
Posted: 3/12/2002 10:42:05 AM EDT
Apparently some whack-job went into a church this morning, just as they had finished the homily, and shot a priest and one parishoner (both dead). So far they are only identifying the firearm as a "high powered rifle." I saw a brief picture of it on Fox News, and it looked like a common bolt gun. Here's a link:
[url]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020312/ts_nm/crime_shooting_church_dc_1015956422[/url]
Apparently the guy is holed up in a nearby house.
-Gloftoe
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Bigger than France. "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." --RWR, 1964 |
You mean "High-Powered Sniper Rifle", don't you?
Look for much more of this during the run-up to the election.
Just like clockwork.
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"The M1 Rifle is the greatest battle implement ever devised." General George S. Patton Jr.,US Army
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Hmmmm. Maybe I just don't get it. This is *national* news because . . . . ?
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Yep Happened in Lynbrook NY. Its about 5 miles from me. The Slick was flying in circles near my house.
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I wonder how many people will be run over by Chuck and Hillary as they race to the scene to call for more gun control laws. [rolleyes]
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Oh boy! All this on the same day, candidate McCall(for gov./NY) is on the cover of the NY Post shown firing an M16. He is quoted as saying, that these extremlly powerful weapons(the M16's etc.) should never be allowed into the hands of ordinary citizens. Hmmmm thank god Im not ordinary.
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"Stand it like a man.....................and give some back"
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This is taking place the next town over from where I'm originaly from in NY. (I'm from Valley Stream) The perp is an ex-employee of the parish, their former custodian, and yes, they fired him just a few days ago. The shooter ran out of the church chased by an off duty Lynbrook Village P.O. who wrestled the rifle away from him but he still got away and baracaded himself in the house next door to the rectory.
Now why the PO was unarmed while off duty is a question I'd like to ask. I can only think that he wasn't armed because he was at church.
OR....It could be because the admin of the Village of Lynbrook is VERY anti in their attitude, just like the rest of southern NY. This might have somthing to do with the off duty PO being unarmed, I guess its just not PC to go armed, police officer or not. Too bad, somone could have stopped this freak before he pulled the trigger.
Edpmedic, 5 miles away, where you from?
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Originally Posted By Mordwyn:
The perp is an ex-employee of the parish, their former custodian, and yes, they fired him just a few days ago. View Quote |
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Tempus fugit. Frater, memento mori.
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. ~ 1 Tim. 1:15 |
[url]http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-church0312a.story?coll=ny%2Dtop%2Dspan%2Dheadlines[/url]
Alleged perp was allegedly fired for allegedly pilfering from the church's collections.
Gee, maybe New York State ought to pass a law banning guns in church.
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Wait a minute....
Wasn't someone at this site making fun of another member (mercilessly, I might add) for carrying in church???
Funny how that works, huh? Wonder how funny it would have been if this guy was attending mass this morning.
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"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES." -CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR
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Originally Posted By Mordwyn:
Now why the PO was unarmed while off duty is a question I'd like to ask. I can only think that he wasn't armed because he was at church.
OR....It could be because the admin of the Village of Lynbrook is VERY anti in their attitude, just like the rest of southern NY. This might have somthing to do with the off duty PO being unarmed, I guess its just not PC to go armed, police officer or not. Too bad, somone could have stopped this freak before he pulled the trigger.
Edpmedic, 5 miles away, where you from?
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Yup, I can hear it now....."These are extremely high powered and accurate rifles, capable of rapidly firing sveral times with just the simple operation of this bolt. There is no need, as the common hunter will tell you, for this kinda of firepower. These devistating weapons of destruction have no place in the hands of common citizens."
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Nothing surfacing about choir boys yet?
Given what has been happening of late, I wonder why we havent seen more cases like this.
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I saw the picture of the rifle the Officer was carrying - it was a tube fed .22 - looked like a Marlin (had a gold trigger or trigger shoe on it)
Dumbass media.
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"We all have it coming, kid..." - William Munny
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Originaly posted by Minman72
I know for a fact that all off duty officers are allowed AND ENCOURAGED to carry off duty guns. I would know, I sold the guns to them. Lynbrook has no say on the NY laws which allow for off duty carry either, so don't ponder that fact too much. View Quote |
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