Posted on 10/08/2002 3:36:37 AM PDT by Peach
It's 6:30 a.m. EST and we're waiting to go to the second press conference providing media and local updates on the Maryland sniper shootings. To date, the 13 year old boy has survived the evening and seems to be improving. Fox News mentioned that his aunt is a nurse. The police briefing at 6:15 a.m. mentioned Todd Beamer's Let's Roll comment and police are urging people to use caution, good judgment, but remain strong and try to continue with everyday life as much as possible.
Police had a search warrant last night (didn't say for who or where) related to the sniper shootings, but the search did not provide any information to LEO.
Kind of like endless 'move along folks', if you ask me. The guy needs to take a few months off. Did you see the crap about 'John Ashcroft, please help me I'm failing? waving the letter around. Some confidence builder that was.
snooker.
But, firing pins or strikers break and need replacement...
"Firing Pin Registration" is a horrible idea, especially because it presumes guilt. I argue that without a warrant, the government has no right to take and store that information about private property. If it wants to store that information about its own guns, fine. From what I hear about government agencies "losing" firearms, it might be a good idea to do so.
They certainly have the ballistics from last week, so they know where the shooters were positioned with reasonable certainty.
They also know the shooters were not out in the open taking rush hour pot shots in Montgomery County last week.
So they know there are 2+ shooters (not a single lone nutcase shooter), and that they stay inside their vehicle.
They need concealment inside the vehicle, so it has darkened windows. They need room to maneuver the rifle, so its probably a van. They need inconspicuous anononimity, so its probably a typical minivan.
Spendenning was on Fox this morning. Though I've been complaining about his lack of an appearance, I was decidedly underwhelmed by his comments.
First, he tells us the perp is a coward. Well, duh. A coward maybe, illustrous leader, but a coward with a gun and willing to shoot the innocent.
Ah well, take me with a grain of salt. I can't stand this guy. Hell, the state dislikes him so much I think he's afraid to show his face.
Wish me luck. I'm going out into the wilds of Merryland today, directly into sniper territory.
Wouldn't this have a trade off? Say your gun gets stolen. You report it. Later someone is shot, they not only would know that you didn't have anything to do with it, but they now know exactly what to look for.
I guess I don't see the problem with it. Guns are designed to kill or maim in self defense. It would seem the only reason to not want the prcedure done would be if the person were going to use to kill or maim in situations other than self defense. ???
yeah....I know....I had just wondered if Mr. Scumbag Terrorist had been in hiding over the weekend 'cuz he was painting whatever truck he'd been using. Maybe not paint the whole thing (although I suspect he'd switch to yellow...just a guess), but he chould paint new lettering on a white truck.
...just trying to guess moves in a game which has no rules.
Won't work. While on the surface, "fingerprinting" brass sounds like a good idea, the most basic thing is overlooked. Everytime a gun is fired, wear occurs on all the parts. After a while, the firing pin face wears, the rifling changes, etc. This means that the marks on the brass, primers, and bullets will change as well. The reason that ballistic comparison works is that most criminals don't shoot their guns often and the marks don't change much.
Ballistic fingerprinting is a total waste of time and money. If every new gun is "fingerprinted" when manufactured, those prints will be useless after the gun has been fired 100 times. Not to mention the fact that you would see many people swapping parts.
Mike
A serial killing, single shot, madman shooting (now a child) from 2 or 3 football fields away is not, in and of itself, ODD enough for you?
Do you live in a tinfoil house?
Yeesh!
Many gun owners would consider this a step towards creating a national data base that would eventually lead to "confiscation" and disarming of the public--which some would construe as "tyranny"
I was thinking yesterday, during one of their updates, just how thorough have they checked the area they use for their reports. Would be terrible to have someone shot on camera, if ya know what I mean. I thought of it because at the time I thought, here they have a sniper and they are all quite visible giving their updates.
That's one of the reasons I wonder if the shooter is trying to make LE think that he is getting sloppy or reckless. Perhaps later more info will intentionally give LE an idea as to where the next shooting will be. (a set up)? just tossing ideas out.
Occam's razor says this is terrorism.
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