Does O'bungle realize
- Thread starter Alinvegas
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as seen on tv
Senator
i'm not a gun expert, but the size of that barrel seems to suggest its some sort of shotgun (ducks and geese)
shotguns are limited - by federal hunting laws - to just 3 "shells" in the magazine at a time. to prevent a rapid fire shooter from emptying a larger "clip" and taking down many birds at the same time.
federal laws also prohibit people from "sawing off" a shotgun to shorten the barrel, and make it more concealable for bank robberies, home invasions, etc. shotguns are lethal at close range, cheap to buy, but ineffective at distance . ..
only police officers may have sawed off shotguns. don't ask me why THEY need them. they aready have 9MM pistols with 15 rounds in the clip, and SWAT sharpshooters with sniper rifles that can take out a perp at hundreds of yards. the purpose of a pump action shotgun in the trunk of the cruiser eludes me - unless its intended as "bait" to be stolen when one of those handcuffed cortonists gets his arms around in front of him and drives off in the cruiser.
shotguns are limited - by federal hunting laws - to just 3 "shells" in the magazine at a time. to prevent a rapid fire shooter from emptying a larger "clip" and taking down many birds at the same time.
federal laws also prohibit people from "sawing off" a shotgun to shorten the barrel, and make it more concealable for bank robberies, home invasions, etc. shotguns are lethal at close range, cheap to buy, but ineffective at distance . ..
only police officers may have sawed off shotguns. don't ask me why THEY need them. they aready have 9MM pistols with 15 rounds in the clip, and SWAT sharpshooters with sniper rifles that can take out a perp at hundreds of yards. the purpose of a pump action shotgun in the trunk of the cruiser eludes me - unless its intended as "bait" to be stolen when one of those handcuffed cortonists gets his arms around in front of him and drives off in the cruiser.
marvin martian
Emperor
Looks like a blank, there's no recoil at all. Not what you'd expect from a 12 guage with a choke. Also, the gun is level, so I have to wonder what he's shooting at. A clay pigeon would be quite high and he would be aiming at about 30-40 degrees up or so. Looks like a staged shot into a backstop or something similar. He probably dropped the gun after it fired...
fxstc
Council Member
I AM a gun expert, having 30 years of training in this feeble mind of mine.
He IS shooting blanks.
There is a blank firing adaptor on the end of the barrel, plus the gas escaping from the TOP of the
weapon indicates a surpressor is in place.
This allows the gun to fire semi auto, with little recoil.
He IS shooting blanks.
There is a blank firing adaptor on the end of the barrel, plus the gas escaping from the TOP of the
weapon indicates a surpressor is in place.
This allows the gun to fire semi auto, with little recoil.
marvin martian
Emperor
I can see it's a ported barrel, but is the thing on the end a blank adapter or a choke tube? Either way, the gun is at a way wrong angle for a skeet shoot. Unless that clay is 200 yards away and low...
fxstc
Council Member
Its a Blank firing adaptor.
Shotgun chokes are long (2 to 4 ins) vented and unvented as seen here.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...8DAC920939172C32DB951D5FC1DC&selectedIndex=31
Shotgun chokes are long (2 to 4 ins) vented and unvented as seen here.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...8DAC920939172C32DB951D5FC1DC&selectedIndex=31
Boca
Governor
Obviously staged for the low infos to show he's a gunner and to subliminally suggest to them he would never go after all guns by way of confiscation.
Nice ad in that regard...but it makes one wonder why the artistic director of this "candid" shot didn't include some kids around this time.
That's been the emotive hook so far...the White House must have changed advertising agencies....
Nice ad in that regard...but it makes one wonder why the artistic director of this "candid" shot didn't include some kids around this time.
That's been the emotive hook so far...the White House must have changed advertising agencies....
Boca
Governor
I think he was trying to piss off his political enemies and it worked. Besides, he once was a fighter pilot. Obama looks like he never held a shotgun...and we know he despises "clingers" anyway...once a fraud always a fraud.
Ohhh...and Bush wasn't posed for the picture on the flight deck, nor was it taken to drum up support for infringing on our liberties.
Ohhh...and Bush wasn't posed for the picture on the flight deck, nor was it taken to drum up support for infringing on our liberties.
