Thursday, May 11, 2006
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Thanks for the kind words.
As usual, I look back at the post now after having written and already sent it to the editor and now I notice all the crappy grammar and run-on sentences.
Oh well.
I think I got my point across.
Wow. Like you, I'm speechless. Well, not really (read on.) Disgusting. Being an IL resident (gun-unfriendly state) it's scary. My arsenal makes that kid's look like a Lego collection. Will someone see it, decide it's scary and have the po-lice seize it on drummed-up charges? Like the author of the letter so aptly asked - where was the crime? I guess I shouldn't expect any less from a state like NJ, but still...I mean...geez. There's so much wrong there. Now I'm just babbling so incoherently (maybe a NJ paper will hire me.) Questions the letter didn't ask (no criticism intended): 1. What is a "sniper rifle?" I consider myself something of an expert in the field of firearms...and I am yet to see a list of objective criteria that defines what a "sniper rifle" is - at least in such a way that a newspaper could confidently label a rifle as a "sniper rifle." Was it the McMillan stock? The #9 contour Krieger barrel? Or maybe the 20MOA canted Picatinny rail? Or maybe this "sniper rifle" was a 10/22 with a Bushnell 3-9x42 that looked menacing to someone afraid enough to dial 911 when they see a gun. 2. How many snipers use a "laser-sighting device"? Is anyone else tired of watching movies with the Menacing Red Dot that suddenly appears on a target's chest only to be followed by a withering hailstorm of mini-gun speed "sniper fire"? In the same vein: 3. Isn't it pathetic that the media sees a lame-@$$ Pakistani made fanatasy knife (oohhh...the RAPTORRRRR!) and mistakes it for something especially deadly instead of the $5 joke that it is? I think every newspaper and movie studio needs a weaponry consultant so we can stop having laws written around bells-and-whistles that pose no real threat to anyone (but that look cool). If you wonder what that last comment means, check this link out: http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/dwcl/dwc.htm Here's the payoff if you don't want to follow the link. After defining a $1000 fine for possession of a sniperscope, the state of CA says this: "As used in this section, sniperscope means any attachment, device or similar contrivance designed for or adaptable to use on a firearm which, through the use of a projected infrared light source and electronic telescope, enables the operator thereof to visually determine and locate the presence of objects during the nighttime." Does anybody else feel like vomiting?
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