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Gun Control & RKBA

petronius

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4. I rofl'ed at the first comment from the link:

Reply to Remmah2 (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 01:35 PM

Nov 2012

USER • 10 months ago

HOW DARE STUPID AMERICAN CHILD USE GLORIOUS SOVIET WEAPON FOR PETTY ROBERRY? IS RIFLE WITH LEGACY OF WAR, NOT FOOLISHNESS. TO USE RIFLE FOR IDIOT IDEA MAKE SERGEI MOSIN ROLL IN GRAVE. ALL OF RUSSIA DISAPPOINTED IN WASTED YOUTH.

And at least he kept his finger off the trigger in the top picture - nice to see a safety-conscious robber...

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Another robbery with a military assault rifle. [View all] Remmah2 Nov 2012 OP

It's the bayonet lug... krispos42 Nov 2012 #1

I see what you did there. glacierbay Nov 2012 #2

SKS? DonP Nov 2012 #3

Hey those things are no laughing matter 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #18

I rofl'ed at the first comment from the link: petronius Nov 2012 #4

MOUND OF EARTH RISES Glaug-Eldare Nov 2012 #5

Mosin Nagant carbine. Ashgrey77 Nov 2012 #6

Yeah. Goes to show the robber's never fired it before. Decoy of Fenris Nov 2012 #7

That's not an "assault rifle," but a bolt action hunting or plinking rifle of some sort. apocalypsehow Nov 2012 #8

or a basic bolt action battle rifle gejohnston Nov 2012 #9

How's it going up in Wyoming? I'm going to Cheyenne next summer. n/t. apocalypsehow Nov 2012 #10

Stuck in Florida at the moment gejohnston Nov 2012 #11

It looks too short to be a 91-30 or 44 bolt DonP Nov 2012 #12

It's a cut down Mosin Nagant ... Straw Man Nov 2012 #14

No, I meant the bolt handle looked too short to me DonP Nov 2012 #15

From Smith & Smith's Book of Rifles, sitting on my lap... Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #16

I don't see a bayonet ... Straw Man Nov 2012 #20

The reference was to the mount characteristics, not to the presence or no of a bayonet. Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #21

We know guns kill people and that's the only fact worth knowing. ileus Nov 2012 #13

The picture is kind of blury but it's clear that is a fully automatic ak-47 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #17

Almost identical to a '66 Dodge Coronet. Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #22

It's okay, I'm professional Russian. Glassunion Nov 2012 #19