Photo courtesy Matt Wasmundt Posted on 03/22/2021 5:51:11 AM PDT by marktwain
Photo courtesy Matt Wasmundt
On Friday, 15 November of 2020, Matt Wasmundt was tired after a long day of classes at his indoor range, just off Highway 29, three miles west of Wausau, Wisconsin. The range Zingers and Flingers is close to the geographical center of the state. There had been nearly a hundred students. The classes would continue the following morning. Deer season would start a week later. Many hunters would be coming into the range to zero their rifles.
The establishment has a class three license. They do a brisk business selling suppressors/silencers.
Instead of putting all the guns away, Matt took a break, then came back to the large indoor range/retail establishment to spend the night. He blocked the long, dirt driveway. He locked the doors and started to relax.
Zingers and Flingers as seen from Hwy 29 on Google maps, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten.
A crash alerted him. It was 10:52 p.m. He grabbed a short-barrelled Patriot Ordinance Factory automatic rifle fitted with a suppressor and took cover behind the counter. The intruders had broken the side lite glass next to the outside doors, and were inside the vestibule in two seconds, according to the surveillance video. The glass on the inner wall was laminated. It was tougher. It took them eight seconds to break down the laminated glass with the rock(s) they had brought in from outside.
Matt was ready.
He fired a four-round suppressed burst into the upper left corner of the doors. It had the desired effect. One intruder bolted from the scene. The other dropped to the ground. Matt kept him there,
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
BANG TO THE TOP
A smart guy and a disciplined shooter. It’s a good thing he was spending the night at his business.
Oh and...”The sheriff’s deputies arrested her before she left the scene.”
“Hold muh pocketbook and watch this...”
(Suppressed) Bang, you mean...
A “four round suppressed burst” then, a bit later, “The event makes clear how effective a full-auto burst can be to stop aggression.”
“Full-auto”?
But, but, President Biden said all ya gotta do to stop a thief is step out on yer front porch with a 12 Ga. shotgun and fire a couple rounds in the air.
” The difference between Stupidity and Genius is, that Genius has it’s limits.”
Albert Einstein
So, warning shots to prevent a federal felony....
Warranted in this case, not recommended generally.
If the “alleged” perps had gain the inside door, then I doubt the shots would’ve been aimed high....
True...I jumped the gun on that post. : )
If more than one projectile is fired from a single action of the trigger, it’s full auto.
He grabbed a short-barrelled Patriot Ordinance Factory automatic rifle fitted with a suppressor
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This sounds like a recently manufactured auto rifle.
I thought that only machine guns manufactured before the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 are legal for sale.
But . . . ?
So it’s a “machine gun.” Right?
Had he done the same in New Jersey he’d be under arrest for brandishing, menacing and probably discharging a firearm outside of the designated range area. And if the break in was by blacks, a charge of racism.
Class three dealers can get "dealer's samples" for sale to police and other government agencies.
Never bring a rock to a gun fight
I wonder if it was supersonic .223 with a crack heard, or a .300 Blackout?
Yes, full-auto is legal as long as it is pre-1986, registered in the NFRTR and you have a form 4 or a post 1986 “sales sample” for military, government, or local police demonstration and you are an FFL with a SOT.
And I just read about drop in auto sears.
Yep. See #18
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