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Ducimus · 11-01-13, 04:48 PM

I find this ironic considering I took 4 hours off from work this morning to go target shooting with a brother in law and zero in my rifle at 200 yards, and taking some shots at 600 yards. (lots of fun by the way)

After digging around some, from various news reports, the key things I take out of this is he had strong anti-government views, and was targeting TSA personnel.

My nickles worth:

- While I'm not a big fan of the federal government myself at the moment, I have to say this does not help anyone. It's just going to generate more anger, and hysteria, depending on ones point of view, and the resulting fallout from this incident.

- The shooting occurred in one of the most security strict areas, in a state with very strict gun control (california), and the shooter is reportly from a state that is also heavy on gun control. (new jersey from what I've read)

- America's favorite rifle (when you consider how many are owned across the nation) is being called a "High powered rifle". Ugh. Gotta love the media, and it's choice of words. Its deliberatly worded for maximum impact. My rifle, chambered in 7.62X51 is "high powered", a 5.56X45, while potent, is not what I would consider as a firearms enthusiast as "high powered". I really shudder to think of the damage that will be done if someday some nutjob loads up any box magazine fed semi auto in 7.62X51 and goes postal. It will far outstrip the damage done by the 5.56. Seriously. In the gun world, there's a saying about this caliber : "turning cover into concealment for 50 years". By way of comparison, a 5.56, though potent, is nothing more then a .22 with "a lot of ass behind the round". (edit: yes I'm making the assumption an AR-15 variant of some sort was used)

11-01-13, 04:48 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I find this ironic considering I took 4 hours off from work this morning to go target shooting with a brother in law and zero in my rifle at 200 yards, and taking some shots at 600 yards. (lots of fun by the way) After digging around some, from various news reports, the key things I take out of this is he had strong anti-government views, and was targeting TSA personnel. My nickles worth: - While I'm not a big fan of the federal government myself at the moment, I have to say this does not help anyone. It's just going to generate more anger, and hysteria, depending on ones point of view, and the resulting fallout from this incident. - The shooting occurred in one of the most security strict areas, in a state with very strict gun control (california), and the shooter is reportly from a state that is also heavy on gun control. (new jersey from what I've read) - America's favorite rifle (when you consider how many are owned across the nation) is being called a "High powered rifle". Ugh. Gotta love the media, and it's choice of words. Its deliberatly worded for maximum impact. My rifle, chambered in 7.62X51 is "high powered", a 5.56X45, while potent, is not what I would consider as a firearms enthusiast as "high powered". I really shudder to think of the damage that will be done if someday some nutjob loads up any box magazine fed semi auto in 7.62X51 and goes postal. It will far outstrip the damage done by the 5.56. Seriously. In the gun world, there's a saying about this caliber : "turning cover into concealment for 50 years". By way of comparison, a 5.56, though potent, is nothing more then a .22 with "a lot of ass behind the round". (edit: yes I'm making the assumption an AR-15 variant of some sort was used)