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Does that imply it was used by someone who knows how to use it?
by jonny_eh 4y ago
Does that imply it was used by someone who knows how to use it?
- jandrewrogers 4y agoNot necessarily. She implied that a military person wouldn't use it because they would know it isn't effective due to a preconceived notion that it is ineffective against a person. That part is flatly false, since some military personnel would be familiar with its effective military use. As other people have mentioned, a suppressed .22 (Beretta, Buckmark, et al) were standard military weapons for covert ops for a long time. Even without suppression, they are pretty quiet as firearms go. That isn't to say this guy knew how to use it, just that there are some people who could use a .22 pistol to great effect. The use of a .22 doesn't preclude competency with firearms.
- vintermann 4y agoThe theory in this article is that the guy was about to abuse his daughter to death over an argument about drug use/dating, then changed his mind last minute and went to kill some random youths in a local dating spot instead. If it was an impulsive thing, presumably he didn't necessarily have time to choose the gun-enthusiast optimal weapon.
- zumu 4y agoFrom the profile, he seems like the type of guy who would have stewed on what gun he would use to kill clandestinely in his free time. I mean he carried a pistol in each pocket on a daily basis.
- jonny_eh 4y ago> I mean he carried a pistol in each pocket on a daily basis. And weren't they supposedly .22s?
- ALittleLight 4y agoI think it implies the killer either knew what he was doing, and chose the .22 because it would be quieter, or the killer did not know what he was doing, because the smaller bullet would be less lethal.