one more reason to hate msnbc

[-Jake-]

Investigative reporting give me a fuckin break.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46316454/

Cliffs:
50 BMG can take down helicopters and shoot 5 miles
SKS is modified to shoot AK-47 rounds
and a Glock is a "police grade" pistol

[Geor!]

Well since cops like to carry glocks, wouldn't they be considered "police grade?"

[-Jake-]

Well since cops like to carry glocks, wouldn't they be considered "police grade?"

I guess just as much as a crown vic is police grade.

[ARIX]

A crown vic with a police package is police grade.

[-Jake-]

A crown vic with a police package is police grade.

WOOOOOSSSHHHHH


so a regular glock with no upgrades is police grade?

[racrguy]

Yes

[mikec]

Sounds like Jake is trying to figure this shit out. Give him time I guess...

[ARIX]

Glocks are standard issue for many agencies even the FBI I believe. As for upgrades that would probably depend where you were working and what was allowed.

[mikec]

Glocks are standard issue for many agencies even the FBI I believe. As for upgrades that would probably depend where you were working and what was allowed.

Polish the ramp? Spring change?

What are you gonna upgrade? It's already the best explosive hand gun on the planet!

[03trubluGT]

I saw a part of this today, and I'm going to draft a response.

The actor in the scenarios told the seller "well, I probably couldn't pass a background check" and then the reporter runs up and says "He said he couldn't pass a background check"....

Hey dumbass, there's a difference there.

Also, he makes it sound like they are "online purchases".... From what I saw, they were person-to-person....

[03trubluGT]

From the article:

In fact, 34 people are murdered every day in gun violence, with many of the weapons traced back to private sales.


I'm sure a .50 BMG accounts for at least half of those murders.

[mikec]

Matt has it right. I went to four private gun sales the other day and saw 15 .50 BMGs in the trunks. Those damned things are everywhere!

[-Jake-]

it is obvious they used the description "police grade" to make it sound scary. Just like a fuckin mag lite is police grade. give me a fuckin break.

[71chevellejohn]

I'm sure a .50 BMG accounts for at least half of those murders.

I use mine on about half the murders I commit.

[Forever_frost]

Eh, I can buy a Cesna online and fertilizer. Or a dozen propane tanks and road flares.

You can't stop people from hurting others, all you do is stop people from defending themselves