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Superbowl police sniper's nest.
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Sad, to even think this is necessary!!
Ralph
Jon,
I think this is a shot of Lucas Oil Stadium (home of the Indianapolis Colts) in Indianapolis. I saw these pics in the local paper ahead of the last time they were in the Super Bowl. My guess is that there are 6-8 of these nests spaced around the structure...
The photo showing the forefinger resting in front of the trigger is a little disconcerting: fatigue. Hope he doesn't get hayfever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
The concentration & the back ache would not suit most of us.
Thanks for posting & ditto to Ralph's observation which was my first thought.
Yep that would make me feel safer attending one of those events knowing at any time there could be half a dozen paid assassins perched in secrete locations above.
I'd feel a lot safer knowing that every concealed carry permit holder was packing.
Problem with the conceal carry, the police do not know one is a good guy, as was demonstrated in the mall shooting last month.
The good guy was killed the bad guy was never found!!
I can just imagine fifty concealed carry good guys having a shot out with one supposed bad guy in a crowd of thousands.
Ralph
I understand where you are coming from and though I firmly believe in constitutional carry, but as far as open carry goes I would not wear mine out for the world to see in a crowded public place out here in the country it is a much different story. Many out here mostly ranchers have pretty much always carried even before the state adopted the concealed carry years agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Ralphxyz
When I was a kid all of the pickups had a gun across the rear window!! The Constitutional "Right" (which came by an amendment by the way)
only got the guy killed in the mall shooting the cop only saw a black guy with a gun. He didn't even think that he might be a good guy, he just shot him dead.
Ralph
Sorry but that doesn't say much for some police officers does it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralphxyz
That's the world we exist/live in, unfortunately, but the good ones go a long way making up for corrupt & reckless, thoughtless ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
cheers
It is also (mostly) their training or lack thereof. They are taught how to give speeding tickets not how to behave/think in a live shooter situation.
Ralph
It's been years since I've seen this movie; but those pictures remind me of....
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075765/
Just one more example of art imitating life, and vice versa.Quote:
Originally Posted by gatz
Here (USA) there's a continued move to implicate all manner of various manufacturers complicit with perpetrators for misuse of their products, and far less attention toward pursuit, prosecution and penalization the criminal element. Talk about low-hanging fruit. One party has the distinction of capitalizing on that very thing; and a base so blind to not see it as such.
Going to you-know-where in the proverbial hand-basket... When I was young, occasionally wished to be older, even by a generation or more. I do not recall anything that'd be the reverse.
Look a little closer. The tip of his finger is on the side of the trigger guard, not on the actual trigger. I agree with several, it is a shame this even is necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by ranald