a time for deep philisophical considerations.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:52:49 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: the scotsman
Actually, the Special Features section of the DVD “The Shooter” does a pretty good job of depicting what goes through the mind of a sniper. It contains interviews with the t0p-notch military men who train snipers. And it appears to me that what goes through their minds are pretty much technical calculations to make sure the bullet hits the target. Good for them!
To: the scotsman
There is a story going around that Kyle decked Jesse Ventura in bar in Coronado. I saw Kyle interviewed on Fox, I think it was on BOR. Kyle would not confirm the identity of the guy whom he decked. Other witnesses say it was Ventura. The bar probably is McP’s pub in Coronado, CA.
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Close. Actually, it is:
Breathe
Relax
Aim
Slack (take up trigger pull slack, if any)
Squeeze
B.R.A.S.S.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:58:13 AM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
I’d rather die by sniper than by aids, cancer, shark bite, you name it.
But I would want the sniper to be really, really good.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:59:11 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Close. Actually, it is:
Breathe
Relax
Aim
Slack (take up trigger pull slack, if any)
Squeeze
B.R.A.S.S.
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posted on
01/25/2012 9:59:42 AM PST
by
BwanaNdege
(Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
To: forgotten man
That’s terrible,Jesse is an old man with a mental disability!
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posted on
01/25/2012 10:00:49 AM PST
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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