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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: JC5123 on November 17, 2011, 02:07:54 PM
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An Idaho man accused of firing two shots at the White House last week has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama or his staff.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/17/white-house-shooting-suspect-makes-first-court-appearance/#ixzz1dzlAEUcT
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I hope they trace it back to the mexican miltary.
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I don't know why or how they can charge him with attempting to kill the President when BO wasn't even there.
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I don't know why or how they can charge him with attempting to kill the President when BO wasn't even there.
there are 2 "airforce ones" lets just say both are coming into a given airport. I use a stinger and blow up the wrong one. Should I be chanrged with attempted assassination?
its the same thing here.
There is a very large number of tweakers in idaho, I would not be shocked at all to find out this guy is one.
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there are 2 "airforce ones" lets just say both are coming into a given airport. I use a stinger and blow up the wrong one. Should I be chanrged with attempted assassination?
its the same thing here.
There is a very large number of tweakers in idaho, I would not be shocked at all to find out this guy is one.
Actually it's not. For one thing it was well known at the time where BHO was, and it wasn't at the WH. Secondly, early reports stated that this was stray fire from a shoot out that occurred several blocks away. Now all of a sudden it's attempted assassination?
This is BHO not letting a crisis go to waste.
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Tweaker ?
I'd call him a Patriot if he'd done when the communist POS was actual on this side of the planet.
TAB has a good idea to, just try not to get the wrong one.
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Tweaker ?
I'd call him a Patriot if he'd done when the communist POS was actual on this side of the planet.
TAB has a good idea to, just try not to get the wrong one.
They only problem with that is that it is a waste of a really good plane. If you really wanted to take out the dictator in chief you would want to position yourself in a place where he spends most of his time. I would suggest the golf course.
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EXPLODING GOLF BALLS !
That's the way to get that SOB !
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EXPLODING GOLF BALLS !
That's the way to get that SOB !
So not only would your administration require a food tester, but a trusted associate to caddy? ;D
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The MSM really, really, want to "tag" this guy to the Tea Party. But he was part if the Occupy DC group a few days before....Sigh,...
Anyway the AK was fired from 800 yds. away....Real tactical, real sniper like.....
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The MSM really, really, want to "tag" this guy to the Tea Party. But he was part if the Occupy DC group a few days before....Sigh,...
Anyway the AK was fired from 800 yds. away....Real tactical, real sniper like.....
It's ok, it's an assault weapon with a removable "clip". Of course it was a sniper shot. Haven't you learned anything?
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wait so it was 800 yards away?
any one else impressed that he a target as big as the white house with a ak twice?
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Ok, secret service counter sniper detail is supposed to look for threats out to something like a mile. 800 yds is less than half that. If they know he was the one who fired the shots, and had time to fire twice, where was the SS? Why didn't they take him out. I doubt the guy was that well hidden.
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The MSM really, really, want to "tag" this guy to the Tea Party. But he was part if the Occupy DC group a few days before....Sigh,...
Anyway the AK was fired from 800 yds. away....Real tactical, real sniper like.....
The sights are adjustable to 1000 meters. And here I thought they were kidding. ;D Seriously, he did hit and narrowly miss a window in the residence. Now whether he was aiming for it is an open question, but if he was, color me impressed.
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He took pot shots across the open passenger window of his car, than ditched the car and rifle,...which they ran the numbers on, and wait for it,.....
traced it to HIM....
DUH!!!,.....AK should have gone to the bottom of the Potomac......Not like it's the only one down there....But seeing how he is such a "Super Genius",....(been a lot here lately)....
The car was probably registered, or rented, in his real name....
Double DUH!!!!
Where's Homer Simpson?
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There are way too many things wrong with this story to believe it as it stands.
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This sure doesn't sound like a rock solid attempted assassination of the Pres., but, a bit ago, I posted about a "rumor" that there were plans being considered to "fake" an assassination attempt to generate a needed crisis.
Perhaps this is the warm up act.....but it doesn't seem like a good plan for a fake would include the guy getting caught.
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This sure doesn't sound like a rock solid attempted assassination of the Pres., but, a bit ago, I posted about a "rumor" that there were plans being considered to "fake" an assassination attempt to generate a needed crisis.
Perhaps this is the warm up act.....but it doesn't seem like a good plan for a fake would include the guy getting caught.
Put the tinfoil away. People atack the White House all the time. Everything from shooting it up, to landing helicopter,s to jumping the fence, to driving cars at it. Its a whacko-magnet (for attackers and occupants). If you want to start a panic, you attack Congress. Those guys will enact a police state three minutes after the smoke clears. :-\
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Put the tinfoil away. People atack the White House all the time. Everything from shooting it up, to landing helicopter,s to jumping the fence, to driving cars at it. Its a whacko-magnet (for attackers and occupants). If you want to start a panic, you attack Congress. Those guys will enact a police state three minutes after the smoke clears. :-\
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Not really getting the tin foil fitted.....
But when I hear something as a "rumor" and another incident relating to it appears, it still remains strongly in the realm of coincidence, but I take note.
And, how many of those other incidents resulted in someone being charged attempted assassination, and if they were, why wasn't it as news worthy as this attempt at that time.
Not saying it means anything at all...just pointing out the connection.
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Here you go Solus. The Ballad Of Francisco Duran (or La Corrida del Francisco Duran), another crazy latino with a Chinese rifle shooting up the White House (an SKS rather than an AK, but still close). ;D
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http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-30/news/mn-56685_1_white-house-grounds
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A real historian would have mentioned these forgotten episodes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_assassination_attempt
The assassination attempt on U.S. President Harry S. Truman occurred on November 1, 1950. It was perpetrated by two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, while the President resided at the Blair House. The attempt resulted in the deaths of White House Police officer Leslie Coffelt, and Torresola, while President Harry S. Truman was not harmed.[1]
For the full story see Steven Hunter's "American Gunfight"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_shooting_incident_%281954%29
The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists who shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol.
The attackers, Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodríguez, unfurled a Puerto Rican flag and began shooting at the 240 Representatives of the 83rd Congress who were on the floor during debate over an immigration bill.
Five representatives were shot in the attack. The wounded lawmakers were Alvin M. Bentley (R-Michigan), who took a bullet to the chest, Clifford Davis (D-Tennessee), who was shot in the leg, Ben F. Jensen (R-Iowa), who was shot in the back, as well as George Hyde Fallon (D-Maryland) and Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Alabama). House pages helped carry Alvin Bentley off the House floor. Future congressmen Bill Emerson and Paul E. Kanjorski were two of the congressional pages who were serving on the floor during the incident.[1]
The attackers were immediately arrested. All the attackers were given minimum sentences of 70 years in prison, after their death sentences were commuted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.[2]
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Being a real historian, I will chide you for leaving out the best part of the story, and one of the greatest Truman quotes. ;)
When Truman was later asked about the incident he said: " I was the only calm voice in the house. You see, I've been shot at by experts". Unsaid was that if the Germans couldn't do the job, he wasn't too worried about the Puerto Ricans, and PS," f..k you, ya punks!". ;D
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Here you go Solus. The Ballad Of Francisco Duran (or La Corrida del Francisco Duran), another crazy latino with a Chinese rifle shooting up the White House (an SKS rather than an AK, but still close). ;D
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http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-30/news/mn-56685_1_white-house-grounds
Thanks for supporting my observation. :D :D
The article is about a guy who fires 20 or 30 rounds into the White House from the street while the Pres is inside and this statement is made in the article.
"I would not characterize this as an assassination attempt at all, no way," Griffin said.
However, a source familiar with the investigation said statements from Duran indicate that he may have a grudge against Clinton. Such statements could be used by authorities to support a charge of attempted assassination of the President.
Doesn't sound like anyone is making a big deal of that event.
However the current guy fires 2 shots (well, hits with 2) from 1/2 mile away while the pres is out of town and they are making it an assassination attempt.
Curious.
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Actually the best quote, since at least 2 of the Cops and SS men involved had served in WWII, was when Truman stuck his head out the window in the middle of the fight and yelled "What's all that damned noise ?"
I strongly recommend the book for any one considering SD or "combat" style shooting, all but one of the effective shots were fired by one Capital cop who was dying, and one of the assassins both used a 2 handed grip that was not taught at the time .