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The latest effort by Republicans to suppress the vote ...
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/man-with-high-powered-rifles-and-tank-buster-bullets-arrested-for-posting-liberal-hit-list/
Mulqueens landlady had tipped off police after she found a hit list posted on Facebook that threatened Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and all members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
The Facebook posting said that all of the presidents follower were traitor scum and promised death to them all.
Nyack-Piermont Patch reported that police searched Mulqueens home and found two high-powered rifles, two bayonets, a sword, a knuckle knife, body armor and ammunition. Included in the 100 rounds of ammunition were 27 so-called tank buster .50 caliber armor-piercing shells. Previous criminal convictions meant that it was illegal for Mulqueen to possess the weapons.
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)sure their are hundreds of Fox lie factory production workers slaving away in their fact manufacturing centres working on that very thing.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Clearly, the blame lies with de Blasio and Al Sharpton. Oh, and everyone on his list.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)he plead guilty too
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/28/nanuet-man-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-cuomo-bloomberg-schumer-and-more/
Takket
(21,560 posts)Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)First the guy belongs in jail, since he was a convicted felon, add on 15-20 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
As for tank buster .50 caliber armor-piercing shells, that's a bunch of crap, the .50 caliber API (armor piercing incendiary) has been around since WWII and won't penetrate a tank or even most armored personal carriers.
Yet again, reporting done more to get everybody worked up then to be factually accurate.
hack89
(39,171 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What precisely, was factually and objectively inaccurate in the story (your own editorial pronouncements not withstanding)?
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)nor will it penetrate the armor of most infantry fighting vehicles or armored personal carriers. Additionally the .50 Caliber API round is considered surplus ammo and is available and has been available for decades from some suppliers if you are willing to to pay the $3 to $4 PER cartridge.
In other words the reporter wasn't interested in factual reporting, but reporting using loaded words designed to get an emotional reaction out of people, primarily fear. If you consider that ethical reporting, then we certainly aren't going to disagree.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)so let's not quibble.
helpmetohelpyou
(589 posts)It won't take out a tank but a person who makes threats shouldn't have this in his hands
Paladin
(28,252 posts)Standard pro-gun militant tactic, used a lot on DU gun threads.
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)but it'll do a number on the human chest.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)where the perpetrator has already plead guilty nearly 20 months ago.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)is an outrage?
djean111
(14,255 posts)Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)but I kind of get the feeling this isn't reserved for the miss labeling of bullents/rounds/parts/specs/usage/etc...
Take care.
safeinOhio
(32,673 posts)Must be following the NRA in factual reporting to get people all worked up....See American Rifleman's reporting on Obama's secret 10 point plan to take away your guns. No one tells more lies than the NRA's gun rights supporters.
just to be fair and accurate.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Every Hate Radio host is a terrorist
sakabatou
(42,148 posts)Response to sakabatou (Reply #13)
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)denvine
(799 posts)He is a Domestic Terrorist. Does Gitmo have a vacancy before it is shut down?
Rex
(65,616 posts)Any takers?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)who wants to argue that the guy isn't racially motivated?
Okay, Mr. Mulqueen ... they came and took your weapons ... your move!
longship
(40,416 posts)I wholeheartedly concur.
Altogether too much shit like this in the world. The problem is... There is one major political party in the USA which seems to thrive on such things. And they just achieved power in congress.
Thankfully, President Obama has a veto pen. Heaven help us all if they gain the White House.
My best regards.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)"Previous criminal convictions meant that it was illegal for Mulqueen to possess the weapons."
That is one scary piece of dirt.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)please post in one of the gun groups