D.C. on Alert As Sniper Roams Free

Drudge ^ | Oct 4 | STEPHEN MANNING

[Atlas Sneezed]

"My kids were scared. They didn't even want to go outside. They're more scared now than on September 11."

This last line is the most potent of the story. Terrorists know this, that ordinary people feeling threatened in ordinary places is a powerful tool.

[Atlas Sneezed]

He was run out of Portland for his incompetence.

[archy]

...I've carried a Remington 870 sawed-off with 6-round tube... But I'm adding my .303 carbine with FMJ rounds...

Sounds like a dandy choice, and if it wiorks for you, swell. My kid favours the .303 #1 Mk III S.M.L.E. I gave him for his twelvth birthday, but the #5 carbine is admittedly handy, and I have a ladyfriend who favours hers. You may find that the Sierra .303 175-grain Match King bullet gives excellent results in your .303, as it does in my own #4MkI*[T] Enfield.

I'm mostly making do with a regular full-length M16A1 and a Remington 870 behind the pickup's folding seat, and a Mauser C96 *broomhandle* pistol with detatchable holster/stock in the motorbike's saddlebag as a *substitute carbine.* Even an M1A1 with folding stock in .30 caliber is a bit too long to fit in the lockable bags, and I don't want to mount one externally. I'd prefer for one to come as a surprise, should I need to haul it out.

Like most such choices, it's a compromise, but it works for me.

-archy-/-

[SLB]

Will open carry soon become commonly accepted?

[Fred Mertz]

That would be nice.

[js1138]

Anybody remember an Alan Arkin movie, "Little Murders", from 1971? It had an interesting bit of dialog:

There have been 432 murders in New York this year, and they have three things in common. First, they have nothing in common. Second, they have no motive. and third, they are all unsolved."

Just a flashback from a supposedly simpler time.

[Bahbah]

I had no idea. Thanks for the information. Guess he doesn't walk the walk.

[Travis McGee]

Will open carry soon become commonly accepted?

Just the opposite, gun control screws will be tightened. You will need an official police sticker visible on your car to transport your rifle to an approved range, good on that day only.