Actually... you can. By law, if you're either in military or have martial art training, when you attack someone bare handed they can charge you with assault with a lethal weapon.
Bad example that the article starts out with (typical media crap that makes the kid seem like it's just a high school prank). It starts with a story about an kid brandishing a BB gun to rob people. He robbed an off-duty cop with it so the cop's partner shot & killed the kid. There's better examples of cops killing people with fake guns later in the article. But that first kid had to know if the gun looks real enough to rob someone, that someone might think it was a real enough to shoot him over.
A) It's not really a rifle. The headline is misleading. RTFA.
B) It is not illegal (here in Texas and in most of the states) to carry around a rifle with a scope. This is not even really a rifle.
Now if you're seen pointing it at people, you might get some police at the very least asking WTF is going on, at the worst, you might get shot. Explaining that you're a "hax0r" probably won't help. But it's probably not a good idea after the sniper attacks a while ago to be visibly pointing a rifle-like object
In most of the united states, carrying around an Fn sniper rifle is perfectly legal.
No, most FN (Fabrique Nationale d' Armes du Guerre, Belgian company) rifles fall under the prohibition on assault rifles and other scary-looking weapons.
(Sorry, I'll go away now...)
(I used to have an FN (-C1A1, 7.62mm NATO). I had to give it back when I left the army.)
Do you really think you wouldn't go to jail for aiming that thing at someone? The police don't care if it's not a real rifle, the same as they wouldn't care if you aimed a realistic looking squirtgun at someone on the highway. As far as they're concerned, if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck, you're threatening someone with a duck.
The beauty of the sniper rig is that you're not SUPPOSED to be -seen-.
Besides, if you can do this with a sniper rifle, you can do it with gear that looks like a telephoto rig. While it won't look less suspicious, it will appear less malicious.
At least in The United States of Ashcroft you'd only be charged with attempted murder for pointing a sniper-rifle-looking thing at someone.
If you were to point a camera at someone instead, you'd be arrested for "casing a national security threat" and held indefinitely without bail until they decided to execute you.
The police don't care if it's not a real rifle, the same as they wouldn't care if you aimed a realistic looking squirtgun at someone on the highway.
Very true. Most states use the "resonable person" test for this. If the reasonable person would think that it's a weapon, then it is prosecuted as such. This is why guys who stick up 7-11s with toy guns still get still get charged with armed robbery.
Not to mention, even after they figure out what you're really trying to do with it, you're still left doing some serious explaining. I don't think a lame excuse like "My phone wasn't getting good enough reception, so I'm trying to bounce my call off another phone with a better antenna!" is gonna cut it....
(I guess they should be glad my 2 year old daughter has no say in things. She still thinks my stuffed Tux penguin is a duck, and most birds in my lawn get called "duck!" too.)
A funny old guy at my work told me a story that reminds me of this a lot.
I guess when he was young, President Truman came through town. I'm not exactly sure of his motives but he probably didn't have access to a TV at this time. Anyway.... When the president's motorcaid got within reasonable distance from his house he grabbed his dads rifle and ran up to the roof of the house. He then proceeded to point the rifle at the president as his car passed by serval blocks away. Of couse his intention was to look t
You've got to be kidding!!!!!!!!! how is this funny? The idiot did not even take the time to click on the article before articulating a kharma whoring response. What are the mods doing here, rewarding laziness? I smell abuse, someone meta-moderate this.
I have to somewhat agree with the parent. Maybe not with their actually statement, but seriously . . . how does this give new meaning to 1337 h4x0r2? If you can explain it to me, I'll give you a cookie.
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What, so instead of "Fucking tool" it now will mean "Fucking tool who's in jail for aiming a sniper rifle at someone"?
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B) It is not illegal (here in Texas and in most of the states) to carry around a rifle with a scope. This is not even really a rifle.
Now if you're seen pointing it at people, you might get some police at the very least asking WTF is going on, at the worst, you might get shot. Explaining that you're a "hax0r" probably won't help. But it's probably not a good idea after the sniper attacks a while ago to be visibly pointing a rifle-like object
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That would result in:
2) Nerd factor points increase in orders of magnitude
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How 'bout this [homevideos.com]?
I've seen Sixteen Candles WAY too many times. Sigh...
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No, most FN (Fabrique Nationale d' Armes du Guerre, Belgian company) rifles fall under the prohibition on assault rifles and other scary-looking weapons.
(Sorry, I'll go away now...)
(I used to have an FN (-C1A1, 7.62mm NATO). I had to give it back when I left the army.)
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Besides, if you can do this with a sniper rifle, you can do it with gear that looks like a telephoto rig. While it won't look less suspicious, it will appear less malicious.
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If you were to point a camera at someone instead, you'd be arrested for "casing a national security threat" and held indefinitely without bail until they decided to execute you.
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Very true. Most states use the "resonable person" test for this. If the reasonable person would think that it's a weapon, then it is prosecuted as such. This is why guys who stick up 7-11s with toy guns still get still get charged with armed robbery.
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(I guess they should be glad my 2 year old daughter has no say in things. She still thinks my stuffed Tux penguin is a duck, and most birds in my lawn get called "duck!" too.)
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A guy threatened me with a duck once. ONCE!
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You're right, they might shoot first and ask questions later.
Any moron who actually does this in public deserves the Darwin award they get.
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I guess when he was young, President Truman came through town. I'm not exactly sure of his motives but he probably didn't have access to a TV at this time. Anyway.... When the president's motorcaid got within reasonable distance from his house he grabbed his dads rifle and ran up to the roof of the house. He then proceeded to point the rifle at the president as his car passed by serval blocks away. Of couse his intention was to look t
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You don't gain karma for a Funny mod.
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Funny how that works.
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If its bad, I'm sorry.
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