I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Dave Hinz
wrote back on 11 Jan 2005 16:28:06 GMT in
rec.crafts.metalworking :
On 10 Jan 2005 23:13:58 GMT, Charles A. Sherwood wrote:
they found a .50 caliber BAR on a tripod aimed out his living room
window, ready to mow down everyone on the street.

Last time I looked, the 50s were bolt action. Not likely to mow
down.

He's talking about a BAR, Browning Automatic Rifle. There are
semi-auto versions out there, and dummy-receiver kit guns that
look great but can't be fired. Hard to say what this one really was.
Since there's only been one crime every by a class-3 license holder,
it's pretty clear it wasn't the real deal.

I was a regular 50 MG, on a pintle mount, loaded and pointed out the
window. Generally a bad practice.

In Oregon, Class III is legal. And if Memory serves, he was legal to
have it.

Watching the coverage, it reminded me of a lot of "oh my god, he's got
three guns and a thousand rounds!" kind of ignorance. Heck, the only
reason I don't have three guns and thousand rounds in the bedroom is that
one gun lives elsewhere, and I'm low on ammo.


tschus
pyotr

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pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."