That was probably the case, another situation of PC/publicity neutering, "Oh we can't have a picture of our popo with a loaded Thompson!!"......oh the shame?? I wonder when that picture was first published/presented to the public how many folks noted there was no magazine!!? :-)
I bet all he had at the time of photo were loaded mags. And they are heavy! Nobody gave a damn about whether the police had a stick or drum in it or not back then. Unless you were running contraband beverages makins' to your favorite speakeasy!
Bet the photo was all about the bike. And someone said "hey Clancy! Hold up that new Chicago piano you picked up last week!" And the pic was snapped!
Now put that in the local picayune!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Driving down Front street in Natchitoches, La , back in '66. At every intersection there was a State Trooper or two armed with what looked like a Thompson SMG. Don't know what they were expecting but it didn't happen.
Was told later they weren't Thompsons but a semi auto look alike called Eagle.
I understand. My point is, that for all practical purposes, most of us can't get anything any "quicker and easier" than you can. Hell, in Texas, a CHL holder doesn't even have to do a background check to buy a firearm, while LEO's do.
The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.
Clarification...if LEO's are subject to the same 'streamlined' process to get one as the rest of us are...I'm cool with it.
We are. The "Department" is not.
And therein lies the problem for me...if through "The Department" LEO's are able to get one quicker and easier than I can, I'm opposed to that.
The department can buy one for department use without the wait and hassle.
I cannot buy one "through the department" for personal use though.
Because everyone knows you can only trust a Cop whiles he's on duty. One he takes off the pretty blue clothes he becomes an evil citizen and can't be trusted.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
A word of caution if the purpose is to reduce the noise of a rifle, most likely a .223, inside of a building one would have to use sub-sonic ammo in order for the suppressor to be of much of an advantage.
A rifle using standard velocity ammo with a suppressor tend to be louder than without the suppressor. Inside of a building the noise with suppressor is even louder.
I asked a retired military sniper why that is so and he said the suppressor reduces noise down range but blows the noise back at the shooter.
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell
