(02-21-2019, 10:08 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: The media is calling this man a white supremacist, and he very well may be, but what concerns me is that "they" label everyone on the right as a "white supremacist".
I have to tell everyone out there that I don't condone violence against anyone unless they throw the first punch, or they are trying to harm my family. And I certainly don't condone any acts of terrorism!
This could be another FF setup from the Left making it appear to be from the Right. I did a search on his name, but nothing told his political party.
This is still an early story, so let's see what else comes out about this. If he is really on the Right, he should be punished to the full extent of the law! He makes the rest of us look bad. Either way, either side, I'm glad they got this POS off the streets!
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Looks either like a setup or a case of hysteria to me.
I saw a newscaster the other day talking about this, claiming the guy had "4 AR-15's, sniper rifles" etc. I see only THREE AR-15's, and the alleged "sniper rifles" are just .22's - at least that's what's showing in the photos. Who the hell snipes with a .22? While it's true that some assassins use .22's, I don't know of any assassins that use .22 rifles - they just aren't concealable enough for the sound signature trade-off. The reason some assassins use .22's is to minimize drawing attention, something that can't be done with a long gun... it's just not something you can slip up your sleeve and walk away whistling with.
Just as an aside, I note that one man only has two hands, so 3 AR's is a bit of overkill for one person to wield.
15 firearms? We used to have a saying around here - "beware the man who only has one gun, because he knows how to use it." 15 indicates a collector, not an attacker.
The article mentions that they also seized "1000 rounds of ammunition" of various calibers. That's really not much for a man intent on mayhem. I can burn up that much in a day on the range. It's REALLY not much to feed 15 firearms! It comes out to around 67 rounds per weapon, on average. I used to shoot twice that much just qualifying with my sidearm.
I can see that one of the ammo cans appears to be loaded with 5.56 for the AR's on stripper clips. That can contains around 420 rounds... but that, divided among 3 AR's, only comes out to 140 rounds each, which is not much for any kind of assault. Back in the day, a basic loadout for an M16 on patrol was 210 rounds - 7 magazines of 30 round each. That was 6 on the belt and one in the weapon. What this guy has seems just a bit... inadequate... for any serious assault. Nowadays, a basic loadout for operators appears to be about 330 rounds - 10 30 rd mags on the vest and one in the weapon. This guy has less than half of that.
As a historical observation, the "420 rounds per can" was settled on as a basic loadout for two men per ammo can way back when. Some of them nowadays hold 840 rounds, a basic loadout for 4 men.
While we're on the subject, I see 12 magazines. That seems a lot, until you factor in that the have to be divided amongst 3 weapons. That's light even for a lightweight police assault, much less a full-scale military type dustup.
The rest of the long guns consist of a single shot .410 or possibly 20 gauge shotgun, not something you'd want to use to cause mass destruction, what with having to break it open and reload after every single shot. That one appears to be a Harrington-Richardson. My dad used to use one of those to rabbit hunt with, but I never did - I always wanted a fast followup shot if necessary, which that design does not promote or even offer.
There are two pump shotguns, one in "riot gun" configuration with an extended magazine tube. It's made as a fighting gun, but mostly for self-defense because of the short range. The other has a riot gun barrel, but a standard short magazine tube. There is also a long hunting barrel present to change onto the gun, but for effect they installed the short barrel to make it look more like a riot gun. It's not. It's a hunting weapon.
The only things I see there that are even potentially illegal are 3 sound suppressors (probably for the .22's), and a plate carrier with ballistic inserts. I say potentially illegal because those can all be had legally as well. The sound suppressors involve Federal registration and a transfer tax (I don't recall how much, whether it's the $200.00 "firearm" tax each or a $5.00 "destructive device" tax), and the plate carrier and ballistic plates are illegal in some jurisdictions and not others. Why anyone would make illegal an item designed to SAVE YOUR LIFE and not hurt anyone is beyond me, but some politicians are downright hysterical about some stuff. For example, I could buy "bullet proof vests" all day long and pile 'em up if I wanted to in North Carolina, but Chicago has a real problem with anyone protecting themselves from their local criminal element. I question the legitimacy of laws that proclaim you have to just lay down and die if attacked. This guy was arrested in Maryland, so it may be that they don't allow self-defense there, either... after all, they've outlawed so-called "assault weapons" and magazines that hold more than 10 or 15 rounds there.
Dipshits. S'ok, I used to have to wear them per regulations, and never did like them. They are hot, stiff, and heavy, and do nothing to protect you from head shots while at the same time restricting your mobility. Good to keep random shrapnel from perforating you, though. I reckon they might be ok if you just plan in sitting there in the middle of grenade explosions, and not trying to move or get away from said explosions.
His writings are erratic, and some of it does not add up to a credible threat. For example, he says he might begin serious planning after he comes off the Tramadol. That means he was NOT seriously planning anything at the moment. There is no mention in the article of whether the Tramadol was legal or not. That seems suspicious. One thing his writings show is that he was too erratic to pull off any serious operation.
All in all, it looks to me like this is just a case of "gun hysteria" without any analysis to dispel the hysterics. If this joker ever went up against a legitimately dangerous person, that person would be eating this cat's lunch inside of 30 seconds. Remember, ANYONE can be a seriously dangerous person when they are under threat. I'm not talking about super-soldiers here. High school history teachers can and have neutralized more serious threats than this guy.
He does appear to need some mental health help. He appears to be even more paranoid than me, but without the mental faculties to plan out a serious defense. Instead, he appears to have just amassed a random collection of guns - far more than he could ever use in a fight - and a couple of bullets, but not enough to properly feed those guns in any kind of prolonged or sustained assault, either defensive or offensive. That's not a plan, it's a cry for help. It's a guy whose afraid of everything, afraid of the world, but who doesn't know how to make everything ok in his little corner of it...
... so he collects random guns and talks crazy shit.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’