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Post by Doug on Dec 17, 2012 17:08:31 GMT -5
And while I'm not fully conversant with gun-enthusiast culture, I find the Bushmaster .223 (a civilian version of a military rifle) an interesting choice for a target-shooting woman. Nor is it apparently an appropriate rifle for deer hunting (though I guess it's OK for small varmints). Just an FYI for you Russell, because the rest of the post is good and the misinformation is due to not being in the gun culture not malice. The Bushmaster would be a very good target rifle for a woman. Light weight, accurate, and negligible recoil and easy to maintain. If Chris was to take up serious target shooting I would find her some version of the AR-15 (which the Bushmaster is) semi auto version of M-16 and descendents. On the deer rifle thing. .223 is very marginal for deer size animals, not legal in many states. Short of a survival situation I would never choose it for a deer gun.
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Post by Ann T on Dec 17, 2012 17:12:12 GMT -5
I heard on NPR earlier that the school would be closed for months as a crime scene while authorities studied every recovered bulllet to see what they could learn. What will they learn? Will they learn something from bullet 67 that they had not learned from bullet 43? Honest question. I am a ballistics idiot. It's not unlike when they close the freeway for 6 hours to investigate a fatal wreck. I believe it is forensic evidence (overkill), so that whatever claims get made in the future can be backed up with evidence. For example, if someone were to try to invoke a "mystery second assassin" theory, they can point to the rifling marks on bullet 67 and say, no these all came from one gun, same as bullet 43, same as bullet 1.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2012 17:24:18 GMT -5
I heard on NPR earlier that the school would be closed for months as a crime scene while authorities studied every recovered bulllet to see what they could learn. What will they learn? Will they learn something from bullet 67 that they had not learned from bullet 43? Honest question. I am a ballistics idiot. It's not unlike when they close the freeway for 6 hours to investigate a fatal wreck. I believe it is forensic evidence (overkill), so that whatever claims get made in the future can be backed up with evidence. For example, if someone were to try to invoke a "mystery second assassin" theory, they can point to the rifling marks on bullet 67 and say, no these all came from one gun, same as bullet 43, same as bullet 1. Indeed Ann. I also think that there could reasonably be a fairly long period of removing all physical traces of what happened or of changing the decor in some way. The 'ghosts' might take some time to depart.
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Post by Ann T on Dec 17, 2012 18:14:51 GMT -5
It's not unlike when they close the freeway for 6 hours to investigate a fatal wreck. I believe it is forensic evidence (overkill), so that whatever claims get made in the future can be backed up with evidence. For example, if someone were to try to invoke a "mystery second assassin" theory, they can point to the rifling marks on bullet 67 and say, no these all came from one gun, same as bullet 43, same as bullet 1. Indeed Ann. I also think that there could reasonably be a fairly long period of removing all physical traces of what happened or of changing the decor in some way. The 'ghosts' might take some time to depart. Quite likely. When you sell a house that has had a murder or suicide in it, you have to disclose this to the buyer because of the creepiness factor. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't raze the place and put up a memorial park like they did with the McDonalds in San Ysirdro, but then that would depend on the school system budget.
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Post by theevan on Dec 18, 2012 17:05:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2012 18:29:00 GMT -5
Oh dear. Sixth-grader in Utah brings gun to school to avoid Connecticut-style attack, district spokesman says
A sixth-grade student in Utah is in police custody after he was accused of bringing a gun to school Monday, reportedly claiming he wanted to protect himself in the event of a school shooting. The 11-year-old is a student at West Kearns Elementary School, in Kearns, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, and brought the .22-caliber handgun to school in his backpack, Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said told NBC News. The boy, whose name has not been released because he is a juvenile, indicated that he wanted to defend himself if there was an incident similar to what happened in Newtown, Conn. Last Friday, 20 students, ages 6 and 7, and six school staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School were killed when a gunman burst into the school and opened fire before fatally shooting himself. The gunman had killed his mother earlier that day. “Obviously that’s not the correct approach,” Horlsey said of the 11-year-old's action. “We teach these kids on a regular basis that they have a responsibility to keep their school safe.” usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/18/15997124-sixth-grader-in-utah-brings-gun-to-school-to-avoid-connecticut-style-attack-district-spokesman-says?lite
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