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Post by: Raith on April 26, 2004, 04:13:57 PM: oh noes!!1!
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Post by: SHIFTY1944 on April 26, 2004, 04:18:15 PM: I like that they use the term "assualt rifle" and its for a police dept.Good find!
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Post by: azsarge on April 26, 2004, 04:19:05 PM: good.
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Post by: Paco on April 26, 2004, 04:22:33 PM: Those rifles are evil!
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Post by: Harley on April 26, 2004, 04:33:23 PM: Well that's a first for me, "Glock .357 magnum" handguns??? I think they ment .357 SIG and not Magnum.
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Post by: Ninja on April 26, 2004, 04:34:37 PM: TEH COPS R GOING 2 TAEK OVER TEH GOVT!!!!1
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Post by: Giland on April 26, 2004, 04:41:34 PM: a quote direct from www.glock.com (http://www.glock.com)
<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"> The recent introduction of the .357 caliber GLOCKS created a whole series of GLOCK pistols that offer ammunition performance rivaling or exceeding the legendary .357 Magnum. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Probably whomever they quoted mispoke. I would think the average person would unconsiously tac on "magnum" after saying "357".
The bushmasters are probably going to be trunk guns instead of mounted on the dash like the shotguns are.
Good for them.
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Post by: Ninja on April 26, 2004, 05:37:58 PM: No man, they totally mean the .357 Magnum Glock! It shoots cop-killer rounds and passes through metal detectors unnoticed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: yellowmonkey on April 26, 2004, 05:43:17 PM: <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Paco
 Those rifles are evil!
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Why so? I thought Bushmaster was a good brand of ar-15's.
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Post by: Wolf on April 26, 2004, 05:54:54 PM: Come on man, you've been here for a while, you have to be able to spot saracasm by now [:P]
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Post by: thatoneguy92088 on April 26, 2004, 07:59:03 PM: That reminds me of the 44 minutes movie on FX. They needed guns like those then, but they didnt have them...
Title: Tennesse State Troopers to get assault rifles!
Post by: leakingpen on April 26, 2004, 03:59:04 PM: http://www.tennessean.com/local/archive ... D=50418788 (http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/04/50418788.shtml?Element_ID=50418788)

CHATTANOOGA â€” Tennessee state troopers will soon carry Bushmaster semiautomatic AR-15-type assault rifles on patrol, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

The THP is buying 1,000 of the weapons to give troopers ''the ability, if they have to, to resort to deadly means of force that is also an accurate means of force,'' Lt. Rex Prince, supervisor of the patrol's ordnance division, said Friday.

The weapons were purchased with proceeds of property and money that troopers seized as ill-gotten gains from criminal activity. THP spokeswoman Beth Denton said she did not know how much they cost, but weapons similar to those bought retail at $1,080 each, according to the Bushmaster Web site.

THP officers are issued Glock .357-caliber Magnum handguns. They also carry a ''backup'' handgun and a Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun in each patrol car, officials said.

Denton said THP officials had been mulling over the decision to buy the new weapons for many years.

While state troopers are primarily responsible for enforcing laws and investigating accidents on Tennessee's highways, they sometimes are involved in dangerous situations, officials said.

''There are instances where we are called in as backup to support local agencies,'' Denton said.

About 97 officers from the THP's Chattanooga district were trained to use the weapons last week, while all officers should receive instruction by mid-June, Prince said. ''There are just so many scenarios in which officers could use these weapons,'' he said.