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Another DC-area sniper-style shooting
Wife (FReeper nina0113)
| October 4, 2002
| Steve0113
Posted on 10/04/2002 12:02:50 PM PDT by Steve0113
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To: Skywalk
Safe in Seattle! LOL! The PETA people will get you there!
P.S. I'm a dudette!
To: exlibris
I explained myself without answering your question. I'm not afraid nor do I think others are wrong for writing out G-d's name. It's just my choice....or perhaps eccentricity.
To: Gritty
I saw this guy Van Zant on Fox late last night, and while he may be a great profiler, he made several nomenclature mistakes regarding firearms. Then he also started to refer to these guys in the possesive, as in "our guys", and "our boys". Made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. I really hope that what I heard was just my imagination.
I think his "profile" of a couple of young, mutually supportive, immature boys is complete hogwash. I think this is one guy with a heavy barrel AR-15 and some previous military training.(not necessarily the US military)
To: The KG9 Kid
Whatever floats your
BLOAT.
384
posted on
10/04/2002 1:59:05 PM PDT
by
Flyer
To: dd5339
You don't think engine vibration would affect a shot at 150 yards?
385
posted on
10/04/2002 1:59:20 PM PDT
by
js1138
To: Dog Gone
[quote]Terrorists don't tend to leave much doubt whether their actions were intended as terrorism. That's why I don't think there's much chance this is an al-Qaida plot.[/quote]
I think September 11 has taught AQ a serious lesson. They had 3 attacks plan (apparently) and were unable to carry out the second 2 as a result of the 'round-up' done of suspects afterwards. I would not put it past the AQ to send out a couple of nuts on a rampage like this and only reveal their action aftewards. Otherwise it would prompt another round up making it harder for them to operate.
Or it could be a couple of thrill seekers whacked out on some schizoid mission.
To: js1138
You don't think engine vibration would affect a shot at 150 yards? We are talking about an Isuzu here...
To: js1138
The .223 rem. and the 5.56 Nato are used interchangeably. IIRC the .223 Rem. SAMMI spec is slightly different than the various 5.56 Nato specs in regards to bullet seating length. I Could be wrong.
I've also heard it was designed to wound, but that conflicts with the "devistating" tumbling characteristics it had when under rifled. (1:12 in the original, now usually between 1:9 or 1:7, so that effect is gone)
It was also designed for it's light weight, flat trajectory, and lack of recoil. Most of this was our military switching to full auto assult rifle from the .30 cal battle rifles (M1, M14). Basically, easier to shoot full auto, and you can cary more ammo for spray and pray. It was a McNamara thing, so who knows what the decisions were based on.
I love my AR-15, but would much rather our guys had M-14s or AR-10s in combat.
To: wcbtinman
"our guys", and "our boys" This is not to be taken in the literal sense. I've heard this term used many times in such a context.
To: ET(end tyranny)
In fact, I think they might even have planned on using slightly different hardware and MOs just to make it look like copycat stuff or something.
One team sets up with a rem700 in 222, takes 5 or 6 targets (we don't even know how many failed shots went unnoticed). Then they mosey on back to their suburban "good muslim" cover, and the news media provides the signal for the next group to begin on the next day, looking like a moving perp.
To: jdogbearhunter
Thanks for the ping.
My gut says this is muslim terrorists.
Investigators Still Searching For White Truck POSTED: 8:11 a.m. EDT October 4, 2002
UPDATED: 4:50 p.m. EDT October 4, 2002
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A woman was shot outside a store near Fredericksburg, Va., Friday afternoon, in an incident with similarities to the shootings in Montgomery County, Md.
Spotsylvania County police say the woman was loading packages into her car about 2:30 p.m. at a Michaels crafts store outside Spotsylvania Mall when she was shot in the back. There was no official word on her condition, but witnesses say she was breathing and speaking.
The shot apparently was fired from a distance. The first incident in the Maryland shooting spree was a shot fired through the window of a Michaels store.
Police are not saying there's a connection between Friday afternoon's incident and the Maryland shootings. They say it's too soon to draw any conclusions.
However, Montgomery County police chief Charles Moose says he will send his investigators to Virginia to see if there is a connection to the shootings in his county.
To: philetus
As much as I hate MSNBC --they are the only channel in my area that is covering this story right now.
To: FreeTheHostages
My apologies, m'lady.
I'm still more afraid of the Islamofascists than PETA or ELF or ALF. I get a bad feeling going over the bridge to downtown sometimes.
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posted on
10/04/2002 2:05:09 PM PDT
by
Skywalk
To: wardaddy
Imagine if Al-Qaeda uses this tactic as Phase II. Nobody will want to go shopping, outside, or even to work within 100 miles of any area where there's still one on the loose.
To: dd5339
...interesting...makes me wonder if this person isn't ex-military or police(like swat)...this shooter is deadly accurate, getting his target in one shot...
To: Teacher317
This isn't making me forget 911.
397
posted on
10/04/2002 2:06:09 PM PDT
by
js1138
To: js1138
Kind of depends on how rough the engine was running. It might mean a difference of an inch or so. But if your shooting for center mass in the torso, an inch doesn't matter much.
Semper Fi
398
posted on
10/04/2002 2:07:01 PM PDT
by
dd5339
To: phasma proeliator
Mirrors the tactics that those recent alqaeda videotapes showed them training for. Urban areas, US style hiways, use traffic lights etc.
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