A "I'm the only one professional enough to handle"...from China

[SDC]

I'm busy researching various Russian gunsmiths right now, and I ran across this story that had more than a shade of our favourite DEA agent to it at http://korrespondent.net/strange/526527 . At a press conference in Szechuan, after a sweep to confiscate illegal weapons, one of the police officers managed to shoot three reporters while demonstrating one of their prizes, a homemade shotgun (seen below); I don't know if I'm more impressed by the "skill"(?) of the guy who made this contraption, or the "skill"(?) of the Barney Fife who managed to shoot 3 people out of the 13 in the room.

 

[heviarti]

I'd like to see a better pic of the shotgun. Maybe how it operates. That is one Rube Goldberg lookin' scattergun.

 

[Kaeto]

Please, if you are going to post a link to an article. Make sure it's in a language everyone here can read, otherwise it's a waste.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Please, if you are going to post a link to an article. Make sure it's in a language everyone here can read, otherwise it's a waste.

Just how do you propose the OP should determine what language it is that everybody can read?

Why can't you read it? Is your computer broken? Are you unfamiliar with the internet? Have you ever heard of translation programs?

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The shot apparently went into the floor and ricocheted up and dispersed, striking three journalists.

 

[Jumping Frog]

Use translate.google.com

http://translate.google.com/transla.../korrespondent.net/strange/526527&sl=ru&tl=en

In the Chinese province of Sichuan during the press conference devoted to confiscate homemade weapons, injured three journalists. One of them was pronounced injury in the knee, groin and chest.

Chinese Police Officer at the request of the journalists showed a loaded short-barreled shot gun made by one of the local peasants. However, a guard law and order have lost control of the situation, and the weapons fired. Fraction hit the floor and rebound slid across the room, where there were 13 journalists.

Two of the victims escaped with scratches. One reporter, not lucky - it got just 20 Drobin. Doctors pronounced the victim's injuries in the knee, groin and chest. He was immediately operated on.

Note, the problem of illegal home-made weapons is very crucial in China because of high levels of crime and poverty.

 

[cambeul41]

Too many Americans, when they hear even a foreign accent much less hear a foreign language or see one in print, turn off all efforts to understand.

 

[easyg]

Just how do you propose the OP should determine what language it is that everybody can read?

Considering that this forum uses English text, it's fairly safe to say that the folks here can read English.

I would also like to see how that shotgun works.

 

[hammerklavier]

The Chinese police officer will gladly demonstrate for you That's probably the question the reporter asked just before it went off

 

[Kentucky_Rifleman]

That contraption looks like it has multiple barrels.

My first thought was:

"If he had had three more barrels, he might have wounded three more reporters."

"One reporter with a groin wound."

Maybe we could see some schematics? That thing looks more interesting than the Saigas I've seen.

KR

 

[bthest86]

The Chinese police officer will gladly demonstrate for you That's probably the question the reporter asked just before it went off

Or perhaps the reporter asked about the effectiveness of the gun ban in China.

 

[Zoidberg523]

Or perhaps the reporter asked about the effectiveness of the gun ban in China.

I lol'd.

 

[kenno]

At least all were covered by China's excelent Universal Health Care Plan

 

[Ohio Gun Guy]

Only 3......




kidding (kind of)

 

[Zoogster]

it got just 20 Drobin

Poor guy, it just got 20 drobin!


The translation was understandable though.

Or perhaps the reporter asked about the effectiveness of the gun ban in China.

Lol, he just meant to disperse the pesky journalists and the ricochet hit three of them.


I wonder what the peasant's punishment for ownership was?
It can be up to the death penalty just for owning a firearm in China.

When guns are outlawed you have to be an outlaw, or something like that.

 

[heviarti]

You know, reading the chinglish ( www.engrish.com ) from that translator, I was wondering about the drobin too. Is this one of those words that just doesn't sound Chinese and is, but wasn't translated... or should I know this word?

Still wisht that photog had gotten a better shot (ha-ha ha-ha, I make funny!) of that contraption.

I guess it'd be ok if the same guy wanted to demonstrate for me. I'd just be prepared to demonstrate a Browning style short recoil action for him as soon as he was pointing the darn thing my way.... then I could examine the scattergun all I want. This is *NOT* a political statement: Commies with guns don't get a warning when they have bad muzzle discipline. My mother was almost killed by the Khmer Rouge. Not wanting to make that a family tradition. (She developed photos and did ARI/BDA in Cambodia in the sixties)

 

[BHP FAN]

I'm guessing they also have magic!

''The bathrooms, toilet paper will appear in Beijing July''
poof~!