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Ottawa Attacker Used Lever Action Rifle, Not a Semi-Automatic, Not an 'Assault Weapon'
Breibart ^ | 25 Oct 2014 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 10/26/2014 3:36:32 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie

When recent Islamic convert Michael Zehif-Bibeau carried out the October 22 terror attack in Ottawa he used a lever action 30-30 rifle, not an "assault weapon."

CBCNews Canada reports that Zehif-Bibeau fired three shots at the War Memorial before he even entered Parliament. Of those three, two were fired at Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and one at the other soldier who was also serving "in the honor guard." This left him with 5 shots maximum.

CBCNews believes this relatively small amount of ammo explains why he walked past so many individuals between the War Memorial and Parliament, without trying to take anyone else's life. He wanted to spend those remaining bullets on MPs.

It should be noted that Zehif-Bibeau was "under a criminal prohibition from possessing firearms." However, that did not stop him. Zehif-Bibeau "had no fixed address"--which by itself brings another law into play banning him from getting a firearms license and, in turn, prohibits him from possessing a firearm. But that did not stop him either.

Right now investigators believe there are three options for how Zehif-Bibeau obtained the rife: Either he stole it, bought it "on the black market," or was given the rifle by someone who did not know the many prohibitions barring Zehif-Bibeau from having one.

Follow AWR Hawkins on Twitter @AWRHawkins Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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I think the author left out the 4th and most likely possibility not looked at by investigators.

Someone who knew exactly what they were doing gave the rifle to this goat fu@ker.

When recent Islamic convert Michael Zehif-Bibeau carried out the October 22 terror attack in Ottawa he used a lever action 30-30 rifle, not an "assault weapon."

To be specific, he used a Winchester Model 94 30-30--one of the oldest and most recognizable guns in of all North America, if not the world.

The Model 94 holds 7 rounds--8 if you have one chambered--and is not a semi-automatic firearm (the lever on the gun has to be manually cocked between each shot).

CBCNews Canada reports that Zehif-Bibeau fired three shots at the War Memorial before he even entered Parliament. Of those three, two were fired at Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and one at the other soldier who was also serving "in the honor guard." This left him with 5 shots maximum.

CBCNews believes this relatively small amount of ammo explains why he walked past so many individuals between the War Memorial and Parliament, without trying to take anyone else's life. He wanted to spend those remaining bullets on MPs.

It should be noted that Zehif-Bibeau was "under a criminal prohibition from possessing firearms." However, that did not stop him. Zehif-Bibeau "had no fixed address"--which by itself brings another law into play banning him from getting a firearms license and, in turn, prohibits him from possessing a firearm. But that did not stop him either.

Right now investigators believe there are three options for how Zehif-Bibeau obtained the rife: Either he stole it, bought it "on the black market," or was given the rifle by someone who did not know the many prohibitions barring Zehif-Bibeau from having one.

Follow AWR Hawkins on Twitter @AWRHawkins Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

1 posted on 10/26/2014 3:36:32 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
When recent Islamic convert...

I listened to the whole NPR story on this, never once did they mention the words Islam or Muslim. Zehif-Bibeau was simply referred to as a "radical".

2 posted on 10/26/2014 3:40:55 PM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

He must not have fingers as the author does.not.think reloading is possible.


3 posted on 10/26/2014 3:46:21 PM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: Last Dakotan

NPR is poison.


4 posted on 10/26/2014 3:48:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

the whole fuss about what kind of gun is a left wing deflection and beside the point; the muslim radical that killed Canadian soldier Patrice Vincent on monday did use any kind of gun, he deliberately ran him over with a car.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/21/soldier_run_down_in_possible_quebec_terror_attack_dies.html

the other interesting thing is that the toronto star is as leftist as them come for a canadian newspaper. but this story is remarkably free of the PC concealment that is par for the course for the the US legacy media.


5 posted on 10/26/2014 3:56:20 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (the Obama Presidency: if a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms that doesnÂ’t make them Kobe Bryant)
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To: BenLurkin
NPR is poison.

Paid for by you and me.

6 posted on 10/26/2014 4:06:21 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

While this may be a non sequitur I can’t help but think of a model 94 of any caliber as one of the original assault rifles, along with 1873’s and 92’s. Just sayin’.


7 posted on 10/26/2014 4:22:58 PM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

I think the standard box of 30-30 ammunition is 20 rounds. If he was given a full box, that would have left him 12-13 rounds. Of course, he could have shot them up in practice before his jihad. Or he may have had more bullets in his pockets.

I don’t think the Mounties have said how many shots he fired inside the Parliament building.


8 posted on 10/26/2014 4:23:44 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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I don’t think the Mounties have said how many shots he fired inside the Parliament building.

Or how many rounds remained in the rifle or how many rounds he had on him?

9 posted on 10/26/2014 4:32:38 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: Last Dakotan
I listened to the whole NPR story on this, never once did they mention the words Islam or Muslim. Zehif-Bibeau was simply referred to as a "radical".

Same thing in most of the media here. PM Stephen Harper was one of the first to call it ISIS terrorism. The media for the most part fell in line after that. Well, for the most part ...

10 posted on 10/26/2014 4:39:37 PM PDT by Dartman (CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

But, but he used it in an assault! It must be an assault thingy.


11 posted on 10/26/2014 4:41:03 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (EGO venit lego tantum titulus Posteri)
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To: Afterguard

A Winchester Model 92 is an assault weapon only in the hands of Lucas McCain.

See The Rifleman intro for details.

;^)


12 posted on 10/26/2014 4:41:36 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: Last Dakotan

Y’ALL CAN KISS ME LEVER-ACTIONED ARSE!! This turd might have had a murdercount just as high with a dull butterknife


13 posted on 10/26/2014 4:44:56 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
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To: elcid1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IVCwYPjFXc

:)


14 posted on 10/26/2014 5:04:29 PM PDT by jttpwalsh
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To: jttpwalsh

A brick is often used as an assault weapon. So are many other things. Why can’t that point be made rather than accepting the other side’s definitions?


15 posted on 10/26/2014 5:37:51 PM PDT by billhilly (.Have you heard the latest Joe Biden whopper?)
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To: DariusBane

“...the author does.not.think reloading is possible.”
Exactly! Would be no trouble at all to walk, reach into a pocket and feed new ammo into the 30-30 while walking..


16 posted on 10/26/2014 5:43:40 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: billhilly

I agree.


17 posted on 10/26/2014 5:46:06 PM PDT by jttpwalsh
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Well, the rifle’s magazine can be topped off very easily as you go. You can fire a few rounds, and top it off, and keep up that routine, keeping the magazine full all the time.


18 posted on 10/26/2014 5:52:26 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

I think John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Gary Cooper, and Audie Murphy made some training videos.


19 posted on 10/26/2014 5:55:27 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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Side-loading lever action rifles were military issue at one time. My Henry .30-30 is a true deer rifle that is tube loaded. However I’ve practiced so from the time of my last shot to the lever-load of my next shot, I can load 5 shells in 13 seconds.

Side-loaded is on-the-fly reloading between shots. Very fast.


20 posted on 10/26/2014 6:19:57 PM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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