MD Governor stops sniper attack! (Bans all firearm discharges in 4 counties by executive order)

Fox News Alert ^ | 15 Oct 2002 | DCBryan1

[Republican Wildcat]

Oh, this'll really work. Good grief!

[BCR #226]

More like 'time to buy a silencer' and leave the terrorist lay where you pop him, then walk away without telling a soul.

Suppressors (the correct term) don't make a firearm totally silent, especially with rifle calibers. The bullets are supersonic, so you still hear a "crack" as the round travels downrange. Depending on the quality of the suppressor, felt recoil, muzzle blast, and muzzle flash are greatly reduced or eliminated.

If you're truly interested in procuring a rifle suppressor, I suggest going with one of AWC's suppressors. I have a Thundertrap for my .308 bolt-action rifle. I can shoot mine all day comfortably without hearing protection.

[Petronski]

If your car still backfires, it must really suck.

[timestax]

What am I missing here? An army of terrorists could probably take over Maryland with fireworks alone right now...

NO DOUBT.. nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk

[freebilly]

Well I'll be Fun Stucked!!!! Gee, let's get him to issue a decree banning suicide bombers in the Mideast and we'll have peace in the next 24 hours....

[OfByForThePeople]

This is the studpidest move I have heard yet. It will only keep honest citizens from using their guns, and it is making the honest citizens mad as hell. The sniper must be laughing at the governor even more than he is laughing at the police.

What an idiot.

Cindye

[logician2u]

Actually, this move by Gov. "Smarty Growth" Glendening is less extreme than one would expect from this through-and-through statist.

Considering his professed hatred for automobiles and big-box stores, I'm a little surprised he didn't issue an order to close all self-service gas stations and Home Depots in the four-county area -- for our own good, of course.

[El Gato]

This is probably the best place to look for the Guv's executive orders. The latest one isn't on there as of 11 PM CDT, 15 Oct 02.

Marland Executive Orders for 2002

[ApesForEvolution]

(Imagine a Gomer Pyle impression)

Yup, that's a good one, you got me, yuk, yuk...even Whorealdo Rivera, the hypocrite that he is, packs heat.

[ApesForEvolution]

"4 islamotrash have occupied the Maryland governor's mansion and are holding everyone inside hostage...with Roman Candles."

"Drop the Roman Candles and come out with your hands in the air.."

[El Gato]

all flack jackets and helmets.

Neither a flak jacket nor a helmet (either kevlar Fritz type or the old steel pot) will stop a 5.56x45 round at any reasonable range. They are designed against shell fragments, (hence the name "flack" vest), which historicaly are the big killer on the battlefield.

[185JHP]

Poor Maryland - so close to Virginia, and yet so far from God!

[ApesForEvolution]

Precisely, but it would certainly make all the liberals feel safer. Especially against the arrows launched from bows...

[ApesForEvolution]

Thanks #226 - but is it leeeeeeegal?.

Together, along with the brave governor of Maryland, we shall make the world a safer place.

Seriously, though, thanks for the input. I believe having one is worth the investment, because at some point, we or our children might have need of one. Sad, but true.

[El Gato]

Every person that owns a gun in these 4 counties should fire a shot into the air, every hour, on the hour.

Blanks please! Unlike celebrating Arabs, we should know that what goes up, will come down, and with sufficient energy to kill someone.

[MissAmericanPie]

Problem solved, way to go Paris, no snipers allowed. Intelligence just oooozes out of his ears, dudn't? In fact I think all his intelligence has ooozed out and dried on his collar.

[stlnative]

U.S. Recon Plane Joins Hunt For Sniper
MSNBC ^

Posted on 10/15/2002 11:01 PM Central by hoosierskypilot

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has approved deployment of an Army intelligence plane to aid federal and local law enforcement in the hunt for the Washington-area sniper, who claimed his latest victim, an FBI analyst, as she loaded her car at a Virginia mall Monday night.

NBC’s JIM MIKLASZEWSKI reported that the aircraft is the Airborne Reconnaissance Low, a DeHavilland DHC-7 equipped with advanced electronic and imagery sensors, including infrared.

The aircraft are based at Fort Bliss, Texas, and have been used primarily in the drug war in Latin America.

Authorities had considered using a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle but decided to have military pilots fly reconnaissance, a defense official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. A main objective is to improve communication among investigators.

The help will be provided in a way meant to comply with the Posse Comitatus Act, an 1878 law that bans the military from domestic law enforcement. That means the military will relay data to law enforcement officials and will not decide on its own what targets to watch, the official said.

The Pentagon’s participation also could involve a system of sensors that could detect flashes of gunfire on the ground, the official said.

A U.S. intelligence official said intelligence agencies were not aware of any foreign connection to the snipers. “If we knew of any such links, we would inform the appropriate local authorities,” the official told NBC’s Robert Windrem.

Oct. 15 — The random nature of the sniper attacks has changed the pattern of lives and routines in the Washington area. NBC’s Robert Hager reports.

But without hard evidence about motive, investigators were hesitant to rule out any possibility, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Tuesday.

Excerpted - Full Article ^

From FR post here

[Snow Bunny]

Your right AP ! Thank you for the ping.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Good work. A liberal's web site, even if it's an official governor's web site, doesn't inspire a lot of trust, however. I wonder if he is backpeddling? Or if we got it wrong? Who knows? [Shrug]. Time will tell.

[FourteenthProfile]

Maybe some of the criminals in England and Australia can come to Maryland for some fresh prey now that it is a crime to fire a weapon in parts of that state.