buckthesystem Posted September 4, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Hmmn "everyone gets an equal share" - DHS funding strategy. But a .50 calibre gun, what will they use that for? http://www.newscred.com/article/show/title...s-48bdd3faa5744 The Richland County, South Carolina Sheriff's Department (that's them above) just obtained an armored personnel carrier, complete with a belt-fed, .50-cal turreted machine gun. Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly named the vehicle "The Peacemaker," and insists that using a caliber of ammunition that even the U.S. military is reluctant to use against human targets (it's generally reserved for use against armored vehicles) will "save lives." Sheriff Lott's New Toy ____________________________________ OTT or what? Don't you just love the "double speak", "kill to save lives"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Overkill? Maybe. Speaking as a former drug dealer: That is not something I would want to see pulling into my driveway. It would definitely be time to surrender at that point. I've been in the military and have seen what can be done with a .50 cal. At least they'll have one bigger gun than the druggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted September 4, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.93 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Note to self: Do not mess with Redneck in tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepblue Posted September 4, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 365 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/27/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/03/1989 Share Posted September 4, 2008 Yay for South Carolina, my state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterpoet Posted September 5, 2008 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 0 Topic Count: 128 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2,704 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 25 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1950 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Who says the military is reluctant to use the .50cal against ground troops. Snipers as far back as viet nam were using the .50cal. we had .50cals mounted on 2 of our perimeter bunkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRaven Posted September 5, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,981 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/20/1964 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Note to self: Do not mess with Redneck in tank! Richland County is urban too. Imagine that running down Assembly street (main street that runs in front of the state capitol) or onto the campus as USC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckthesystem Posted September 5, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Author Share Posted September 5, 2008 Note to self: Do not mess with Redneck in tank! Richland County is urban too. Imagine that running down Assembly street (main street that runs in front of the state capitol) or onto the campus as USC.... It probably will soon, too. They will just need "provocation" or maybe a good natural disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckles Posted September 5, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 217 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/18/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted September 5, 2008 Call me a skeptic but, being from this area, and being a person who watches the local news for hours (it's on from 5-730 here), I do not ever remember hearing about this. So, I read the story. I also googled it. I found references on blog after blog, and on reason, boing boing and that cred site, but nothing in the State newspaper, or anything local... Where is the original story that everyone is reporting from? Not saying there is no tank, but where is the story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyRaven Posted September 6, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,981 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/22/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/20/1964 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Call me a skeptic but, being from this area, and being a person who watches the local news for hours (it's on from 5-730 here), I do not ever remember hearing about this. So, I read the story. I also googled it. I found references on blog after blog, and on reason, boing boing and that cred site, but nothing in the State newspaper, or anything local... Where is the original story that everyone is reporting from? Not saying there is no tank, but where is the story? Well, I read Reason Mag online fairly often and I have learned that when they have an article there, their source is in ORANGE and BOLD. This was the source at Reason.com POLICEMAG. Note that Reason.com only picked it up in Sept, when it was in the magazine in March. I went to the State's website and looked up Leon Lott and "special response team" and was given a few articles from February and March of 2008. I dont have an archive account so I could not read them all, but they had to do with the APC. So, I guess we got the thing early this year. Glad I'm in Lexington County I wonder why it wasn't on the news. (I know which broadcast you listen to now, only one runs news for hours here....) I think I will shoot them an email. Maybe they didn't notice the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckles Posted September 6, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 217 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/18/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted September 6, 2008 Thanks, I dont normally hang out at reason.com. I googled and got nothing. Even when I mentioned the State newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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