(AL) Crazy man uses SKS to kill two police officers

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Police say killer's rifle came from Huntsville

By Eric Fleischauer and Holly Hollman
DAILY Staff Writers
[email protected] · 340-2435

On the night before Christmas, Farron Barksdale was browsing at Larry's Pistol and Pawn in Huntsville.

He left not with a sleigh full of toys, but with a deadly assault rifle. He used the rifle nine days later, according to Athens police Capt. Marty Bruce, to kill two police officers and to sadden an entire community.

Barksdale, who turned 29 today, went home with an SKS assault rifle — the same rifle that police say he used Friday to gun down officer Tony Mims, 40, and Sgt. Larry Russell, 42. Barksdale hired Decatur lawyer John Edmond Mays to defend him against six counts of capital murder.

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http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/040106/gun.shtml


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I just sent the editor a letter about the two serious errors committed by his reporters.
 
The guy was locked up in a mental hospital before, was on alcohol and drugs when he committed the crime. Guesswho lied on the 4473?
 
What the article doesnt mention is that the perp first called the 9-1-1 dispatcher and asked for them to send an FBI agent. Dispatch told him that she couldnt send the FBI, he'd have to get in contact with the FBI personally. Then the officers were sent. He capped the one, the other showed up as backup, and he shot that one too. First one didnt even manage to get out of the car.

Another thing that the article left out was what the guy was charged with. I saw the charges, and one of them was "Killing more than one person at a time". Yeah, its good for a laugh at first, but then ya stop and think about it, and theres just something inherently wrong with that. Its wrong to kill someone else (except in limited circumstances), but its MORE wrong to kill two other people during the same incident? Huh? We need a law prohibiting that?
 
Guess this is why my field training officer taught me to park a few houses down from the house we were dispatched to. At least I would have the chance to get out of my squad before the crazy opens fire on me! :rolleyes:
 
SKS assault rifle?
Last time I looked at my SKS only assault weapon feature it hasas defined in the AWB is the bayonet. No threaded muzzle, no folding stock, no detachable magazine etc.
Maybe this guy had one of them 'bubba-ized' SKS wannabe AK conversion looking things.
 
It took TWO people to write that article?! Wow. We have a pair of winners here. Someone get that Pulitzer ready.

Mr. Eric Fleischauer and Ms. Holly Hollman are clearly forgetting one of the major ethical considerations of journalism. Do not become part of the story.

On the night before Christmas, Farron Barksdale was browsing at Larry's Pistol and Pawn in Huntsville.
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These sarcastic and unnecessarily playful opening lines of an article that centers on the tragic death of two police officers point to the fact that these so called "journalists" are more interested in seeing their own writing in print than in relating a news story from an unbiased point of view. Next time they decide to squeeze their political agenda into one of their articles perhaps it would lend them more credibility if they appeared more sensitive to the subject matter.

If there is one thing that ticks me off more than people who use words like "deadly" and "assault rifle" for the sake of adding drama in place of actually researching their facts, it's bad writing!!
 
Twenty rounds of 7.62 mm vest-piercing ammunition, more than Barksdale needed to allegedly kill the two officers, costs $3.99.
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It says "vest-piercing" right on the box! :rolleyes:

Um, what rifle round won't pierce a vest?
 
Um, what rifle round won't pierce a vest?
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.177 air rifle rounds, perhaps? :rolleyes:

Either those 2 reporters are pushing an agenda or they are totally ignorant on the subject of firearms.

What if this old boy had used a Remington 7600 in 30-06?

I suppose that UMC .30-06 says 'vest piercing' on it as well. :banghead:
 
I've bought dozens of guns from same shop, why didn't anyone mention the federal check that is done on site? The feds cleared him or it would not have been sold.

rk
 
Nice to know I the SKS I just picked up at the gunshow this weekend is now considered a 'deadly assault rifle' - I wonder if his had the built in grenade launcher like mine does...guess they would've mentioned that if it did.

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Should I email the writer?

I was thinking of sending the following letter to the writer of this article. He pissed me off so substantially I was actually dizzy. Tell me what you guys think and if I should send it. I want it to represent us all as responsible shooters.
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Dear Mr. Fleischauer and Ms. Holly Hollman

It took TWO people to write that article?! Wow. We have a pair of winners here. Someone get that Pulitzer ready.

You are clearly forgetting one of the major ethical considerations of journalism. Do not become part of the story.

I quote: "On the night before Christmas, Farron Barksdale was browsing at Larry's Pistol and Pawn in Huntsville."

These sarcastic and unnecessarily playful opening lines of an article that centers on the tragic death of two police officers point to the fact that you two "journalists" are more interested in seeing your own writing in print than in relating a news story from an unbiased point of view. Next time you decide to squeeze your political agenda into one of your articles perhaps it would lend you more credibility if you appeared more sensitive to the subject matter.

If there is one thing that ticks me off more than people who use words like "deadly" and "assault rifle" for the sake of adding drama in place of actually researching their facts, it's bad writing!!

I would love to give you a lesson on the realities of firearms and the capabilities of guns and their associated ammunition. I am a Certified Pistol Safety Instructor with over thirteen years experience as a recreational shooter and collector. I offer you my services as a consultant. Feel free to email me with any firearms related questions.

By the way, the next time someone is run down by a car in your community would you please refer to the vehicle as a deadly, guard-rail piercing, projectile driven by a lunatic who purchased the car from a dealership that sells many like it as well as other "less dangerous" cars.

Respectfully,
 
Hey, Vern....

"Hold my beer; them two stupid reporters are back and I'm gonna sell 'em some deadly, stomach-piercing chili....
 
Amadeus--

That's a pretty good email. Take out the first sarcastic part:
It took TWO people to write that article?! Wow. We have a pair of winners here. Someone get that Pulitzer ready.
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...and reference the article by date and headline, if not by URL, to give them a reference point, too.
 
Gunmonkey:

According to the media, ANY semi-auto rifle is an "assault rifle."

That's where we're going.

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