Ft. Hood suspect remains in coma

Yahoo-AP ^ | 11/6/09 | LARA JAKES

[Pontiac]

AP story says Hasan used a "5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol".

I guess Hasan is a Manly-Man.

Talk about a hand cannon!

[Pontiac]

AP reporters are illiterate.

[a fool in paradise]

Yesterday the media was saying AK-47s, assault rifles, and sniper rifles.

Then again they also said it was definitely NOT a terrorist attack and that he was a recent convert to Islam.

[john in springfield]

I'm a AP reporder. And I am VERY literit. And I RECENT that remark!!!

[trumandogz]

I sure hope no one trips over that electrical cord that is keeping that breathing machine going.

[OldDeckHand]

What an odd, boutique kind of weapon. I wonder how and why he chose that particular model, very expensive.

[CholeraJoe]

The AT-4 is only 3.3 caliber and it's a big ol moose of a weapon.

[Sudetenland]

Hmmm...that makes sense. The FN five-seven would give him 20 rds/mag, has very little muzzle flip which means rapid follow up shots, and high penetration.

Apparently it's a lot more lethal than many in the gun crowd give it credit for.

[Retired Greyhound]

Put some bacon grease in his IV.

[Tennessee Nana]

Imm not a AP reporter...

I just plae wun on TV...

[The Sons of Liberty]

I’m sure they’ll spare no expense to keep him alive and help him to recover, only [HOPEFULLY!] to execute him.

[Pontiac]

I wonder how and why he chose that particular model, very expensive.

And the ammo is impossible to find!

[Uri’el-2012]

An FN Five-seven is not a gun that the average person would know about.

It is an assault machine pistol for killing people with body armor.

[Engineer_Soldier]

LOL! 5.7 inch diameter bullets would be pretty scary. On a serious note, I hate two things about the repporting on this: One, this wasn’t a doctor who cracked and didn’t want to be deployed. If that were the case, he’d just refuse to go and spend a year in jail. This was an act of war by a jihadist and they need to bring up the possibility more often. Two, they are making an obvious effort to only praise the female cop and female soldiers for their heroism yesterday. That female cop, it was reported, had a partner. What happened to her partner. Did her partner remain in the vehicle or did he/she also return fire? Was that tiny female officer shot down without firing a shot or did she actually hit the guy shooting at her (when real bullets are coming your way, especially if already hit, it’s hard to accurately send bullets the other way). This story stinks of “Jessica Lynch” style reporting by the same branch of the military and the media.

[Engineer_Soldier]

Yep. The AT-4 is 84MM; that’s why it’s so easy to remember its nomenclature.

[OldDeckHand]

"And the ammo is impossible to find!"

Absolutely. There was a guy at the range I frequent that had just bought one. He paid well over $1K USD. I've never seen them cheaper than $1K. Very, very weird. It begs the question, how would a presumably novice shooter - described by his family as someone that knew nothing about guns - end up suing such a strange and peculiar weapon?

[envisio]

LN 5.7 x 28

Although outlawed to the public in the 90s, government agencies do aquire armor piercing rounds.

[Puppage]

Ft. Hood suspect remains in coma

Go green.....pull the plug

[Blueflag]

Weapon + bullet selection + ability to hit what he aimed at tells me he was practiced and prepared.

Methinks a visit to his practice range and his ‘buddies’ there might be very revealing. Who taught him to shoot and handle that weapon? It’s not a like a doc usually wants a lot of range time. hmmmm.

I bet we’ll find he’s been thinking and preparing for this for a long time.

Same for his gun dealer and ammo source(s).

[GI Joe Fan]

So MAJ Mohammed or whatever the hell his name is knew exactly what he was doing.

Knowing that the MPs would most likely be wearing body armor, Mohammed bought weapons that he KNEW would have the most devastating impact possible.

So much for his insanity plea in court.

[potlatch]

 

TEXAS HAS THE DEATH PENALTY

I would hope he lives and faces trial in Texas!!