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4/18 "MSNBC Host Blames NRA for 'Slow' Boston Investigation: 'In the
Business of Helping Bombers Get Away With Their Crimes'"
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\_ The NRA has a lot to answer for.
\_ Oh, for fuck's sake. We don't put taggants in gunpowder because it
interferes with the proper functioning of a round of ammuntion.
With commercial explosives, taggants aren't a problem because the
individual charges used are relatively large. When you put them in
a cartridge in the relatively tiny charge of smokeless powder, they
disrupt orderly combustion. Also, no one has come up with a way of
getting them evenly distributed into charges that small. The rounds
end up being severely inconsistent. You know who else opposes
putting taggants in commercial gunpowder? The Department of
Defense, because they don't want any chance of it getting into
their ammo, either. Go on, blame the DoD for the slow Boston
investigation. Oh wait. It's already over and went pretty damn
fast. |
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| www.csua.org/u/zwf -> news.yahoo.com/msnbc-host-blames-nra-slow-boston-investigation-business-154039031.html "All that happened today was the preservation of the loophole that allows dangerous criminals to buy guns without a background check." But no one was more adamant about their hatred for the NRA than MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell who last night accused the civil rights group of aiding and abetting the terrorist responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings. "There are new developments tonight in the bombing investigation here in Boston," O'Donnell said. "But that investigation could be moving faster were it not for the successful lobbying efforts of the National Rifle Association." "The NRA's efforts to guarantee that American mass murderers are the best-equipped mass murders in the world is not limited to murderers who use assault weapons and high-capacity magazines," he added. Yes, NRA members, whether you know it or not, you help fund an organization that's in the business of equipping mass murderers. "The NRA is also in the business of helping bombers get away with their crimes. Gunpowder could be traced by investigators to a buyer at the point of sale if gunpowder contained a taggant, an element that would enable tracing of the purchase of gunpowder," he explained. "But thanks to the National Rifle Association, identification taggants are required by law only in plastic explosives. The NRA has successfully blocked any requirements for such taggants in gunpowder. So such supremely helpful evidence as taggants are not available to the FBI in this investigation," he added. |