What does the location of the gun manufacturer have to do with the sniper case? Is this really news? Or just an attempt to focus on gun control?
1 posted on
10/25/2002 9:24:52 AM PDT by
jgrubbs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-37 next last
To: jgrubbs
I guess it's Maine's fault that ten people are dead.
To: jgrubbs
Ummmm... so?
To: jgrubbs
What does the location of the gun manufacturer have to do with the sniper case? All federal gun control laws apply only to guns which have travelled, or whose component parts have travelled, across a state line.
To: jgrubbs
What does the location of the gun manufacturer have to do with the sniper case? Is this really news? Or just an attempt to focus on gun control?Well, I'll try a bit of sarcasm here
Josh Sugarman issued a statement today decrying Maine's gun culture, saying that the ready availability of guns in that state led to an atmosphere where a company can legally manufacture a really scary-looking gun that can actually be used to kill people.
Problem is, some gun-control idiot probably will outdo my hyperbole here.
5 posted on
10/25/2002 9:29:41 AM PDT by
dirtboy
To: jgrubbs
At least it's something that wasn't made in China.
6 posted on
10/25/2002 9:30:51 AM PDT by
dfwgator
To: jgrubbs
I wonder if the Globe writes an article on the orgin of every knife and car used in a crime?
To: jgrubbs
Oh, man! I see where this headed!
As punishment, all Mainers must sing "Dixie" three times (all verses, not just the first) and eat three bowls of grits (but without red-eye gravy.) (Yes, I am mean spirited.)
That'll teach those uppity Yankees to make terror weapons.
8 posted on
10/25/2002 9:31:29 AM PDT by
stboz
To: jgrubbs
"What does the location of the gun manufacturer have to do with the sniper case? Is this really news? Or just an attempt to focus on gun control?"
I'll show you:
Good evening, I'm Dan Rather. in yet another stinging setback for so-called President Bush, in a revelation that could hurt Republicans in the coming elections, it was revealed today that the weapon used by the DC sniper was a .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle made by Bushmaster Firearms, a gun manufacturer in Windham, Maine, the same state that is home to the President's father, former President Geaorg Bush. CBS has been unable to confirm - but we can't rule it out - that those invloved in manufacturing and selling this lethal weapon may have indeed voted for the President.
9 posted on
10/25/2002 9:31:37 AM PDT by
wny
To: jgrubbs
Is this really news? Or just an attempt to focus on gun control? Given that the source is the Boston Globe, I am assuming that this is a rhetorical question.
10 posted on
10/25/2002 9:32:09 AM PDT by
GnL
To: jgrubbs
I guess they don't know that Angusih King and his demorats have been trying to run those nasty businesses out of state.
They don't want their blood money.
12 posted on
10/25/2002 9:32:46 AM PDT by
dts32041
To: jgrubbs
Something is still made in Maine besides "Welcome To The Rich Culture of Somalia" signs?
To: jgrubbs
Not to toot my own horn but.....
To: aristeides
AK-"47" is chambered for the 7.62x39 round. Much larger, far less accurate but more reliable function-wise.
No, this is most likely a Bushmaster or something similar (probably not actual military issue IMO)
EBUCK
105 posted on 10/16/02 11:37 AM Pacific by EBUCK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 86 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
14 posted on
10/25/2002 9:34:43 AM PDT by
EBUCK
To: jgrubbs
I found this related story in the Globe as well:
Chevrolet
Vehicle was made in Michigan
By Globe Staff, 10/25/2002
The vehicle used by the sniper was a 350 cubic-inch fully automatic transmission automabile made by Chevrolet, an automobile manufacturer in Detroit, Michigan.
The vehicle is often referred to as a land yacht. The federal warrant issued against John Allen Muhammad identified the specific model as an Caprice Classic.
The gas-operated vehicle is about 15 feet long, and it weighs 1.74 tons without the standard 4 round tires that Chevrolet supplies with each model.
The particular vehicle traced through a Tacoma, Wash., auto dealer to Muhammad was outfitted with shorter-than-normal 4 barrel carbureator, which is sometimes requested in law-enforcement orders. The ''shorty'' was manufactured to accommodate a larger air filter, which investigators said the sniper used.
Chevrolet, which has been in business for 96 years and has 75,000 employees, makes about 5,000,000 vehicles a year.
16 posted on
10/25/2002 9:36:25 AM PDT by
Grit
To: jgrubbs
"accommodate a telescopic site"This reporter knows all about guns. Everybody knows that "short" is bad!
Do I have to give a sarcasm tag?
To: jgrubbs
The ''shorty'' was manufactured to accommodate a telescopic site, which investigators said the sniper used.This doesn't make sense. The length of a barrel is not relevant to the accommodation of a scope. Someone was blowing smoke.
20 posted on
10/25/2002 9:38:30 AM PDT by
elbucko
To: jgrubbs
They just want to make some noise over black guns.
Bushmaster is a nice choice for AR-15 style weaponry in my opinion...for the money. Their bullpup ain't half bad either.
Remember when they made the .223 ArmsPistol in the 70s and early 80s with the banana mag that swiveled. I had one as a boat gun. Wish I'd kept it.
21 posted on
10/25/2002 9:40:07 AM PDT by
wardaddy
To: jgrubbs
Oh, the Times has already managed to smear Bush by screaming that Bushmaster Arms was a campaign contributor to the Republican party. Nice folks.
To: jgrubbs
Or just an attempt to focus on gun control?You got it! Wait until they show how the Fed Firearms backround check failed to pick up the restraining order on John boy.
It is not going to be pretty. I sense another congressional knee jerk.
To: jgrubbs
John Allen Muhammad was made in American. But his trigger finger was controlled by "Allah".
To: jgrubbs; Sidebar Moderator
What does the location of the gun manufacturer have to do with the sniper case? Is this really news? Or just an attempt to focus on gun control?
The story ran on page A26 of the Boston Globe.
Why are you giving it more play than it deserves in Breaking News?
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-37 next last
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson