Posted on 06/29/2011 3:09:32 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Seattle police are looking into the "very embarrassing" circumstances that led to a semi-automatic assault rifle being left on the trunk lid of an unattended patrol vehicle in public.
Everybody's done it.
You place an item on top of a car only to remember later — after you or someone else has driven off.
But when the forgetful individual is a Seattle police officer and the item is a semi-automatic rifle, it's more than a little embarrassing. It's also the focus of an internal investigation.
Seattle police spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb conceded Tuesday it was "very embarrassing" that a semi-automatic rifle was left on the trunk lid of a police cruiser in downtown Seattle on Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
Oh No! A Semi-Automatic Assault rifle? Semi-Automatic? Really? Semi-Automatic? Oh my goodness! I thought those were banned! What the heck is a Semi-Automatic Assault rifle good for anyway? It’s not as if anybody NEEDS one! Nobody NEEDS a Semi-Automatic Assault rifle to go HUNTING...
Only a semi-auto? Well that might explain why no one snagged it and drove off.
Maybe it also had a “clip” and a “shoulder thing that goes up:”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ospNRk2uM3U
—added “banglist” to keywords—
What? No bayonet lug?
Was it one of the ones that have bullets that explode gunpowder when you pull the finger pull thingy?
How can you tell a computer belongs to a lib 'journalist?' It's got a special key labeled "saar".
Those Garand clips aren’t going to work to well in that M4
absolutley NOT...thats the point
“The briefers explained that the goal of the investigation was to track the guns to the larger cartels so a bigger case could be made, and that three of the most popular weapons that had been trafficked included an AK-57 variant known as the 7.62, .50-caliber weapons, and an AR semiautomatic variant known as the 5.56.”
AK-57 variant?
It's the "obama 57 states" commemorative model.
That’s the rare variant made by Birdman Weapon Systems. Looks like they got shut down some time ago.
Perhaps the fact that it was outside the police car and not in the hands of an officer is responsible for for the article labeling it with the devil's moniker. It would be interesting to see at what point the rifle transformed from "patrol" to "assault".
If it were halfway out the window of the cruiser would perhaps be the most straightforward way to tell. My guess is that if the barrel is pointing OUT, it is a patrol rifle, and if it is pointing IN, an assault rifle.
Just want make sure we understand the rules...
Oh my! How many people were killed when it jumped up by itself and started shooting innocent bystanders?
AK-57? Sounds like a .50 cal shoulder fired assault weapon. I want one!
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