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MSM doesn't mind mentioning "Bowling Green massacre" as long as
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 2/8/17 at 5:53 pm
they can tie it to a white supremacist.
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When the Government Really Did Fear a Bowling Green Massacre — From a White Supremacist
This story was co-published with The New York Times.
The year was 2012. The place was Bowling Green, Ohio. A federal raid had uncovered what the authorities feared were the makings of a massacre. There were 18 firearms, among them two AR–15 assault rifles, an AR–10 assault rifle and a Remington Model 700 sniper rifle. There was body armor, too, and the authorities counted some 40,000 rounds of ammunition. An extremist had been arrested, and prosecutors suspected that he had been aiming to carry out a wide assortment of killings.
“This defendant, quite simply, was a well-funded, well-armed and focused one-man army of racial and religious hate,” prosecutors said in a court filing.
The man arrested and charged was Richard Schmidt, a middle-aged owner of a sports-memorabilia business at a mall in town. Prosecutors would later call him a white supremacist. His planned targets, federal authorities said, had been African-Americans and Jews. They’d found a list with the names and addresses of those to be assassinated, including the leaders of NAACP chapters in Michigan and Ohio.
But Schmidt wound up being sentenced to less than six years in prison, after a federal judge said prosecutors had failed to adequately establish that he was a political terrorist, and he is scheduled for release in February 2018. The foiling of what the government worried was a credible plan for mass murder gained little national attention.
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Posted on 2/8/17 at 6:44 pm to Frank Black
wonder what makes that Rem 700 a "sniper" rifle?
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:14 pm to diplip
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wonder what makes that Rem 700 a "sniper" rifle?
A sniper
Posted on 2/8/17 at 7:15 pm to diplip
quote:I think that was (is?) a popular rifle for military snipers. I remember reading that in one of the Stephen Hunter Bob Lee Swagger novels.
wonder what makes that Rem 700 a "sniper" rifle?
Posted on 2/8/17 at 8:13 pm to Frank Black
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think that was (is?) a popular rifle for military snipers. I remember reading that in one of the Stephen Hunter Bob Lee Swagger novels.
The M40 is a Rem700 chambered in 7.62 with some service specific modifications. The original M40 even had a walnut stock. The new ones (M40A5) look little like what you'd buy at Academy, but at its heart it's still the 700.
Posted on 2/8/17 at 8:14 pm to Frank Black
yes, the 700 is the base platform that the military M24 and M40 are built on.
But just a rem 700 in and of itself is not a sniper rifle. I bought one at walmart two years ago for under 400 bucks. Is it a sniper rifle?
I'm not trying to get into a long winded semantic discussion about it. I agree with your premise and it just caught my eye in the quote you posted. They just had to throw that scary adjective in there...
But just a rem 700 in and of itself is not a sniper rifle. I bought one at walmart two years ago for under 400 bucks. Is it a sniper rifle?
I'm not trying to get into a long winded semantic discussion about it. I agree with your premise and it just caught my eye in the quote you posted. They just had to throw that scary adjective in there...
Posted on 2/8/17 at 8:17 pm to ljhog
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wonder what makes that Rem 700 a "sniper" rifle?
A sniper
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