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.
Yes, this has been discussed. A star and cresent has been bandied about.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization... They made a standard for ammunition that (eventually) all member nations issued rifles for. This was to standardize supply on the future battlefields of West Germany. NATO standards are not necessarily the same as SAAMI standards, which are the standards to which American civilian ammunition is built.
Good, I'm out of room in the locker right now and can't buy any more rifles... (grin)
Hmm, yeah, that would have been an odd path of damage - appendix, spleen, diaphragm, lung.
Anyway, this kid's dining choices have suddenly become fairly restricted. The pancreas is important to metabolism and digestion. Processing of carbohydrates and proteins in the digestive tract is done in large part by pancreatic enzymes.
The spleen is not as much an issue - it plays a role in white blood cell synthesis. It's so difficult to repair surgically due to its vascularity. However, the body's immune response is less powerful afterwards.
He's better off alive than dead, though, I'm fairly sure.
Well, they say that different rifles and cartridges sound different, but I honestly couldn't ever tell them apart very well. It all sounds the same - thud, then crack! The best I can say is that the ouder the thud, the bigger (more powder) the cartridge.
To simulate this, get some of those snappers they used to sell - a little powder charge wrapped in paper that kids throw against concrete. Get a wood floor and a sack of potatoes. Simultaneously drop the sack on the floor and throw the snapper. That's what rifle fire sounds like to me through earmuffs.
I wanted to order one too, but I've got two AR-15 lowers I need to build up before that. How well does your '03 work?
I know. This comes from growing up and watching the "good cowboys" shoot the "bad cowboys" off horses at a full gallp from 100 yards awaym with a Colt "Peacemaker". Not to mention Beretta chasing a guy for 343 blocks across rooftops,and then pulling his snubby 38 Special out of his sock,and shooting the bad guy in the leg from a half-block away.
That feeds right into the sniper(s) ego...especially if they turn out to be a terrorist cell.
Make your own, then, like I do. (big evil grin)
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Probably just another Baltimore murder but thought I'd throw it out there.
See that thread and tell me if you think it still could qualify for terrorism... :-\
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