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   From: klausschadenfreude@null.net   
      
   On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 14:07:52 -0700, Just Wondering   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/3/2018 1:40 PM, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 13:26:42 -0700, Just Wondering   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2/3/2018 12:59 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman in the   
   >>>> deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with   
   >>>> manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents   
   >>>> obtained by The Associated Press. Unfired armor-piercing bullets found   
   >>>> inside the Las Vegas hotel room where the attack was launched on Oct. 1   
   >>>> contained the fingerprints of ammunition dealer Douglas Haig of Arizona,   
   >>>> according to the complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> He didn't have the quantity of tracer ammunition on hand that Paddock was   
   >>>> seeking, so Paddock contacted him a few days later and lined up a sale at   
   >>>> Haig's home in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa. Tracer bullets contain a   
   >>>> pyrotechnic charge that illuminates the path of fired bullets so shooters   
   >>>> can see whether their aim is correct.   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm confused.  Did Haig sell Paddock armor-piercing   
   >>> bullets, or tracer ammunition?  Or is the reporter   
   >>> so dumbass stupid that he doesn't know the difference?   
   >>   
   >> According to the articles I've read, the guy "MADE armor-piercing   
   >> tracer bullets."   
   >>   
   >> The two armor-piercing bullets found in Paddock's hotel room with   
   >> Haig's fingerprints had an "incendiary capsule" on their noses, the   
   >> documents said.   
   >> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-las-vegas-s   
   ooting-ammunition-seller-20180202-story.html   
   >>   
   >> I'm sure the article was written by the Tribune's top firearms   
   >> experts.   
   >   
   >So (a) Haig sold Paddock a few rounds of armor-piercing ammo,   
   >and lots of tracer ammo, and (b) Paddock didn't use either   
   >type of ammo in his attack?  This doesn't sound to me like   
   >much of a story.   
   >   
   >BTW, a bullet is only the projectile.  Ammunition or ammo   
   >is the complete cartridge consisting of the bullet, case,   
   >propellant and primer.  People including the article's   
   >author tend to confuse the two.   
      
   I liked the "'incendiary capsule" on their noses'" part especially.   
      
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