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Originally posted by GreenGlassDoor
reply to post by unphased
Back in basic training one of the guys from our sister unit killed himself with an M-16 in the latrine on a range day. The whole thing was jacked since this guy was placed on suicide watch but somebody thought it was a good idea to give him a rifle and live ammo. This was back in 2000.
So I don't know why that would be a question.
Originally posted by Taggart
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
Didn't it get reported he carried the gun in a Guitar case?
Originally posted by unphased
They were both shooting Semi Auto rifles. Used to be shootings took place with a pistol because even though civilians can buy, a lot of civilians aren't experienced with a semi auto.
Originally posted by alienDNA
Originally posted by unphased
They were both shooting Semi Auto rifles. Used to be shootings took place with a pistol because even though civilians can buy, a lot of civilians aren't experienced with a semi auto.
isnt Semi-auto the most common variant? I was under the impression that fully-auto is the more uncommon civilian gun.
Seeing as almost all the civilan handguns are semi-auto, and most fully-auto rifles have a semi-auto fire mode.
many of them has anyway,
My point is this, semi-auto fire mode / type rifles seems to be most common, not other way around.
Originally posted by Frettin
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
Yeah I heard on CNN that he just had the AR on his shoulder and just ran through the entrance to the food court. Hie neighbor said he had the guitar case when getting into his car at his house. Another poster said that the mall is a "gun free zone", and not even the guards have guns. I tell ya what, if I was an unarmed guard at a mall, no way I'm trying to stop a guy with a rifle for $10.00 an hour.
Originally posted by Taggart
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
Fair enough, put me down as a sheep on this one I've probably fell into the trap we all try and stay out of -
read something, subconsciously remembered it and spouted it as fact. My apologies.
Originally posted by Frettin
Please read and bump this thread....
www.abovetopsecret.com...
It is about recognizing a pattern with these incidents. With a little help from the community, perhaps we can be prepared for the next one.