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JHB

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10. I'm sure for the same price they can get several military sniper rifles...

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 08:19 PM

Jun 2013

...and training.

Keep in mind that what Steve was showing for the ol' Boombah there was from its advertising campaign. Don't be so quick to believe what its salesmen tell you (even if it makes for juicy mocking by Colbert).

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Steve Clolbert's Show from yesterday just scared the living crap out of me [View all] Xipe Totec Jun 2013 OP

Yes but it costs $22,000. So there's a deterrent value in that. randome Jun 2013 #1

Said the swordsman to the musketeer Bucky Jun 2013 #2

I'm sure Al Qaida can spot the 22K. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #3

I'm sure for the same price they can get several military sniper rifles... JHB Jun 2013 #10

With this rifle, they don't need training Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #13

This is just the biggest toy for the DickCheney-style "canned hunt" crowd... JHB Jun 2013 #5

Like Lewis Black said "turning a petting zoo into Auschwitz!" backscatter712 Jun 2013 #12

In another couple of years, they'll be selling these for $1,000. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #11

I like his comment at the end: Initech Jun 2013 #4

Meh. Elmer Fudd didn't need a wifi gun to do that... JHB Jun 2013 #6

I wonder if Apple knows they're using their products on their guns. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #7

I'm a huge Linux geek, but I'm ashamed to say that TrackingPoint runs on Linux. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #14

I read somewhere that it came with an ipad mini attached. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #18

According to the Ars Technica article, it comes with an iPad Mini... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #19

Cool, now a wanna be can be a highly skilled sniper nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #8

That's the nightmare. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #16

disturbing chowder66 Jun 2013 #9

I'm not really worried about the animals. Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #15

That is horrifying. Ruby the Liberal Jun 2013 #17

It's the ZF1! csziggy Jun 2013 #20

All it needs is the red button! n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #23

For now it's $22k Savannahmann Jun 2013 #21

The global drug trade generated an estimated US$321.6 billion in 2003. Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #22