Times Square non-bomber had an EVIL gun!

[VegasAR15]

He went through a background check and a two week long cooling period and he was still able to get a gun! I can not believe this. I propose that until we have the ability to read minds during the background check we ban all further sales of guns. For that matter, baseball bats, steak knives, slingshots, and aerosol that can be sprayed in the eyes, vehicles, gasoline, propane, fertilizer, matches. Imagine the damage you could inflict by stepping on someone's bare foot with a high heeled shoe, and with the popularity of sandals these days, we could have a massacre on our hands. This world is full of dangerous, evil, assault weapons such as hockey sticks. OMG I am terrified to walk outside to get the mail. I am going to go home and hug my Al Gore doll.

 

[NavyLCDR]

I like this one:

“It appears from some of his other activities that March is when he decided to put this plan in motion,” Mr. Kelly told the committee. Of the gun, he said, “It may well have been an indicator of putting something catastrophic in motion.”

Hmmmm.... it's not that bomb that caused something "catastrophic in motion", it's a 9mm gun! Give me a break...

Oh and this one:

It is unclear whether, in the 50 days Mr. Shahzad was a registered gun owner, he ever once pulled the trigger.

Connecticut registers rifles?!? I don't think so! What is it with the media's fascination with registration??

After reading the whole article, I have to say that it appears to be a waste of ink and paper. A placeholder for advertisements around it. The article said absolutely nothing and made no point whatsoever.

 

[carlrodd]

It is unbelievable that they spent so much type describing in great detail a cheap gun with a diminutive round, all of which has really no bearing on a story about a guy who attempted to blow people up with explosives. It is a hit piece, plainly and simply.

The descriptions are especially ridiculous, like those commenting are in awe of some alien device. It reminds me of the scene in zoolander where the two male models appear as apes as they beat on a computer trying to get the information out.

 

[bigfatdave]

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open carry dont hurt gun owners but this certanly makes matters worse. this will onl result in stricter laws.

What the heck are you talking about?
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[Zack]

I am going to go home and hug my Al Gore doll.

thats funny.

I wounder what would have happen if he strapped bullets to all these propane tanks. The liberals would say it was a "bullet bomb" ?

 

[Manco]

It's amusing how the so-called writer used the word "appetite" to describe the gun's chambering, obviously trying to evoke an emotional reaction, as if it were going to eat your precious little children or something (also brings to mind the phrase "appetite for destruction"). What a hack! That said, this type of "journalism" and its level of quality are not unusual for the New York Times.

 

[merlinfire]

"Hmmmmm... What? What? What? What? What?"

"Book.... book. Gun book."

"Kel.....tec. Kel-tec. Yip."

"Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip."

"Fol...-ding. stock? What? What?"

"Uh-huh, Uh-huh."

Thats......classic. Funniest thing all day

 

[hnl.flyboy]

It is unclear whether, in the 50 days Mr. Shahzad was a registered gun owner, he ever once pulled the trigger.

it couldn't have been reliable...he didn't follow any break-in procedure

 

[merlinfire]

So I read the article. I consider myself a centrist, one who appears to logic rather than left or right wing diatribes, but I will say this. This article is clearly, hopelessly, and without a doubt, biased. In his mind, no legitimate used could ever exist for any gun. They are only for criminals, and should all be banned. It's sad that someone with such extreme and illogical views are allowed by his editing peers to make it into a major news source.

They keep bringing up the fact that they legally bought the weapon, and did the same for the virginia tech shooter. What's the point? Maybe one day, when we have a Minority Report-esque crime prediction system you MIGHT be able to avoid this.

This guy was clearly an amateur. Owning a gun did not make him a pro. He never shot anyone, and his bomb was a dud. He failed all around.

 

[gearchecker]

OMG - it has front and rear sights and a grip like a pistol!
We need to ban this one. With sights like that he might actually be able to see something.
Obviously another subscriber to Mayor Bloomberg imbicile imagination about protecting the world from those "Evil Looking Guns"

The Kel-Tec gun is about two and a half feet long, but for storage or carrying, the barrel can be folded back over the stock, cutting its length almost in half.

It weighs four pounds unloaded, has front and rear sights for aiming and a grip like one on a pistol. The rifle is unusual in that it fires pistol rounds — in this particular gun’s case, 9-millimeter rounds. It fires as quickly as one can pull the trigger;

 

[Mp7]

i believe it has one of these shoulder things
that go up, too.

 

[Gritacular]

Ignorance threatings liberty much more than terrorism.

 

[Zack]

i believe it has one of these shoulder things
that go up, too.

Best post all day, and you are correct! there is a shoulder thingy that goes up! once you fold it up, it looks like it can sit on your shoulder!

 

[eddism]

KelTec Sub-2000 asking price $350. At 16 inches folded it would sit comfortable in a briefcase to take to work. Along with Glock 9mm sidearm, magazines are interchangeable.

The rifle reminds me of a Hi-Point 995 with the raised front sight and tang sight in the rear. Not very impressive, but cheap to shoot.