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Since there is currently no information available other than the occurrence, one was black and one was a cop...I have no opinion beyond it is most unfortunate and my sympathy goes to the families.

If it were "close contact" a few inches, or "close" 2-3 feet, you would see speckling from the burning powder. The radius of speckling would depend on distance from entry. You would also see far less damage for the gases would not be entering the wound cavity forcing expansion and tissue trauma. I don't see any blackening of the internal tissue to indicate burning powder being forced into the wound as would be seen with a contact wound. Amount of damage I could believe. Can't make a conclusive from these two pics but it is obviously some form of explosion whether by firearm or otherwise.

If he had the muzzle cupped in the palm of his hand, (contact wound), the bullet would have made a hole. The gases from the burning powder is what would have caused the major damage by being blown into the wound, expanding and tearing the skin and inner tissues. I could see this much damage from a .357 the muzzle was pressed in the palm. I have seen worse from contact wounds to the head.

Grown ups buy guns. The same grown ups also buy sports equipment for the kids and teens, and yes, now a days they also buy for the young adults. Tick off the grown ups and quit selling guns while trying to make a political statement and they quit buying anything from you and go elsewhere that has a solid business plan that includes competitive pricing and customer service on quality products without political grandstanding. Shoot, even I can see that one coming.

As to color of light, below 5000k the light takes on a yellow hue. The lower the K the more yellow tint. 5000k to 6000k is bright daylight white. When you get near 6000k to 6500k the light tends to take on a blue tint.

Bottom line is all officers went home with the same holes they started their shift with and two worthless thugs are off the street. I'm good.

Winchester 190. Christmas gift when I was 12.

I must be an underachiever, I have no broken down cars or school buses. Not even any broken appliances on the porch. I must try harder.

I wish my bank account filled up as fast as the laundry hamper and trash can.

I have had Del-tons and never had any problems. They ran well and hit what I aimed at.

My 21 year old daughter moved to Birmingham last year and I went through similar father worries. Yet, my daughter has no reservations about having a weapon, has her carry permit and is proficient. She has pepper spray on her key ring, knows how to throw a wicked punch, and I bought her three cans of wasp/hornet spray that will spray to 30 feet. She has one can in the bathroom, one in the kitchen and one in the bedroom all at easy reach. This stuff is better than pepper spray in some ways.

Manchurian Candidate...Ok, Ok, and no I don't wear a tin foil hat. It was just the first thought that came to mind when I saw the news report. Kind of like word association.

What he said.

Bersa, I really hate to hear the aggravation this causes, but it sounds like life may be better in the future by making the move. Not to mention, if your daughter is a good cook you may score a home cooked meal once in a while that you don't have to cook.

I have a full head of thick hair that once was dark brown. It went to white in my mid 30's. I blame my wife but fact is all the men in my family gray out or white out at an early age.

I just realized that if they could figure out a way to transplant ear hair to the scalp, every guy over 55 would look like Joe Dirt in about two weeks...just sayin'.

I'm cheap, I bought some chartreuse fluorescent paint, cleaned the sight with alcohol, and used a toothpick to insert paint into the sight dots. Not exactly night sights, but greatly improved the sight visibility in low light and daylight conditions. Total darkness not so much.

I just watched this to completion...Killer Mike is welcome to share a cold beer and conversation in my garage anytime. I don't extend that option to very many people.

I have a Sub-2000 and a Marlin Camp 9. I really like both of them. I plan to get a PSA 9mm Carbine if I can ever sort out what is what with them. I can't seem to figure out which upper goes with what lower by the descriptions.

Remington has been losing ground for a long time now. Even during the recent period (Obama Years) of an astronomical volume of firearm sales. Yet your leftist media is reporting it as though it is the result of recent pressure/events of anti-gunners. They will cheer as though they accomplished something and those in the middle will know no different.

I wonder if I paid for one year memberships for say, Anti-Gun groups (You name the group), ACLU, etc. and supplied local office or home office addresses to receive the magazines and of course complimentary caps or duffel, if it would help toward educating them as to the realities of gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment.

I just bought three 5 year memberships for family members to NRA and donated to the GOA and NRA-ILA

45 years ago my Dad and I were changing out a water heater that was in a closet of his home. While doing this I bumped into the paneling behind the water heater and noticed that it released and one side popped out about an inch. I told my Dad and he explained that it was time to tell me that one day "they" are going to come for our guns and he didn't plan for them to have them. He didn't have many, just your basic rifle, shotgun, and .22 rifle that he kept in a gun cabinet in the den. I don't know that he ever owned a handgun. He doubted that it would happen in his lifetime but felt it may well be in mine, or certainly in my kids lifetime and he planned to leave something behind that they would not be able to get later. I also remember my Grandpa stating that "they" will do in America what Hitler did to the German people some day because "people in power fear those who aren't". My Dad and Grandpa were not avid shooters, they just kept the basic weapons needed for hunting and the occasional bump in the night. They were both honest, hard working, Americans who clung to both their guns and religion and believed in the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Ten Commandments as written. These men passed to me the family name with a reputation of honesty and decency, it's my job to keep it that way, pass it to my son and instill in him the desire to pass it to his children in the same form. I expect my Dad was right, as usual.

What do you want for dinner Honey, I'm going to the market.

Allowance is endorsement.