Shootings to spread to other cities? Expert thinks Washington-area killer doing 'market research

World Net Daily ^ | 10/17/02 | Jon E. Dougherty

[xsrdx]

Given a moving target, obstables and "deer fever" it would be almost suicide for most to attempt to get the sniper armed with his carry weapon

Except for the shooters on Free Republic. So far, I've come across a West Virginian,who in his youth could guarantee 100% lethal hits at 75 yards with a pistol, a guy that shoots holes in quarters at 200yds with his surplus rifle, and several people who've known people who've taught their kids/grandmas to hit the X ring at 300 yards, from a moving vehicle in a driving rainstorm, at night (ok thats a stretch - it was 200 yards)

It's always interesting to note how well people can shoot from behind a keyboard.

[RLK]

2. I have no idea what a 300 degree railroad train is.

-------------------------

How about a hot freight train. Can you you understand that?

[RLK]

Let's look at some details. .....

------------------

There is only one detail that counts. I didn't have any trouble putting the bullet where I needed it.

[Virginia-American]

Note that the city they picked to begin would 100% assure that any bystanders would be unarmed.

DC and Maryland, sure, but Virginia is fairly well-armed.

[cinFLA]

It's always interesting to note how well people can shoot from behind a keyboard.<.i>

My ex came from a non-gun family and for the first 10 years of our marriage never shot. On her own, she said she wanted to learn how to shoot and carry a pistol. It took a little patience for me to help her regain her confidence when she began. She was SO disappointed that she could not "shoot the lights out" like she saw on TV and the movies.

[Rocksalt]

I heard last night that one of the witnesses actually fabricated his story about seeing the shooter.He was actually inside the home depot at the time of the shooting.The authoritys are now saying their leads and witnesses are falling apart,and they are back to square one.This is unfortunate.

[Rocksalt]

"The victim Monday was an FBI analyst. I notice there have been no further shootings since then."

This might have made the assailant realise they will be likely be caught soon.At least there has not been any more shootings this week since then.

[DallasDeb]

Guess it's time I got a gun, training, and a CC license. Reading this, I also got to thinking about home safety, as in plans for family members to follow in case of an attack on our home, and installing more locks on bedrooms doors, outside doors, keeping cell phones by beds, etc. If this continues, there's going to be a bunch of businesses starting up for home safety.

[RLK]

Let's look at some details. Assume your "monster gun" groups 6" at 75 yds. Allow 1" for unknow windage and loading factors.

---------------------------------

Let's make that assumption. That means aiming at someon's belly button will put lead within three and one half inches from that spot. A good percentage of the time that's enough to damned near blow the target's spine out. If it doesn't he'll be staggered and in shock immediately. Forget it. He's dead.

[cinFLA]

Let's make that assumption. That means aiming at someon's belly button will put lead within three and one half inches from that spot. A good percentage of the time that's enough to damned near blow the target's spine out. If it doesn't he'll be staggered and in shock immediately. Forget it. He's dead.

You forgot to account for how you will have ZERO error in the other categories I mentioned. Add 1 for sights, 3 for visual acquisition, 3 for pistol movement and 5 for target movement and you get over 35" horizontal. Add another 2 or 3 for errors in estimating range.

[RLK]

Some years ago there was an officer by the name of George Patton. He was one of the best pistol shots the world has ever seen. In the 1912 olympics he scored abysmally low in target shooting with apparently wild shots missing the entire target completely and ending up in places undetermined. His shooting was so accurate that a second shot went exactly through the same hole as the first, and hence was never accounted for. A few years later he was in the campaign in Mexico. A Mexican on horseback with a rifle charged Patton. Patton drew one of his famous pistols and blew the Mexican off the horse as if he had been hit by a cannonball.

Somewhere in that true story there might be a lesson for you, but I doubt it.

[cinFLA]

Somewhere in that true story there might be a lesson for you, but I doubt it.

Yes, the lesson is repeated. When someone can't argue with the facts, he tries to take the attention to another subject. Or, BS is BS no matter how you dress it.

[cinFLA]

Somewhere in that true story there might be a lesson for you, but I doubt it.

I am sure you have a documented LASC scoresheet to back up your boasts!