Re: in defense of Lon Horiuchi
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/11/97 3:43 PM, Chip Mefford (cmefford@avwashington.com) passed this wisdom:
Even dumb ole me, who ain't no crack shot, with one of those nifty (off theshelf) Styer-Mannlicher countersniper rifles with the neato Zeiss autoranging scope was able to punch a coke can 5 for 5 after one ranging(cheater) shot at 600 meters. I'm told that the FBI has much nicer rifles than that. And I ain't trained.
(couldn't hit the Mountain Dew can, couldn't see it)
Horiuchi shot Mrs Weaver at slightly over 200 meters .... not much o of a chnace he didn't hit what he was aiming at ... which begs the question of *wha* was he aiming at? The rules of engagement promulgated by Louis Freehs buddy Potts (I think) were nothing more than a death warrant and I have heard that most of the FBI marksmen balked at them ... but not good ole 'doin what I'm told to do' Lon ... yeah right! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNBiGFcdZgC62U/gIEQJyPgCgu0oNx/mVZ9fjtI6d7AYfXAT4nfcAoLX3 0nQZslJNDD1x8EG+YfCeqY9x =Rqj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys - Send Email Subject "Get PGP Key" "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Brian B. Riley