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zipplewrath

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15. Parroting

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Reply #10)

Wed May 26, 2021, 04:11 PM

May 2021

Unfortunately, most likely the reporter was simply writing what they were told, frequently by a spokesman who doesn't know details either. A "few hundred rounds" becomes "hundreds of rounds". As I say, I'm far more interested in how and where they were found and how they were acquired.

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Number Of Weapons & 100's Of Rounds Found At Shooter's Home [View all] SoCalDavidS May 2021 OP

In competition with these 2? SheltieLover May 2021 #1

The same thing could be said about me and I haven't ever shot anyone. I have a number of doc03 May 2021 #2

We are very proud of you. ret5hd May 2021 #3

Should have said "yet" doc03 May 2021 #4

I Have A Number Of Snowglobes & Hundreds Of CD's SoCalDavidS May 2021 #5

It's not unusual zipplewrath May 2021 #6

You Know What's Unusual? SoCalDavidS May 2021 #11

On a range day, I can shoot 300-400 rounds.... Happy Hoosier May 2021 #23

Exactly so. Heck, .22 LR is typically bought in bricks of 500 rounds. Dial H For Hero May 2021 #24

I don't think BGBD May 2021 #26

"Hundreds of rounds" is one small box of .22 long-range LongtimeAZDem May 2021 #8

Oh, O.K. SoCalDavidS May 2021 #10

We have no idea what they intended to indicate; that's the problem with these types of comments. LongtimeAZDem May 2021 #12

Parroting zipplewrath May 2021 #15

To a lot of people who don't shoot, "hundreds" of rounds seems like an excessive amount. Happy Hoosier May 2021 #25

And you... zipplewrath May 2021 #27

You are correct. Happy Hoosier May 2021 #28

You don't even want to know how I live. hunter May 2021 #13

Um...Excuse Me! ProfessorGAC May 2021 #17

Claimed me in 1974. hunter May 2021 #19

In That Case, Never Mind ProfessorGAC May 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author USALiberal May 2021 #21

The Ammosexual Agenda Is Ruining Our Nation. nt Progressive Jones May 2021 #7

Yesterday moondust May 2021 #9

No. Not really. Life is never that simple. Caliman73 May 2021 #20

He needed an arsenal because what if like 100 bandits broke in????? Marrah_Goodman May 2021 #14

Mostly irrelevant. Shooters like this only need one or two to inflict much violence. SYFROYH May 2021 #16

The cops do that all the time with small time doc03 May 2021 #18