http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17491919/page/5/
MSNBC are apparently small arms experts now. I think the article's an important deterrent to child predators, and I think they've taken on a noble campaign in that respect, but now I'm just distracted by their ridiculous take on guns. Didn't think they were as bad as CNN... guess I was wrong.
The weapons are secondary - he didn't use them. The AR was not "ready to fire," the bolt was locked back. I don't know about laws down there for travelling with weapons, whether they need to be encased. But he did notify that he was carrying - it's a shame the weapons are just a footnote, seeing as he might not have been breaking firearms laws. Good ol' reporters to make it the central issue, though.
Don't get me wrong, I am NOT defending this guy, or saying he should get a lighter sentence. I just think the news should stay focused on the issue, and should feel a duty to have some knowledge of what they write about. But I guess if that were the case, we'd live in a very different world.
MSNBC are apparently small arms experts now. I think the article's an important deterrent to child predators, and I think they've taken on a noble campaign in that respect, but now I'm just distracted by their ridiculous take on guns. Didn't think they were as bad as CNN... guess I was wrong.
As it turns out, we may have been lucky he never made it inside the house.
Officer Pineda: After we actually took him out of the vehicle, he advised us that he had a fire arm on him...
That firearm happened to be a snub-nose revolver in his front pocket--- loaded and ready to fire. But there’s something else.
Pineda: He also had a badge, which says he’s an officer in Alabama.
That’s right, Spikes had gone back being a police officer.
He’s brought back to the Flagler Beach police station.
Outside, the officers searching his SUV make another startling discovery—an arsenal of weapons, including a military assault rifle that was leaning on the passenger seat, ready to fire.
Officer: He had the bolt back and the magazines all he had to do was tap ‘em in.
...with two clips of thirty bullets each.
And that’s just the beginning. Flagler Beach Police Chief Roger Free.
Chief Free: you have a 38 Smith & Wesson special there, Glock 40, and a 45 caliber six round... You have a 12 gauge shotgun back there.
That along with about 800 rounds of ammunition— some of it hollow point bullets, dubbed “copkillers,” used to penetrate bullet-proof vests.
The weapons are secondary - he didn't use them. The AR was not "ready to fire," the bolt was locked back. I don't know about laws down there for travelling with weapons, whether they need to be encased. But he did notify that he was carrying - it's a shame the weapons are just a footnote, seeing as he might not have been breaking firearms laws. Good ol' reporters to make it the central issue, though.
Don't get me wrong, I am NOT defending this guy, or saying he should get a lighter sentence. I just think the news should stay focused on the issue, and should feel a duty to have some knowledge of what they write about. But I guess if that were the case, we'd live in a very different world.