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The speculation by the media and everyone else for the shootings is foolish. We don't know if it is one shooter or a dozen. For all anyone knows it could be an armed group staging and planing a shooting campaign in the D.C. metro area. We don't know that it is a .223 rifle. We have been told it may be a .22 diameter bullet wound from a high velocity cartridge. This could come from a dozen or more different types of rifle calibers from 22 swift to .22-250. For all anyone knows it could be slightly larger to .243, 6mm, etc... If they have bullet fragments they may be able to discover more but boubtful. They are going by the wounds to determine bullet type. A larger cartridge with more energy would inflict greator damage. They do not know the range the weapon is being fired from (200 yards - 500 yards?) and are speculating a lower energy bullet from a high velocity .22 caliber weapon and assume from the wounds inflicted that .223 is the probable cartridge beeing used.

The police have incorrectly speculated on the weapon type and the ignorant media with an agenda is aiding them in deamonizing all rifle types and those that own them.

Known facts: several people have been shot from a distance by a high velocity small caliber weapon with no witnesses of any of the shooters. All the of the victems appear to be randomly chosen and hit with a single shot. The D.C. metro area is being terrorized by the shooting as it continues day and night with no known shootings over the weekend. The activity may be from low level trained shooter(s) to a skilled marksmen but can be classified as a sniper because distance and or concealment thus far has prevented identifying any suspects which have restrained from taking a second shot and avoided detection in the target area. No evidence is left behind including shell casings. If a semiauto weapon is being used they are picking up the spent case. It is more likely to be a bolt action rifle with no shell being ejected and possibly with a suspressed barrel.