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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - "sniper" in crane tower on CNN, already, its BS

Posted: 6/21/2001 4:54:45 AM EDT

on cnn right now they are reporting a "sniper" in this tower. police have seen him talking on a cell phone, he may have a gun. some silly B**** on cnn says, they and the construction crew that were working their have been evacuted to a safe distance. what is this safe distance??? HALF A BLOCK. half a block so hte sniper dosent get them. cnn is pretty dumb, but cops arnt **usually** that stupid. they would acually be at a better range to hit half a block away as opposed t oright under him, if he is in fact a sniper. if he had a .300win.mag and was picking of people sniper style i dont thing the police would have set the tv and construction crew half a block away. could this label of a sniper be more media sensationalism?

BTW its early now, boy will my face be red if later today the cops haul him down with a barret

Posted: 6/21/2001 5:03:34 AM EDT

[#1]

It will be more entertaining when we find out that he never even had a gun, but of course he *could* have, so we ought to ban something because of the potential.

Shit, people could climb all sorts of things, and maybe even carry a gun up there, we better ban it!

Posted: 6/21/2001 5:20:41 AM EDT

[#2]

The news reports keep saying he has a "high powered" rifle.

I'm a-wonderin' - what EXACTLY is a "low powered 'rifle?? One that runs on solar energy, or something???

And YES, the "sniper" BS is more media sensationalism.

Posted: 6/21/2001 5:30:50 AM EDT

[#3]

I've been saying for years that eliminating "Snipers" will be the easiest way for them to get our hunting guns.

Posted: 6/21/2001 5:35:37 AM EDT

[#4]

This 'sniper' crap from the media is really ticking me off, here in MA theres been a few incidents of people shooting pellet guns at cars with one suspect under arrest, but its still happening.

And the media are calling them 'sniper attacks' or refer to the kid as the 'Route 3 sniper', give me a friggin' break it's only a pellet gun!!!

Posted: 6/21/2001 5:43:43 AM EDT

[#5]

Ya the route 3 sniper was page 1 for a week solid before they let it out that it was a pellet gun. What a joke!

Posted: 6/21/2001 5:49:20 AM EDT

[#6]

Hey, you could lose an eye or get a nasty brusie from a pellet gun! Think about the children!

Posted: 6/21/2001 6:04:01 AM EDT

[#7]

Hielo,

As John Candy (Wally World attendant) said to Chevy Chase (fanatical father) in Family Vacation: "Hey, that's a pellet gun... It won't even break the skin!"

Posted: 6/21/2001 6:52:58 AM EDT

[#8]

This is in the lovely city of Atlanta, by the way...

Anybody got a streaming feed for this one?

Posted: 6/21/2001 7:51:31 AM EDT

[#9]

I guess a "Low powered" rifle could mean a .22, but what MORON is going to try Sniping with a friggin .22?, he deserves to get hit with a Barrett

Posted: 6/21/2001 8:07:09 AM EDT

[#10]

isn't "sniper" just referring to one who would stalk a target and fire accurately (one shot) from concealment. My point is couldn't a real "sniper" use anything from a pellet gun or a 6" bolt crossbow or a .380 lorcin up to a 20mm vulcan?

Posted: 6/21/2001 9:23:40 AM EDT

[#11]

Low power is the plasma rifle in 5 watt range.

Posted: 6/21/2001 10:59:49 AM EDT

[#12]

Wasn't this guy demanding a blank check or some crap? What the hell does he think he's going to do with that highly traceable item, cash it at a liquor store?

Posted: 6/21/2001 1:59:35 PM EDT

[#13]

Am I alone in getting highly pissed at hearing every demented twit with a rifle being called a "Sniper"? A sniper is an honorable military/police vocation. I believe when a demented twit holds up a real police sniper should take his stupid ass out, no talk, no free cheese bugers, no words to mama, nothing...one shot, scrape his worthless hide up and leave. And if you back over CNN and any of the other TWIT news reporters on the way out...a bonus!

Posted: 6/21/2001 2:06:48 PM EDT

[#14]

CNN has changed the story, now he is a fake FBI agent. They are reporting that the police are taking a wait and see attitude. The police would wait about 3 seconds if he did have any kind of weapon in that target rich enviroment...

Posted: 6/21/2001 2:23:29 PM EDT

[#15]

Our resident fruitcake is STILL in the cab of the crane, now 12 hours in.

The cell phone he was using to talk to the cops has went dead. For some fruitcake reason, he let a 50 foot rope down from the top. Since the crane is 200 feet tall, that was useful

[%|]

Posted: 6/21/2001 3:03:56 PM EDT

[#16]

The real question is [b]Does he have WATER?[/b]

In case you have been asleep for the past few days, water just recently killed 5 children. If this person up in a crane were to let a few drops of water fall down, ohhh the horror.

Posted: 6/22/2001 3:15:37 AM EDT

[#17]

Stop looking for a low-powered rifle already.

I get my propaganda fix everyday and have NEVER heard of a low-powered rifle.

They simply do not eXist in media land.

If .177-cal pellet guns fall into the high-power window, so do .22's.

BTW- I think the wannabe sniper thinks he's Charles Whitman.

Posted: 6/22/2001 4:22:46 AM EDT

[#18]

He might not have a rifle or anything. May be he is a jumper?

Posted: 6/22/2001 4:23:57 AM EDT

[#19]

If I'm not mistaken I think they just said on the news that the guy hung himself.

Posted: 6/22/2001 4:26:14 AM EDT

[#20]

"If I'm not mistaken"

You are not mistaken.

The cops decision to "wait him out" worked well.

Game over. [xx(]

Posted: 6/22/2001 6:05:42 AM EDT

[#21]

Think it was a "tactical rope" he used, or just a plain hardware store type?

Posted: 6/22/2001 8:45:40 AM EDT

[#22]

Yeah, I think it was made of ballistic nylon, not that Home Depot stuff.

Posted: 6/22/2001 8:53:11 AM EDT

[#23]

Has this "sniper" shot anyone yet?

Posted: 6/22/2001 9:19:42 AM EDT

[#24]

Nope.

His "sniper rifle" turned out to be a Bible.

Oh...the horror.

What knee-jerk fucks.

Posted: 6/22/2001 9:21:11 AM EDT

[#25]

Did he or did he not have a gun?

Posted: 6/22/2001 12:07:33 PM EDT

[#26]

No gun. Just an assault rope. Can't believe K-Mart still sells 'em

Posted: 6/22/2001 12:19:36 PM EDT

[#27]

I hereby start a petition to ban all "ASSAULT ROPE". Think of how many people these horrible creations have killed throughout the years...

I am shocked there has been no Bill passed to ban these things. We should at least make anyone who buys one register it as a deadly weapon! Maybe this CNN story will wake these damn politicians up!!! Who's with me???
[sniper]

Posted: 6/22/2001 5:08:53 PM EDT

[#28]

Actually, banning "sniper rifles" may be a GOOD thing. It might actually make all the HUNTERS realize that they are just as much under attack as us heathen "AW" owners.

-Troy

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