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Fort Hood Killer Reportedly Chose "Cop Killer" Handgun (More Brady baloney)
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence ^ | Nov 6, 2009 | NA

Posted on 11/11/2009 11:47:41 AM PST by neverdem

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To: neverdem

How is that other soldiers (his victims) didn’t have any guns (”cop killer” or simple “civilian killer” guns)?


21 posted on 11/11/2009 12:43:58 PM PST by nonsporting
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To: mnehring
There is no such thing as a "cop killer" round of ammo. There is such a thing as armor piercing and all handguns can use armor piercing ammo. Getting the ammo is the trick. Not only that, a .44 mag at close range will shoot through vests without armor piercing ammo, so will any number of rifles and other handguns. The fact is these anti-gun a**hats are trying to distract from the real danger, muslims and other insane a**hats that want to kill people. Had the rest of the troops been armed only a few would have been killed before the crazy muslim ba*****d was brought down.

The bottom line is that none of the people at fort hood had on body armor. A .22 long rifle round would have done just about the same amount of damage as the 5.7 did. I understand he also had a .357 magnum, but that seems to be lost in the news media hype.

22 posted on 11/11/2009 12:46:19 PM PST by calex59
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To: neverdem
It was a handgun that was designed to fire bullets through body armor.

What an amazing display of ignorance and deceit.

23 posted on 11/11/2009 12:50:18 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: marron

He got the gun over the counter just as you and I could.

They haven’t released whether he was using Armor Piercing Ammo illegally maintained.

In any event the Bullet is key to defeating body armor not the caliber. However, this particular 5.77 round travels at almost double the speed of normal handgun rounds and can defeat more kinds of body armor than a 9mm or .40cal.

Since he wasn’t up against body armor, and knew that, he wouldn’t need AP. Since AP is verrry hard to get and would risk arrest he probably used normal 5.77 ammo.

My personal thought was he wanted to be effective out to 50+ yards and this is the round for that. Or maybe that was just the kind of weapon he had. It is ideal for firing a lot of shots quickly because it has very little recoil. Just Pop Pop Pop like any other .22.


24 posted on 11/11/2009 12:50:39 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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The usual BS from the usual sources.

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25 posted on 11/11/2009 12:54:37 PM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: neverdem
"...While no police officer has reportedly been killed by a suspect armed with a Five-Seven, it may now have taken the lives of U.S. soldiers. ..."

"IT" didn't take anyone's life. Hasan took their lives, with the tools he had at hand. The gun is not the weapon - it's just an implement of the human will. The mind is the weapon. Without his malice and forethought, "it's" just an expensive paperweight.

26 posted on 11/11/2009 12:54:57 PM PST by conservativeharleyguy (Democrats: Over 60 million fooled daily!)
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To: marron

They need to stop whining about the guns. We are damn lucky the pig didn’t have resources to get his hands on a bomb. (which I suspect will be the next form of internal attack on the military)


27 posted on 11/11/2009 12:55:39 PM PST by Toespi
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To: Tenacious 1
For those of us who know a thing about guns, what was the caliber?

5.7 mm, which is why it is called the Five-Seven.

28 posted on 11/11/2009 1:01:18 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
It is ideal for firing a lot of shots quickly because it has very little recoil. Just Pop Pop Pop like any other .22.

That's one of the reasons I considered this gun for home defense (for the wife). Our Ruger .357 revolver is a bit too much for her and our H&K 9mm perhaps not enough in other ways.

29 posted on 11/11/2009 1:01:48 PM PST by scripter ("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
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To: neverdem

It’s just too bad Hasan didn’t choose one of those
“muslim killer” hand guns. It would have saved a lot
of lives.


30 posted on 11/11/2009 1:03:24 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: calex59

I didn’t mean by official title, but what they are stereotyped as.


31 posted on 11/11/2009 1:03:42 PM PST by mnehring
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To: scripter

It would be very good for home defense. Low recoil, low sound, low muzzle flash and decent mag capacity.


32 posted on 11/11/2009 1:07:59 PM PST by TigersEye (0bama is our first Port of Entry President - I hope he goes home.)
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To: OldDeckHand

He was an Officer, all he had to do was show up at the armory and withdraw a rifle or a pistol and say he was going to the range to practice.

Not only are officers allowed to practice their marksmanship they are encouraged to do so.


33 posted on 11/11/2009 1:08:27 PM PST by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: Toespi

Gee who didn’t see load of BS coming down the pike – too bad we can’t produce methane from this constant stream of excrement coming from the Disarm the law-abiding Statists.

Is there any doubt that if that bozo (I mean Hasan, not you know who) hadn’t been able to get a hold of a gun we would have made a bomb? Or driven a Humvee into a crowd of soldiers, Or?


34 posted on 11/11/2009 1:08:27 PM PST by Voice of Reason88 (Every Commie must grasp the truth that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun MaoTse-dung)
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To: neverdem

Leave to the MSM to spin a .22 into a “cop killer.” Assuming this guy knows what he’s doing around guns I’d say knew he was not going up against cops or body armor and chose a weapon with minimum recoil for rapid firing. Sheesh.


35 posted on 11/11/2009 1:09:24 PM PST by colorado tanker (What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
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To: neverdem

“Armor piercing variants of the 5.7x28mm are only offered to law enforcement and military customers. Commercially available variants of the 5.7x28mm cartridge are classified by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) as being not armor piercing and it was claimed that the SS192 and SS196 cartridge variants did not penetrate Kevlar vests in tests conducted by FNH USA.”


36 posted on 11/11/2009 1:10:10 PM PST by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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To: Tenacious 1

It was the 5.7x28mm. Basically a .22 magnum. Comparing it to a rifle round is laughable.

With any round you have a set amount of energy propelling the bullet, and you can choose lighter, faster bullets or heavier, slower ones. The anti-rights crowd jumps on the velocity (high relative to pistols, nothing compared to rifles) and completely ignores the tiny round.

The 5.7 has energy levels in the 300 ft-lb range. By comparison:
- Old police .38 revolvers are around 250 ft-lbs.
- The smallest round considered viable for self defense, the 9mm, has around 400 ft-lbs.
- The other two predominant defense calibers, the .40 and .45, have around 500 ft-lbs.
- The .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum revolvers pack about 750 and 1000 ft-lbs respectively.
- The “intermediate” cartridges in the AK and AR that the media love to vilify have around 1300 ft-lbs.
- Actual rifle cartridges, like your boring old .308 or .30-06 deer rifle, fall around 3000 ft-lbs.

There’s nothing “armor piercing” about it. It will go through a vest, the same way that any rifle, most magnum revolvers, and a variety of pistols will, because vests are designed for light pistol rounds. The fabric just can’t handle that much energy.


37 posted on 11/11/2009 1:12:51 PM PST by BobbyT
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To: TigersEye

I completely agree. One of my next two guns will be either this gun or the 1911 .45. The wife can’t really shoot the .45 so I may go the FN route first.


38 posted on 11/11/2009 1:15:32 PM PST by scripter ("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
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To: neverdem

I cannot envision a “cop killer gun” any more than I can a “cop killer automobile” or a “cop killer baseball bat” ... This is one of the limitations of my non-progressive mind.

To assimilate that article I have to ascribe will and volition to an inanimate object, and I am unable to do so.


39 posted on 11/11/2009 1:19:16 PM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: TigersEye
Low recoil, low sound, low muzzle flash and decent mag capacity.

Low stopping power too

40 posted on 11/11/2009 1:32:55 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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