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ljwrench
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Just saw this on a local news website. Yesterday a man walked into a bank in Louisville with a rifle and took hostages. SWAT arrived and talked him into releasing the hostages. He then came out and refused to put the rifle down. SWAT shot and killed him. His family say's he had mental issues and it was suicide by cop. I thought this description of the "rifle" he used was interesting.
Latest WAVE Headlines
LOUISVILLE (WAVE) -- WAVE 3 News has uncovered new details on the gun used in Monday's standoff.
The gun was a Remington Airmaster 77. It's a .177 caliber pellet gun. According to Remington's website, the multi-pump rifle shoots either BB's or pellets.
The rifle holds 200 BB's and it can fling pellets at 725 feet-per-second.
Latest WAVE Headlines
LOUISVILLE (WAVE) -- WAVE 3 News has uncovered new details on the gun used in Monday's standoff.
The gun was a Remington Airmaster 77. It's a .177 caliber pellet gun. According to Remington's website, the multi-pump rifle shoots either BB's or pellets.
The rifle holds 200 BB's and it can fling pellets at 725 feet-per-second.
Comments
i would have shot him too if i couldn't make a decision if it where real before it was pointed at me
+1
I woulda risked it- especially if I got in the paper as being a "hero" (they love to use that term for just about anything now adays)- even if it got shot, it would be worth it for the resulting successes I'd have at the local bars.
A bunch of pansies who don't fight back- thats how one guy with 2 pistols in close quarters was able to kill 32 people, if a couple of them threw a text book while he was facing the other way and rushed him, it would have been over with far less deaths.
And I just suspect he wasn't shot because he was HOLDING a gun. More than likely there was still some kind of threatening behavior going on.
Who lets themselves get taken hostage by a guy with something just 1 step above a toy- 1 shot and hes gotta pump it up again.
I woulda risked it- especially if I got in the paper as being a "hero" (they love to use that term for just about anything now adays)- even if it got shot, it would be worth it for the resulting successes I'd have at the local bars.
A bunch of pansies who don't fight back- thats how one guy with 2 pistols in close quarters was able to kill 32 people, if a couple of them threw a text book while he was facing the other way and rushed him, it would have been over with far less deaths.
i would be first charge knife in hand and yes i carry a knife to campus at NKU
I would have taken it from him and then let people in the bank take turns shooting him with it...