Skip to comments.
Poll Question: Do you think the sniper has U.S. military experience?
WEAU TV 13 ^
Posted on 10/14/2002 10:48:51 AM PDT by quietolong
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-59 next last
No other than maybe some E1 We talk sniper when it's 1500 yd shots with a 300 mag
To: quietolong
I agree. This murderer's an evil punk, not a trained pro. But the media has repeated it enough that I'd be shocked if this poll didn't have a good number of "Yes" votes.
2
posted on
10/14/2002 10:53:37 AM PDT
by
Coop
To: quietolong
Do you think the sniper has U.S. military experience?NO!
3
posted on
10/14/2002 10:55:16 AM PDT
by
elbucko
To: quietolong
If this turns out to be al-Qaeda people doing this, then I would vote "yes" that they had some sniper training.
If the sniper is an American Angry White Male(TM), then I would seriously doubt that he had sniper training. The person doing this killing spree is too much of a nut for the U.S. Military or SWAT teams. He would never make through the psychological evaluations.
To: quietolong
No...islamic military training more likely al-Qaeda or al Qaeda wannabes imo..Military Snipers are selected for more psychologicaly soundness than the average troop..
5
posted on
10/14/2002 10:56:16 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
To: quietolong
Maybe, maybe not. Not everyone who can hit a target from a distance is military trained.
6
posted on
10/14/2002 10:56:22 AM PDT
by
Hodar
To: quietolong
It does not matter whether the sniper has had US military experience. There are a number of ways to acquire the necessary skills, one of which could very well have been in an al-Qaeda training camp in Sudan or Afghanistan. Everybody thought Timothy McVeigh was simply a disaffected former US Army enlisted man, when the emerging facts indicate he may very well have been a clandestine agent. Same with this sniper. The past experience, or lack thereof, with US military training is not necessarily relevant.
Lee Harvey Oswald was a former US Marine with sniper training, too.
To: quietolong
I voted NO...
I routinely make 100yd hits on a paper plate with a blackpowder 1853 ,.53cal. Enfield, and it ain't the most accurate firearm in the world. I spent time in the military but never had anything more that basic firearm training.
8
posted on
10/14/2002 10:59:34 AM PDT
by
Robe
To: joesnuffy
When I was in the military, snipers weren't given to anymore psycho;ogical testing than any other troop.
9
posted on
10/14/2002 11:02:41 AM PDT
by
vnix
To: quietolong
All I have to say is the MEDIA HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO than conduct a poll. Last week it was Newsweek doing a poll. This is ridiculous. This guy may not even have experience in the army he just may be a guy who just off his rocker with no agenda or no prior hunting or army background or it could be a couple of younger guys with an obsession with sniper video games and want to act out the scenarios as reality.
To: quietolong
No...
Military men have a code that would prevent them from shooting unarmed U.S. Civilians.
This is some whack job who needs attention.
JMHO
SR
11
posted on
10/14/2002 11:04:21 AM PDT
by
sit-rep
To: quietolong
Just another thought, this sounds like a real lefty poll.
Do you suspect theyre gonna make a recommendation we do away with mil snipers like they do k-9 Corps police dogs.
I suspect thatll reduce the reup rate adversely
12
posted on
10/14/2002 11:04:25 AM PDT
by
Robe
To: alloysteel
"Lee Harvey Oswald was a former US Marine with sniper training, too."
Nah man, Oswald was a radar operator, wasn't he? And when he was in the USMC didn't have any sniper MOS.
13
posted on
10/14/2002 11:05:04 AM PDT
by
Rockpile
To: quietolong
In the movie "Hunt for Red October" it was the cook.
14
posted on
10/14/2002 11:07:31 AM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: quietolong
Do you think the sniper has U.S. military experience? Possibly, but there is the same chance that he has had such training as there is for any other male who has some familiarity with long guns. These are NOT long range shots. All that is required is a scope that has been sighted in. A sharpshooter should not need the scope. My eyes are not that great any more and my weapons training in the AF was perfunctory and I am not a hunter and I could make such shots consistently with my Tasco.
15
posted on
10/14/2002 11:09:18 AM PDT
by
arthurus
Wasn't one of the Buffalo terrorists in the Army?
To: vnix
9th Div Sniper school in Dong Tam did the weeding out along the way..
Im pretty sure these days down at Benning they do psych workups on candidates..
I'm just saying all things being equal..odds are the killer(s) arent US military trained of any sniper specific training.. not saying its impossible just unlikely..
The evidence the public has doesnt lead to that conclusion in spite of a hyperbolic press corps
baiting viewers for their advertisers- imo
To: SGCOS
Hey, you might be on to something. The cook in Under Seige was 'bad' too.
18
posted on
10/14/2002 11:13:25 AM PDT
by
Quilla
To: arthurus
Don't even need a scope after 10 min my girls could hit the X ring all day at 100 yd with an M-16 iron sights and they were 8& 10 at the time.
To: quietolong
Don't even need a scopeI am assuming someone with not-so-great eyes like mine in order to emphasize that there is no special training or ability required, just some familiarity with a long gun and a little practice in the back yard. Good for your daughters; I hope you have taught them to use a handgun, also.
20
posted on
10/14/2002 11:19:08 AM PDT
by
arthurus
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-59 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson