[HairOfTheDog]

I don't think you should do any of those things! - Jeepers!

Hopefully someone who knows these guys will come forward soon... That is our best shot. Until then we are all postulating how this situation fits into our politics, and that seems odd to me. It is a criminal act... not a political one. They haven't turned it into a gun control argument yet, but we have. Why are we doing their work for them? We are dang lucky it is a rifle and not a handgun... handguns would be easier to grab than deer rifles, relax!

[gatex]

"...We are dang lucky it is a rifle and not a handgun... handguns would be easier to grab than deer rifles, relax!..."

You appear to be unaware of the recent big push to ban 50 caliber "sniper rifles." Anyone familiar with this big push becomes extra alert when the media starts talking a lot about "sniper rifles."

You relax at your peril.

[Who is John Galt?]

"We are dang lucky it is a rifle and not a handgun... handguns would be easier to grab than deer rifles, relax!"

I hate to say it, but the murder weapon could very well be a handgun. I once owned a scoped TC Contender chambered in .222 Remington, and that handgun is also available in .223 Remington (not that any law enforcement 'expert' in the country could necesarily tell the difference between the two, on the basis of forensic evidence)...