tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5784654627516849828..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Two Great Tastes That -- Um, Maybe Not!Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-36436259932252045532008-09-06T11:27:00.000-04:002008-09-06T11:27:00.000-04:00Wow. 'Course, if everyone had one, it'd be no big...Wow. <BR/>'Course, if everyone had one, it'd be no big deal...<BR/><BR/>Brass, htrn is right. I've had two lectures from JAG officers about this issue.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m113.htm" REL="nofollow">This is a M113</A>, not a Bradley.J.R.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498164179579546593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-15140568227483433972008-09-03T19:05:00.000-04:002008-09-03T19:05:00.000-04:00Not entirely new, upscale weaponry. Some months ba...Not entirely new, upscale weaponry. Some months back over at blog.modernmechanix.com I saw an article about 1920s-era New York City cops with armored motorcycles complete with armored sidecar carrying a Thompson-toting colleague. Post-WWII half-tracks were popular. Milsurp stuff can be [relatively] cheap. <BR/> <BR/>But yeah, a personnel carrier [Bradley?] with a crew-served machine gun does seem extreme.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-3372171737146921072008-09-01T19:39:00.000-04:002008-09-01T19:39:00.000-04:00"It's illegal for a US soldier (and other signator..."It's illegal for a US soldier (and other signatories of the Geneva Convention) to fire a .50 cal at a human. "<BR/><BR/>Uhmm... NO. It's perfectly legal to shoot anything up to, and including artillery at personnel so long as it's not an "expanding" bullet", so no explosive rounds(IE Raufoss Mk211), but regular APIT? Sure. There was actually a JAG ruling that you might be interested in, about the Sierra Match King commonly used in sniper rifles is technically a hollowpoint, and was temporirally banned. It was then ruled that the hollowpoint was a remnent of manufacturing, and not so it will expand. It was therefore put back into use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-9405906169717840422008-09-01T18:21:00.000-04:002008-09-01T18:21:00.000-04:00Just another case of them being "better than" the ...Just another case of them being "better than" the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised they weren't wearing balaclavas too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-40158302596156644772008-09-01T17:11:00.000-04:002008-09-01T17:11:00.000-04:00The cops need to spend the money on better intel, ...The cops need to spend the money on better intel, not M2's. Not to mention a .50 round from an MG is going to go through an entire block of homes in an urban setting. Police already have M16's, SMG's and plenty of other toys. No, I'm not anti cop, not by a long shot, but the police need to back away from militancy; they serve and protect the people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-52579408993603136442008-09-01T16:59:00.000-04:002008-09-01T16:59:00.000-04:00It's illegal for a US soldier (and other signatori...It's illegal for a US soldier (and other signatories of the Geneva Convention) to fire a .50 cal at a human. The .50 is to be used as an anti-material weapon only and I cannot honestly think of a situation that would require the police to have and use such a weapon.<BR/><BR/>I think the police chief that okayed this watched <I>Die Hard</I> one to many times.<BR/><BR/>BrassAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-44828244363864204582008-09-01T12:31:00.000-04:002008-09-01T12:31:00.000-04:00A Browning .50 for local law enforcement? Umm, fol...A Browning .50 for local law enforcement? Umm, folks, that's a belt-fed crew served weapon.<BR/><BR/>I hope the locality reviewed this with their insurers. While local officials CAN be immune to criminal charges in the course of public duties, ya still got liability to worry about. <BR/><BR/>One thing management consultants to law enforcement are continually reminding, "You're now peace officers, not combat infantry. Act accordingly."<BR/><BR/>Sounds to me like the localities' other elected officials need to schedule a meeting with said sheriff. And talk to the sheriff's political people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com