Nah. Being a liberal means never having to say you're sorry.
Evidently the Caprice has been looked for Since the first shootings.....Where were the composites?
Sunday, October 13, 2002
FLIT'S SNIPER PREDICTION
At present, the authorities in D.C. are looking for a white cube van, a white panel van, and a burgundy Chevy Caprice.
My money's on the Caprice. White vans, because it's the most common delivery truck colour, are near-ubiquitous on city highways. Drive the four-lanes around Toronto, and there's rarely a five minute stretch where something white and van-like isn't speeding away from you in some direction. No, wait, I'll make another prediction. The engagement range of the sniper, when all is said and done, will be found to vary between 75-200m. Nothing farther. (For reference, Lee Oswald hit Jack Kennedy with his final shot at 80m.) All this talk about a "sniper subculture" (which anyone who's played first-person shooter computer games in the last three years must just find unfathomable) and weapons that are accurate past 400m will only obscure the fact that this guy is killing with a cheap, military-grade semi-auto .223 with a scope, from moderate range.