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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:04 PM Original message |
Is this story also misleading |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. I sure don't know, but it has a number of scary features! |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. no idea |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Looking closely at the picture |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Correction on Canadian gun registration |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. From the federal study of the effectiveness of the '94 AWB.. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. What you're missing is that traditional looking weapons are EQUALLY dangerous |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. I was kind of snarky with you in another post... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Nope, that's a 'thumbhole' stock, not a naughty feature. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. You're expecting rationality from gun worshipers? |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. He was |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. "Rationality" is subjective. Facts aren't. That's not an automatic weapon. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Officer Flemming was either misquoted, or doesn't know what he was talking about. |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's a Norinco |
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Merchant Marine (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. They got the caliber wrong... |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The Norinco |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. That one appears to be 7.62 |
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Howzit (918 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Almost. They got the gun's model wrong |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Or it might be a converted magazine |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Pretty much any rifle round will penetrate a patrol vest |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Mistaken" does not equal "lying" |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. that's |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Refute it if you can |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. hahahahaha |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You sure did pick an appropriate avatar |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Oh yes, and |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Willful ignorance must be bliss. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Fact filled equals funny? |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. You may find it funny but it is factually correct and puts the reality |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. Wow! Very good post! It is amazing how much reporters screw up all in |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. They are not lying. |
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423aaron (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
16. Look at the pix again. |
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Xela (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I agree, Romanian copy. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. The mags don't prove anything |
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423aaron (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Mag check |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Agree that those mags are too straight to be 7.62x39mm. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Hmmm, looks like you're right |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's not an "assault" rifle, it's just a rifle |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. AK-47'ness = ooga booga to the uninformed |
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Jackson1999 (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, it is misleading |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
25. OK, here's a research assignment. Find three common centerfire rifle calibers |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Just for a laugh |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I was thinking of muzzle energy, and I can't think of three. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
26. Real simple. The safety catch will have 2 positions or 3. |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. Based on the information given by the posters here, YES it is misleading. |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. MichaelHarris, you have been deliberately mislead, here is proof.... |
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dairydog91 (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. Either they're lying, or their armor distributor shafted them... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. Definitely a Romak 2 in 5.45x39mm, and NOT an "assault weapon" under the Feinstein law. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 06:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Hot damn, you're right - it's not an "assault weapon"! |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. I see a trend here |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. You aren't lying you are just ignorant, there is a big difference. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
44. They lied or are stupid |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Careful there, you're mixing the two stories |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Good point. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-06-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
53. If you are what you say you are |
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