Criminals with Anti-Tank Guns
Submitted by MostlyGenius on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 01:10
Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher Seized In Massive Crime Ring Bust
The short story is that some drug-dealing, motorcycle thieves got arrested with guns and they had an old WWII Piat anti-tank weapon. It doesn't appear that they had ammo for it. It is worth looking at the "More Weapons Images" link though. The scary arsenal display kind of falls flat: a couple of AK clones, some deer rifles, a few handguns and a shotgun. This is for a operation that arrested 30 people.
I am glad the police arrested these guys, I don't blame them for trying to gets some bonus points for the wall of "guns now off the street", but the photo montage by the paper was simply fear mongering.
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Submitted by MostlyGenius on Mon, 05/26/2008 - 05:08
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This is just the typical cynical exploitation of the fearful Ignorati that I have come to expect from media types and LEO’s these days.
I love how the media has a penchant for the phrase “war zone” when discussing anything gun related. They have no idea. Nor do they care.
It’s all about creating hype.
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