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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:44 pm    Post subject: Google maps Reply with quote



http://valleywag.gawker.com/5142822/google-maps-loves-guns-hates-bambi

Kinda confirms the suspicions of many in the rest of the world....
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What do you expect...this was taken in South Dakota...


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes,... But,... I would think that even in South Dakota "Walking down the street with a Sniper Rifle" would be frowned upon #2gunfire
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is not a sniper rifle. There is a definate issue with depth perception in the picture, but it looks like a regular rifle to me. It's definately not concealed...
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't matter what kind of rifle it is. Walking down the street with any kind of weapon, concealed or not, should be frowned upon everywhere. Unfortunately it isn't in a lot of places.
Personally I would feel extremely threatened if I walked past people carrying guns in the street.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You haven't walked in the right places yet. That guy is probably already thinking of how he is going to cook the venison.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Michelle wrote:
Doesn't matter what kind of rifle it is. Walking down the street with any kind of weapon, concealed or not, should be frowned upon everywhere. Unfortunately it isn't in a lot of places.
Personally I would feel extremely threatened if I walked past people carrying guns in the street.


You won't feel comfortable walking in the big cities of Israel so, many soldiers go around with rifles... but somehow I believe they're a bit more trained and responsible than this guy... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wouldn't want to walk around those sort of places. Pig shooting is popular here with our own 'redneck' types. I avoid those too.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Believe it or not you are safer there then in most big cities. Bad guys there have to worry about people shooting back. Not so in the big cities.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lock up all the bad guys! Simple yet effective.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unfortunately, there are too many liberals here that feel sorry for the bad guys. They let them off with little to no punishment at all.

If I had my way, Prison would be unpleasent, make them abosolutely NOT want to go. Better encouragement of being good .
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think they enjoy going to prison for a holiday.


Speaking of dudes with guns, there's really only a small number of dudes who look good with a weapon in their hands...and they're all fictional characters.




(Technically, not a weapon but he would look just as good if it was.)


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just knew you'd be impressed, John!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mohrorless wrote:
That is not a sniper rifle. There is a definate issue with depth perception in the picture, but it looks like a regular rifle to me. It's definately not concealed...


Ok, so let's discuss the difference between a "Sniper Rifle" and a "Hunting Rifle".... Rolling Eyes


Sniper Rifles at a Law Enforcement training program
http://www.butthan.net/military-law-enforcement-gallery.html



Deer Hunting Rifles
http://www.the-deer-hunting-guide.com/deer_hunting_firearms.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hahahaha
That's not a very subtle pose is it!


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Oops! Sorry, wrong one.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Those aren't sniper rifles,

This is a sniper rifle. The 50 cal M82 Barrett Sniper Rifle:



This is a hunting rifle. A Winchester Model 70.



The longer barrel is for more accurate aim. It stabilizes the bullet better for it's flight.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_70


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The United States Marine Corps used the pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 bolt-action rifles as their standard-issue sniper rifle from the 1950s, until they were replaced by the Remington Model 700 series bolt-action rifles in the mid-1960s and the Remington Model 700 became the basis for the M40 series sniper rifle that is in current U.S. Marine Corps service today.


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sir Papa Smurph wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_70


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The United States Marine Corps used the pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 bolt-action rifles as their standard-issue sniper rifle from the 1950s, until they were replaced by the Remington Model 700 series bolt-action rifles in the mid-1960s and the Remington Model 700 became the basis for the M40 series sniper rifle that is in current U.S. Marine Corps service today.


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That happened because up to that time most military sniper rifles were just modified versions of a basic infantry rifle. You can find sniper variants of just about all the standard issue infantry rifles from WWII, for example. In Viet Nam, they learned quickly that hunting rifles were better than modified infantry rifles for use by their snipers, so they used hunting rifles instead.

Now, they use the Barrett John showed earlier.
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