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MSNBC says AK-74....
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Posted on 10/15/2002 4:13:51 PM PDT by fooman

MSNBC says that the terrorist used an AK-74. That and the fact the AP witness says that this guy looked Middle Eastern(MSNBC left this out), plus the story about two 'hispanics' at an earlier strike.

Plus the elusivisness and meticuluous planning of this group...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
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To: FF578
Try that again:

AK-47:


21 posted on 10/15/2002 4:27:43 PM PDT by FF578
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To: fooman
Could you (or somebody) please explain what this post is about? WHAT terrorist? WHAT incident? WHEN? WHERE? HOW?

Please give some context to you posts...

22 posted on 10/15/2002 4:27:47 PM PDT by Levine2001
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To: KsSunflower
I saw that too on Fox. Why does the board think Fox is being so PC?
23 posted on 10/15/2002 4:29:28 PM PDT by fooman
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To: Levine2001
Context : Witness who saw the Home Depot shooting last night picked the AK 74
24 posted on 10/15/2002 4:30:39 PM PDT by fooman
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To: fooman
Every day, it looks more like Abdullah and his spotter/driver Mohammed are the perps and less like Bubba. Unless the perps are observing their holy days on the weekend, either they're 9-to-5ers or Al-Qaeda workers have attained a 40-hour work week. If it's the former, they're probably resident aliens or U.S. citizens.
25 posted on 10/15/2002 4:31:34 PM PDT by Man of the Right
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To: Shooter 2.5; steveegg
Uncle Binny's favorite play toy.
26 posted on 10/15/2002 4:31:41 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: fooman
and imagine that ... bin bagged used a AK-74s as a prop when he did his films for use as propaganda.

So the elite Al Queda, ie snipers, use the AK74 which aren't imported into the US. They are full auto weapons so can't be sold here.

I guess the Al Queda types didn't know that importing guns without a license is against the law.

NBC showed a graphic of the AK74 at the 6:30 news. Interesting is when I postulated this a few days back it was foo foo as well, uninformed.

snooker
27 posted on 10/15/2002 4:36:02 PM PDT by snooker
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To: fooman
I wonder where they got this? MSNBC wouldn't know an AK-74 from a white/tan Chevy-Chrysler-Ford panel van/stepvan/box truck with or without writing on the side and/or a ladder rack.

Somebody must have told them a new gun name they'd never heard of and they thought it sounded cool. With all the crappy contraditory info floating around, they can't even decide what the vehicle looks like, or if the driver(s) are hispanic or islamic.

I seriously doubt that anyone has accurately seen the weapon well enough to make that call. If it was an AK-74, most people would mistake that for an AK-47 anyway, if they were even savvy enough to recognize the outlines of a Kalishnakov.

28 posted on 10/15/2002 4:36:18 PM PDT by Kenton
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To: fooman
If a witness picked the AK-74 then they are pretty good with guns. How many of the average sheeple in America are going to be able to tell the above two guns I posted apart?

I would have a tough enough time doing it without getting a good look. As much as any witness possibly could have seen, there is no way that they could know for sure just by sight.

29 posted on 10/15/2002 4:37:06 PM PDT by FF578
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To: snooker
Good for you for thinking this earlier. I am glad this is not bubba.

now, good gun control will mean citizens taking out al quada at the Home Depot!

=)
30 posted on 10/15/2002 4:39:00 PM PDT by fooman
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To: Kenton
If the Police knew it was a 5.45 x 39MM round and not an actual .223 this could explain the story.

IT doesn't explain the ATF showing a bunch of AR-15's and HK .223's about a week ago saying "These could be the types of gun the sniper is using."

A .223 is not a 5.45 x 39MM

31 posted on 10/15/2002 4:39:57 PM PDT by FF578
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To: FF578
Good point. Hopefully the curved magazine would distinguish between a hunting rifle and an AR 15. You dont really need to know guns to see this distinguishing feature.

The witness may have THOUGHT that it was a 47, but as the earlier poster pointed out the round fired would have elminated that choice and Whallaaaa!
32 posted on 10/15/2002 4:42:22 PM PDT by fooman
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To: FF578
If I lived in one of the biggest gun control areas I would have a LOT of gun knowledge from my own collection
33 posted on 10/15/2002 4:43:39 PM PDT by mamarainsberry
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To: FF578
There is a saying in detective work to the effect of:

If you hear hoof beats, suspect horses.

It could well be that the police called the projectile a .223 because that's what they were familiar with and they were dealing only with fragments, not an intact bullet. And besides, everybody knew it was a demented white military veteran. Where would he get an Ak-74?

34 posted on 10/15/2002 4:45:18 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: FF578
" IT doesn't explain the ATF showing a bunch of AR-15's and HK .223's about a week ago saying "These could be the types of gun the sniper is using"

It explains it perfectly. They are gun grabbers and they're going to milk this for all it's worth.

35 posted on 10/15/2002 4:47:56 PM PDT by spunkets
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To: spunkets
True.
36 posted on 10/15/2002 4:48:41 PM PDT by FF578
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To: fooman
I heard on the radio the other day, the sniper was using a "AK-15". Wonder if I could get one of those?
37 posted on 10/15/2002 4:49:17 PM PDT by narby
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To: fooman; Dataman
Sounds like the leaders of the investigation are more interested in being PC than catching this guy.... But this case has military feel....

I find myself agreeing with you there, fooman. On the basis of a conversation at the local gun club last week....

We had finished up our e-board agenda, and then settled back for a discussion of the breaking events in MD/VA/DC.

Most of us who participated in that discussion are hunters, or (like me) sporting pistol shooters. But on this subject, such folk quickly realized we needed to just shut up and listen to the "resident experts."

Which were V, a retired Special Forces type; S, a federally-licensed firearms dealer and master gunsmith (who knows just about everything pertaining to firearms that can be learned in a single lifetime); and D, a law enforcement officer with the INS who carries for a living.

Just some of the salient points brought out by V, S, and D:

(1) These shootings bear all the hallmarks of a military style operation. There is a regular tactical plan in force, seemingly involving two individuals each time, one the shooter, the other the driver/"spotter".

(2) The firearm(s) used by no means had to be of the class of a "sniper" or "assault" rifle. There are literally thousands of firearms types that can chamber the .223 FMJ round.

(3) The person(s) doing the shooting did not necessarily have to be a skilled marksman at the ranges indicated; nor was a high-powered scope necessary to obtain the "kills" chalked up so far -- IF the shooter was firing from a bench rest, even iron sights would be good enough at the indicated target ranges.

(4) The assumption was that the shooter(s) was firing from within the vehicle -- which would provide both a bench rest to steady the shot, and acoustic attenuation of the report.

Just to make his point, V. told the story of how once-upon-a-time he took his grandmother down to the gun range, and set her up with a FAL carbine firing the .223 FMJ round. At three hundred yards, using iron sights, never having fired a gun in her life, she "took down" a man-size target 3 out of 5 times.

So, I'm thinking we aren't talking so much about skill here, so much as people executing a set, detailed plan with unfailing rigor. Which may involve a variety of vehicles and safe houses short distances away from the scene in which to hide the vehicles. Conceivably, we may be dealing with different shooters and even different firearms.

For whatever it's worth.

38 posted on 10/15/2002 4:50:07 PM PDT by betty boop
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To: narby
LOL
39 posted on 10/15/2002 4:52:54 PM PDT by fooman
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To: fooman
There's almost no mistaking an AK profile from any of the former Soviet satellite nations, but there are several non-Commie rifles that look just like an AK from a distance: Valmet 76s, Galil ARMs, South African R4s (AKA "LM-5"), etc.

All of them fire NATO 5.56 (nearly identical to Remington .223) ammunition.

However, all of these rifles except for the Commie-made "AK-74" are uncommon in the US -- even during the public 'Assault Weapons' buying spree of the late 1980s/early 1990s. The South African R4 is almost never seen.

I would expect that if the shooter really is using an "AK-74", that it's a Romanian clone or a recent Russian 'sporterized' import chambered in Remington .223.

It's just my opinion, but I don't think that anyone who's got a fascination with the 'Sniper Culture' would choose an AK-74 for their rifle.

40 posted on 10/15/2002 4:54:10 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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