What is with these people not following clearly stated policy?
This report says it was "a .50 caliber rifle inside a bag." It's unclear at this point how many 747's fly over St. Johns' Queens campus, or if there are any nearby chemical plants, refineries or nuclear facilities to blow up, so it beats me what else he would have needed one for.
We'll see if it ends up being a .50 BMG.
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This report says it was "a .50 caliber rifle inside a bag." It's unclear at this point how many 747's fly over St. Johns' Queens campus, or if there are any nearby chemical plants, refineries or nuclear facilities to blow up, so it beats me what else he would have needed one for.
We'll see if it ends up being a .50 BMG.
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ReplyDeleteThey're saying it's a blackpowder muzzleloader.
ReplyDeletehttp://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_269152217.html
Muzzleloader or not .... the authorized journalists will be sure to include an image of a Barrett Model 82A1/M107 as a backdrop to the story. It's too hard to resist an opportunity like this.
ReplyDeleteThe report says it's a Wolf muzzle loader. And the AP picture next to the story is a BMG.
ReplyDeleteCaptioned:
"The suspect was said to be carrying a .50 caliber black powder Wolf rifle, similar to the one shown above.
AP"
Seems the picture was taken down.
ReplyDelete"After we got all the text messages everybody panicked and rushed out of the building." ... This seems like it could play straight into a Beslan moment... "right into the waiting machine guns."
ReplyDeleteHere's an actual Wolf muzzle loader:
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I'm sure he had the evil black version.
So it took them less than an hour to get rid of their bogus BMG picture. The blogosphere strikes again.
According to these guys it's a " 50-caliber single pump-action shotgun." I think they just reached into a bag and pulled out random gun words.
ReplyDeleteSo it took them less than an hour to get rid of their bogus BMG picture. The blogosphere strikes again.
Seems like it. I posted this over on THR just after 5pm and they took it down shortly after 3 or 4 of us hit up their contact page notifying them of the error.
I think WCBSTV did a pretty good job of shoring up the article as time allowed.