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Police Reporting 'Heavy Automatic Gunfire' in Ferguson
Breitbart.com ^ | 24 Nov 2014 | Ildefonso Ortiz

Posted on 11/24/2014 10:34:30 PM PST by forbushalltheway

Amid fire and looting, the St. Louis County Police Department is reporting heavy automatic gunfire coming from rioters.

The gunfire was reported near the intersection of West Florisant and Canfield Streets, S.t Louis County Police said via social media. Automatic gunfire refers to guns that are not readily available on the civilian market, because more than one shot is fired with a single trigger pull. While civilians are not able to legally purchase those weapons, there is a large underground market for them. St. Louis Police has not provided additional information about the shootings.

This is the latest escalation of anarchy in Ferguson as anarchy continues to reign over the city following a grand jury clearing Officer Darren Wilson of any wrongdoing in the shooting of Michael Brown.

Following the announcement of the decision, groups of protesters turned to looting, vandalism and now to shooting machine guns.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; ferguson; missouri
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To: forbushalltheway

Some of Obama’s kids managed to get in on Holder’s Fast and Furious give away.


61 posted on 11/24/2014 11:51:21 PM PST by pallis
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To: dagogo redux

“I think the take-home lesson from this whole sad chapter is that more of my tax money should have been funneled over the past quarter century into the midnight basketball program.”

The lesson Obama will draw is that we need more gun control for law-abiding citizens. After all, automatic weapons were used by criminals, if the reports of automatic fire are true.


62 posted on 11/24/2014 11:59:13 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: steve86

AK’s don’t need no bump firin’, don’cha’know


63 posted on 11/25/2014 12:00:26 AM PST by knarf
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To: RginTN

The mayor is a white republican


64 posted on 11/25/2014 1:04:33 AM PST by Figment
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To: forbushalltheway

So glad that electing Obama helped race relations!


65 posted on 11/25/2014 2:25:34 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: steve86
Listened to the State Police scanner during the riots. A squad car (Sheriff?) was broken into and an AR stolen. Someone lean on the trigger?

There were also several reports of blacks displaying guns out car windows or to incite the crowd prior to the GJ announcement.

66 posted on 11/25/2014 4:02:39 AM PST by Dubh_Ghlase (Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.)
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To: forbushalltheway

So we have so called”Automatic Weapons Fire” Have there been any reports of anyone getting injured? Or is this just the gang who couldn’t shoot straight ?

Maybe they’re just firing blanks./Sarcasm


67 posted on 11/25/2014 4:14:52 AM PST by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: forbushalltheway
there is a large underground market for them...

BS. If there was such a market, why aren't they routinely used to commit crimes? Because criminals show restraint and save them for the really important stuff? Snort...

68 posted on 11/25/2014 4:19:34 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: aquila48
This will set a precedent that we’ll come to regret.

Exactly. Get ready for several months of opportunistic rioting.

69 posted on 11/25/2014 4:21:00 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin ( Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you,)
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To: forbushalltheway
His irrelevancy president Obama: “You didn't build that!”

“But we burned it down,”

70 posted on 11/25/2014 4:27:06 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: forbushalltheway
there is a large underground market for them.

I don't believe that for one second.........Besides, there aren't many people who can afford one let alone know where that market store is.

71 posted on 11/25/2014 4:33:43 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Don't harsh my buzz homie......)
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To: forbushalltheway
While civilians are not able to legally purchase those weapons, there is a large underground market for them.

Who's writing this **** for Breitbart? That sounds more like a typical clueless MSM reporter. According to ATF, there are 182,619 (legally) transferable machine guns in the US.

(I'm skeptical that there are very many who can afford to purchase a machine gun who live in Ferguson. Never mind afford the ammo.)

72 posted on 11/25/2014 4:36:38 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: OneWingedShark

indeed; even a SAW is not a “heavy’ machine gun.

If thye set up a 50 cal, crew-served, then we are hearing “heavy” automatic fire.


73 posted on 11/25/2014 4:48:14 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: noiseman

Prolly just some fire-crackers.


74 posted on 11/25/2014 5:07:04 AM PST by refermech
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To: RC one
Criminals have easier access to full auto weapons than I do.

They just recently opened a gun store in my neighborhood. If I'd had $21K sitting around idle, I'd have bought an MP5 Saturday. It was freaking beautiful. Fantastic guns. It was "new", (pre-'86 but unfired except at factory). It's already gone I suspect.

75 posted on 11/25/2014 7:15:30 AM PST by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: coloradan
Nixon?! The drug war? I’m curious why you identify Nixon here.

Richard Nixon started it all with Watergate.

76 posted on 11/25/2014 7:19:10 AM PST by Lazamataz (Proudly Deciding Female Criminal Guilt By How Hot They Are Since 1999 !)
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To: dfwgator

He got scorched by the Lt. governor this morning.


77 posted on 11/25/2014 7:48:10 AM PST by clintonh8r ( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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To: Dubh_Ghlase

Police: “Sir, where did you get this dangerous automatic weapon that is designed to kill lots of people?”
“From a police car”
(blink, blink) “OK you can go but don’t talk to anybody”.


78 posted on 11/25/2014 7:51:33 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: forbushalltheway

I have a friend who lives in the area. He told me last night that at one point over a hundred of the rioters approached a neighborhood away from the principle streets associated with the unrest..

They were met by around fifty men from that neighborhood armed with weapons from handguns up to AR-15s and hunting rifles. These residents fired their weapons into the air when the rioters approached with a significant discharge for a minute or so. The rioters turned away and went back.

Same type of thing happened during the LA riots when they tried to expand. With the same results.

If the Police and Guard are not out there in sufficient numbers to quell this, then the law abiding citizens will...and should...band together to protect their own.

That’s a big part of the second amendment...to allow citizens to be prepared to defend themselves against tyranny like this...whether domestically generated or generated by others coming here from outside our borders.

Obama, through his words and actions, is instigating and promoting both forms.


79 posted on 11/25/2014 8:38:36 AM PST by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: zeugma

There’s a device known as a “Fleming auto sear” which can be acquired for about $21,000 that will allow you to turn any semi-auto HK into a full auto MG. You can swap it between your semi-auto HK91, 93, and 94 as you see fit. The sear is the only serial numbered transferable item in this case. I have a PTR-PDW that I want one of these for. I can’t justify that kind of cash for a toy though. I did just get my NFA trust established and will be acquiring some cans soon however.


80 posted on 11/25/2014 2:23:15 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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