[Tailback]

He's not using night vision because all of the victims have been in lit areas. Parking lots with lights or under a gas station roofed area. I doubt this guy has actual sniper training, he'd use familiar stuff from the school if he had the training. (.30 cal or 300 magnum) Possibly using a scope but the shots have all been taken within easy range of standard iron sights. An AR-15 or Mini-14 is probably a good guess as to what he's using, they're both plentiful and not too expensive with lots of accessories, mags, and books available. My guess is a middle eastern sleeper, a whacko anti-war lefty enviroMENTAList, or a pissed off wanna-be specops loser.

[DrCarl]

>Possibly using a scope but the shots have all been taken within easy range of standard iron sights.

He took this last shot in the middle of a large parking lot at 9:15 PM. It was a head shot and the woman had to have been moving. She and her husband were getting into their car.

Me? I can hit a deer size target at 150 yards with open sites and a roundball, but I can barely see 150 yards at night. And at a moving target? Head shot?

Not easy.

[ccmay]

An AR-15 or Mini-14 is probably a good guess as to what he's using

Well, reportedly there is a spent case on hand from one of the prior shootings, and according to one of the posters above, the weapon has been ID'd as an AK-74 . I assume the FBI knows the difference between a .223/5.56mm case and a 5.45x39mm Russian case.

Of course, if it is truly an AK-74, to me this would increase the likelihood that the shooter is a Middle Easterner or other foreigner, as that is a distinctly unusual weapon in this country. In fact it is a select-fire weapon that was manufactured after the 1968 cutoff for full-auto imports. There shouldn't be any legal weapons of this type in the country, unless owned by police or military. Naturally, they can be had by the barrelful in the arms bazaar of Peshawar.

Does anyone know if there were any semi-auto lookalikes imported?

-ccm

[GOPJ]

Good point:

He's not using night vision because all of the victims have been in lit areas.