I read that as "the glove compartment contained a shotgun, 2 magazines, and 70 rounds for the shotgun.".
Agreed, that is poor writing. Read better journalists. =) On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Jeff Garza <j...@garzasixpack.com> wrote: > > Ahhh.... news reporting at it's finest. An ARSENAL was found!!! > > "Authorities found numerous knives, including samurai swords. They found a > military-style uniform in Lanza's bedroom and handwritten notes containing > the addresses of local gun shops. The guns found at the home included a > .323-caliber Enfield Albian bolt-action rifle, a .22-caliber Savage Mark II > rifle, a BB gun and a .22-caliber Volcanic starter pistol." > > two bolt action rifles, a bb-gun and a starter's pistol. For most people I > know, that's not even a good start towards an "arsenal". This is nothing > more than sensationalist crap being reported by folks that don't even know > what a firearm looks like... > > http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/11/robert-farago/journalists-guide-to- > firearms-identification/ > > There is no such thing as a 70 round magazine for a 12 gauge. I think this > is another typo and it's talking about 7 round Saiga 12 mags. You know, > it's really difficult to take the "media" seriously when they make so damn > many errors and omissions... > > -- > Jeff > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > From: "C. Hatton Humphrey" <chumph...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:57 AM > > To: "cf-community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > > Subject: Article on Findings in Newtown > > > > I was reading the article on what was found during the Newtown shooting > in > > an article here: > > > > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONNECTICUT_SCHOOL_SHOOTING?SITE=W > NYC&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-28-10-17-15 > > > > Something doesn't make sense to me, not from a conspiracy view-point but > > from a physics/logic standpoint: > > > > "A loaded 12-gauge shotgun was found in the glove compartment of the > Honda > > Civic Lanza drove to the school with two magazines containing 70 rounds > of > > Winchester 12-gauge shotgun rounds." > > > > Really? Can someone tell me how exactly you fit a 12-gauge shotgun into > > the GLOVE BOX of a HONDA CIVIC? Add to that the volume of 140 shells... > > not taking into account the actual "magazines" (not that I could find > > anything bigger than a 20 round drum for 12g, but I didn't look to > terribly > > hard). You couldn't modify the dash to hold something that big! > > > > The other thing that I'm wondering is on this... the reports say he shot > > himself with a 10mm handgun. For some reason I thought those were > rather > > rare? Am I right on that one? > > > > Like I said, I'm not coming at this saying, "they're covering something > up" > > but there's definitely some questionable reporting going on here. My > > question is one of logic and logistics, not gun control and violent > video > > games. > > > > Until Later! > > C. Hatton Humphrey > > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some > > smelting to find it. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362139 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
