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Ferguson Policemen shooting - the gun

MBKMBK Member Posts: 2,918 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
I am thinking from the medical stories, they were shot with a 22LR.

Guy hit top of shoulder, then the bullet turns and exits down his back.

Policeman shot below his eye, doesn't explode his head. It lodges behind his ear. Both are released from the hospital!

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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,387 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sounds reasonable to me .
    or magic bullets like used in Texas
  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    I was told the 2 cops were killed...WTH is the real story?
    If their are gangs of wild Africans rampaging,go out and shoot the ones that are a clear threat as well.
    WACK'UM all and let AL and Jessy sort'em out!!
  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,387 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Last report I saw both were back home and will be fine no long term injuries ?? and Good Ol Eric called the shooter(s) a punk
    but no looting or burning or marching . if two of the protesters had been shot it would be Katie bar the door [:D]
  • KAMsalesKAMsales Member Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bigger question....where'd they find 22LR ammo? [;)]
  • MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,460 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's not a .22 LR..... it's a deuce deuce.
  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    I heard the shots, it wasn't a .22 but did have the crack of a rifle. Was there by any chance a grassy knoll?
  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good thing it was not M855/SS109 or it would clearly be a conspiracy.....
  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    Hit to the face, cop is wounded but ok
    Hit to the torso, cop is wounded but ok

    This can only be the work of 9mm.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
  • Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    Hit to the face, cop is wounded but ok
    Hit to the torso, cop is wounded but ok

    This can only be the work of 9mm.


    Probably not from 125yds. That's reportedly the distance they were fired from. My guess would be .22's also, but until they say officially, we don't know for sure.

    Some experts are saying the shooter is likely an anarchist/ communist type we saw at the Occupy "gatherings"
  • eastbankeastbank Member Posts: 4,052 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    you can hear the shots on the film,i think if it was a .22 from 125yds you would not hear them that loud. and from 125yds a hand gun is a stretch. may be a carbine shooting a pistol caliber. if it was a hand gun and from 125yds with two out of three shots hitting their target, who ever it was is a hell of a shot or the two officers are very unlucky. T.S. uncle albert,one of the i don,t give a crap crowd.
  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What? Ferguson is in ruins, stores gutted by thug looters, decent people fleeing for their lives...but they got 22 ammo?
    ....................................................................................................
    Too old to live...too young to die...
  • Dyer_MakerDyer_Maker Member Posts: 1,018
    edited November -1
    I know of two incidents here locally where people were shot in the face by a .40 cal (both on the check bone) and are out walking around fine today.
  • Dyer_MakerDyer_Maker Member Posts: 1,018
    edited November -1
    East bank: I'm sure that they just shot into the area where the police were and were not targeting any particular officer. The basically shot over the protesters.
  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check what this guy says:

    "I think it was a complete setup. I think it was a setup between members of the police fraternities, what I like to call it. I think they operate just like the KKK. I think they did it to make themselves think they're the victim, when honestly the victim are black people

    http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/03/12/city-manager-ferguson-cop-shootings-complete-setup-by-cops/

    BTW he is a muslim too[xx(]


    That just goes to show you how jealously bl*cks will guard their sense of being a victim.[xx(]
    RLTW

  • 17tobyracing17tobyracing Member Posts: 3,429 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    More gun violence from Leftists...

    Seems that the root-cause of gun violence in America are Leftists and inner-city minority males!
  • kannoneerkannoneer Member Posts: 3,402 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just may have to head to Ferguson and see if I can score some .22 ammo!
  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Dyer_Maker
    I know of two incidents here locally where people were shot in the face by a .40 cal (both on the check bone) and are out walking around fine today.


    I've got a friend that is a Police Officer and he shot a guy armed with samurai sword once in the chest with a .40 and it dropped him where he stood, DRT. There are all sorts of variables that play into a bullet's effectiveness.


    That being said I am wondering if the shot was taken with a pistol, pistol carbine like a hi-point carbine or sub 2000 or a .22. The NEWS just reported that the officer shot in the face was hit in the right cheek and the bullet is lodged near his ear. he has been released from the hospital. I would be surprised it if it were a high powered rifle round.
  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Laredo Lefty
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    Hit to the face, cop is wounded but ok
    Hit to the torso, cop is wounded but ok

    This can only be the work of 9mm.


    Probably not from 125yds.


    Good point, it'd have to have been close enough to induce powder burns for 9mm to have left those sorts of wounds.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
  • machine gun moranmachine gun moran Member Posts: 5,198
    edited November -1
    I believe the NY Cop named Serpico, about whom the movie was made, was shot in the cheekbone with a .22 pistol, and was knocked out cold. Every projectile carries a lot of 'if's', 'probably's', and 'maybe's'.
  • discusdaddiscusdad Member Posts: 11,427 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    WTH? because the area known as Ferguson Missouri has been a war zone for so many years its impossible to know just where a shooter was a couple days ago. there were daily shooting in 1984 when I interviewed for a job at Ferguson Machine, I declined when I saw what the area was.quote:Originally posted by us55840

    News today reported they found several fired cases, didn't say what caliber.

    Also stated the shots were fired from about 100 yards away.

    And they were searching area roof tops, etc. [:0]

    WTH, seems like the area to search would be where the cases were located. [:0]
  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Doc
    What? Ferguson is in ruins, stores gutted by thug looters, decent people fleeing for their lives...but they got 22 ammo?



    Now that is DAMN funny! God bless you, Doc!
  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by eastbank
    you can hear the shots on the film,i think if it was a .22 from 125yds you would not hear them that loud. and from 125yds a hand gun is a stretch. may be a carbine shooting a pistol caliber. if it was a hand gun and from 125yds with two out of three shots hitting their target, who ever it was is a hell of a shot or the two officers are very unlucky. T.S. uncle albert,one of the i don,t give a crap crowd.


    I have heard the audio- sounded like center fire to me.
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