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BigBlue wrote:Do we really need sniper overwatch of normal daily activities like these though? And who does he work for? If Secret Service or some other agency assigned to protect congress folks then maybe. But if some type of private security then I have issues. I'd expect a sniper at an event where the president or vice president was involved. Not much else.

Holland&Holland wrote:

yukonjasper wrote:Agree, the outrage is not founded. You have no idea if the guy had his finger even close to the trigger. I think you are right that it is pretty common to Glass the crowd using the high power optic you have in front of you. I'm no sniper, but I do that in the deer stand. If someone happened to be walking through the brush, there would be a weapon trained on the are of the noise.....

The hyperventilation to play the gotcha game gets old......

Does not matter. Do cops walk around pointing guns at people who are not threats?

wasfuzz wrote:

Holland&Holland wrote:

yukonjasper wrote:Agree, the outrage is not founded. You have no idea if the guy had his finger even close to the trigger. I think you are right that it is pretty common to Glass the crowd using the high power optic you have in front of you. I'm no sniper, but I do that in the deer stand. If someone happened to be walking through the brush, there would be a weapon trained on the are of the noise.....

The hyperventilation to play the gotcha game gets old......

Does not matter. Do cops walk around pointing guns at people who are not threats?

Does it count if some times I wanted too?

xd ED wrote:

jdege wrote:

Chunkychuck wrote:Unless I’m mistaken, snipers are taught to use their scopes to surveil the crowd.

If that's true, snipers are taught wrong.
At least for actions in a law enforcement context.

...because nothing has ever gone wrong with the fire control system on a Rem 700....

Chunkychuck wrote:

Holland&Holland wrote:

yukonjasper wrote:Agree, the outrage is not founded. You have no idea if the guy had his finger even close to the trigger. I think you are right that it is pretty common to Glass the crowd using the high power optic you have in front of you. I'm no sniper, but I do that in the deer stand. If someone happened to be walking through the brush, there would be a weapon trained on the are of the noise.....

The hyperventilation to play the gotcha game gets old......

Does not matter. Do cops walk around pointing guns at people who are not threats?

That is not an apples to apples comparison. One is an overwatch. The other is a close encounter mission.

Holland&Holland wrote:

xd ED wrote:

jdege wrote:If that's true, snipers are taught wrong.
At least for actions in a law enforcement context.

...because nothing has ever gone wrong with the fire control system on a Rem 700....

"This here is a glock forty. I am the only one here professional enough to carry this...

Chunkychuck wrote:[quote="Chunkychuck" That is not an apples to apples comparison. One is an overwatch. The other is a close encounter mission.

jdege wrote:I wasn't a sniper, but my recollection of my ancient military training was that it you could be seen, you weren't doing it right.

This sitting with your barrel sticking out window over the edge of a roof is not doctrine. I know it's popular in the movies, but it seems pretty stupid.

jdege wrote:I wasn't a sniper, but my recollection of my ancient military training was that it you could be seen, you weren't doing it right.

This sitting with your barrel sticking out window over the edge of a roof is not doctrine. I know it's popular in the movies, but it seems pretty stupid.

Ghost wrote:They aren’t snipers they are security.