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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:55 AM Original message |
What type of firearm did von Brunn use? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. have not heard the brand, but reports say it was a .22 - n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm curious too. I cannot imagine someone carrying a "rifle" along the Mall and not being stopped. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. He drove up the the front door, double parked, walked in, started firing. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I live in DC, so I'm familiar with the layout. He double parked!!! Okay, now I get it. nt |
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Sedona (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. reported on MSNBC |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Old bastard must have been a crack shot... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. don't have to be a crack shot |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. AP says "a .22-caliber rifle" |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. It's not usually the Weapon of Choice for killin' folks, is it? I guess it did the trick. nt |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Well that explains it |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Agree. Every household should have a .22 rifle and leave it at that. nt |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Not exactly one of those evil assualt weapons |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. A standard AR15 is a .22 caliber rifle. (n/t) |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. But a .22 is not defined as an assult weapon |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. There is no such thing as an Assault Weapon |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. That was kind of my point |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. True, only centerfire rifles are considered in the law |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. .22LR's were included in the 1994 Feinstein law, NJ's AWB, etc. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
37. Um That is a stretch. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
59. Not quite, that's a .223 caliber weapon. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. 5.56Nato = .224 caliber --- .22lr = .224 caliber |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Like many young kids, the first rifle I ever shot was a .22 at Scout Camp... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. Two witnesses said shotgun, but.. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That's such a generic term for a rifle that is not visibly a machine/'Tommy' gun. nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Eyewitness from someone not familiar with firearms. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. good point |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Camcorders generally |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Ahh, thanks, didn't know that! |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Oh, it certainly sounds different on a recording |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
15. Wonder how Brady will try to ban .22 rimfires. |
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cslinger59 (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Careful what you say.... |
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BigBluenoser (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I've often though about... |
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Deadric Damodred (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Here's a .22 that's sure to piss the Brady's off: |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #15 |
62. Remember that Brady was shot with a .22 |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. I've also heard it was a .22 |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I understand the guards had requested vests... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. AAAARGH!!! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. We don't need unions... the corporations and the free market will take care of it! |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. They sure will.... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. Capital Police only described it as a long gun. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. I had heard one report saying it was a very old (100 yr) gun... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. My initial reaction too. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. Unless the door in the photo was bullet proof I think .22LR might be right |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Definitely not a shotgun.. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Sort of like the |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The door in the Holocaust Museum photo may be ballistic laminate, |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Hmm I guess I didn't think a museum would have the foresight to use a bullet resistent material |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yes, that's what I was thinking. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. In the photos |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Concrete is pretty brittle, particularly if you're talking about cinder block walls. |
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MichaelHarris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. some of the shots went |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. It is thicker, but it's not ballistic glass. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. If that were a regular door, a .22LR would have gone right through. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Those might be from guards guns |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Could be (the impacts look back-side?). Either way, that's definitely a ballistic panel |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
60. Most likely pistol rounds from the security guard shots. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Numerous reports I've seen said the guards had 38 caliber revolvers |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. Maybe a Winchester model 1906 repeating rifle? |
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NVJJC (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. OH NO! .22 RF - Another gun to add to the BAN list. |
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DonP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Maybe a Savage 87A? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Authority who spoke said Winchester |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. Wow sure are a lot of non contributing posters to this list. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Err.. this is a thread speculating on what kind of gun, in the gungeon.. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It wasn't originally in the gungeon. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Yes it was... |
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