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| NY Police State needs Picatinny Rail - scope training |
| 2013-03-17 |
| A SWAT team in upstate New Yawk is being mocked as an example of the difference between military and police Mark Kelly style combat rifle. As users on the military Reddit were quick to point out [once they quit laughing] when the image was posted, the reverse sight makes it effectively useless. Users mocked the SWAT officers training and The officer is using a 'military style' assault weapon with a close quarters combat sight that costs roughly $500. 'It's disturbing but humorous to think that 1) none of his alleged buddies corrected it, and 2) he's in a real-life situation with his optic on ass-backwards, which means he's never fired that rifle with the optic on it, which means it isn't zeroed and he thought it was OK to show up to a gunfight with an unzeroed weapon,' wrote one Reddit user. |
| Posted by:Ebbomomp Ebbosh8864 |
| #13 The sight was on right. He just needed to turn the weapon around. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-03-17 19:58 |
| #12 Somebody in the Daily Mail comments said that he had one of these, and they work turned either way. Others said that guy was nuts. Anyone here have any insight? My insight is that it shouldn't be possible to put the sight on backwards, if it will not work that way. Back to the drawing board for the manufacturer. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2013-03-17 18:22 |
| #11 Real men don't wear Kevlar, they're bad for foto ops. See how dorky the fellow in the lower portion of the foto appears? [Kevlar w/chinstrap fastened, ballistic glasses, low profile, crouching, using vehicle as cover...wat a woos] [snark off] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-17 17:05 |
| #10 You fight like you train. God help us with the upstate New Yawk SWAT team.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-03-17 16:46 |
| #9 They look good though. Very...SWATTY. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-17 16:06 |
| #8 Also, remember the late Dr. Michael Halberstam. He was shot at home by a jewel thief; as he was dying, he got into his car and ran over the thief as the thief tried to get way. The thief has been in prison for a while. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2013-03-17 14:34 |
| #7 "upon his immediate recovery from his injuries, he exhibited a severe personality change, anti-social, unable to use logic or arithmetic, and unable to work, he became a precinct captain for the Obama campaign" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-17 14:10 |
| #6 Check out the case of Phineas Gage. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-17 13:46 |
| #5 How do you survive a shot to the forehead? Once a bullet hits bone, it takes on a path of its own, sometimes straight ahead, sometimes in a radically different direction. It is more than likely the skull was not broken, or the brain was not lacerated or penetrated, or the concussive effect of the impact did not cause a loss of brain function / seizure / loss of consciousness. Sometimes a shot to the head simply cuts a furrow in the scalp or tunnels just underneath it. Also recall that patients can have frontal lobotomies and still retain a fair amount of brain function. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-17 13:43 |
| #4 How do you survive being shot in the forehead?!? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-17 12:44 |
| #3 On the other hand, at least in Detroit, you can bring a car to a gunfight - and win. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-17 00:30 |
| #2 One of the funniest comments I read was about the balding officer who could keep his "booger hook off the bang switch". |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-03-17 00:20 |
| #1 Never bring an idiot to a gunfight. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-17 00:15 |