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In reply to the discussion: The Guns of the Brothers Tsarnaev [View all]cleduc
(653 posts)59. I've listened to audio of both gunfights
in Watertown - the first one and then the boat.
Towards the end of the first encounter and during the gunfight from the boat, there were periods when it sounded like automatic fire.
Automatic fire was also reported on the police scanner during the first gunfight.
The M4A1 is capable of automatic fire. The M4 itself is not - semi automatic 3 round bursts.
Regardless of the particular model, a rifle of that type is designed for killing human beings in close quarters. And the residents were lucky to avoid injury as those bullets can pass through some walls.
I continue to be dismayed by those who stand in the way of gun control of these types of weapons.
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So the "military rifle like an M4" was full-auto? That is the modern standard for military use.
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#2
But you seem to obsess on "military" type; you comment on that. So I'm running it by you.
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#6
It's actually: which news story: this news story, that news story, some other?
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#58
And yet "(t)rying to pigeonhole a particular weapon based on trivial technical minutia"...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#32
Some police officers have a rifle in the car instead of a shotgun. They might have stolen that. nt
rrneck
Apr 2013
#9
The second story is pretty clear that they got zero guns from Officer Collier
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#10
If it were a true 'M4' (full auto), that would tend to implicate a police officer's patrol rifle.
X_Digger
Apr 2013
#22
All the reports I read said 200 rounds were fired during the firefight, by everyone involved.
Common Sense Party
Apr 2013
#26
if you're talking about during the car/suv incident, it sure didn't sound like it.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#30
I understand. That was what prompted this discussion (I think). One thing for sure:
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#64
I agree with you. I wonder how much longer the Mods are going to allow this..
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#63
The local news (WBZ) reported that this evening, as well--that he was unarmed, at
MADem
Apr 2013
#85
A number of news reports today pretty much confirm the one-gun theory
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#88
Well, mystery seemingly solved here: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had no gun at all (in the boat)
alcibiades_mystery
Apr 2013
#80