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2016-03-17 Europe

French police arrest group on Islamist attack suspicions

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Posted by Fred 2016-03-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 ""an unused cartridge for an automatic rifle and computer equipment""
Can you tell if an unused cartridge is for an automatic rifle? And I think we need a comma in there.
WRT cartridges; where there's one there may be more, or, unfortunately, may have been more.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2016-03-17 06:44|| 2016-03-17 06:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Richard, not an expert and if I'm wrong I'm sure I'll get corrected, but the only way is by the caliber and then you're assuming no custom gun-smithing. No way at all to tell difference between semi/full auto.

AK47s use a 7.62X39 and I don't know of any other type of gun that uses that. CZ I think, makes a semi-auto in that caliber but that goes to my point above.

EG .22 LR cartridges can be used in anything from derringers to full auto guns. So no way to tell at all.

Posted by AlanC 2016-03-17 07:16|| 2016-03-17 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 I dunno about you, but my laptop is configured for 9mm.

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-17 12:58|| 2016-03-17 12:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Must be one of those Carl Gustavs we were talking about the other day.

Posted by SteveS 2016-03-17 13:27|| 2016-03-17 13:27|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 Pappy wins the thread! :-D

Posted by Barbara 2016-03-17 15:53|| 2016-03-17 15:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Alan. Mes apologies. I was asking facetiously, making fun of the headline. Or, if they got the wording from the cops....
People will say from time to time that one or another French cop outfit is tough as nails. That's apparently the case when it comes to things which we would consider covered by the Bill of Rights. But.... I dunno about the rest of it.
Speaking of tough, which I just hauled into the conversation: Back when the three Americans on vacation thwarted a horrible massacre on the Thalys train, I had some time to look around. Not much from the prog sites. IMO, they know the ideal prog guy couldn't have done that, wouldn't have done that, wouldn't have been raised to do that, and if it happened and he survived, he'd want therapy. So they're kind of embarrassed by the whole thing. The non-ideal guys took care of business. It is...hey, look! A squirrel! In fact, it's a problematic squirrel.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2016-03-17 21:25|| 2016-03-17 21:25|| Front Page Top

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