{"id":160417,"date":"2024-08-31T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=160417"},"modified":"2024-08-30T17:33:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:33:00","slug":"crooks-rifle-pics-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=160417","title":{"rendered":"Crooks&#8217; rifle pics released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-160418 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/extended-rifle-pic-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/extended-rifle-pic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/extended-rifle-pic-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/extended-rifle-pic-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/extended-rifle-pic-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/extended-rifle-pic-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They have released pictures and some info on the &#8216;eeevull&#8217;\u00a0 AR-15 Mr. Crooks used to take a shot at Trump. Pearl clutching is in order.<\/p>\n<p>The weapon itself is almost a box-stock DPMS model&#8230;.certainly not a high-end rifle, more like the sort of thing you buy just walking into the gun store and asking for a decent AR for whatever reason. DPMS lists it at $550 &#8211; not the cheap[est around (but close) but certainly not a highend gun.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The photos show the firearm\u2019s collapsable (sic &#8211; ed.)\u00a0 stock, which investigators say may have been used to conceal the rife at the site.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/fbi-releases-photos-gun-used-180205710.html\">CNN<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The FBI lists it thusly:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rifle type:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make: DPMS &#8211; Panther Arms<\/li>\n<li>Model: A-15<\/li>\n<li>Caliber: 5.56x45mm\/.223 Remington\u00a0Semiautomatic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Attachments:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Atlas R-One, Aero Precision &#8211; Picatinny rail<\/li>\n<li>AEMS optics attached to rail<\/li>\n<li>Magpul collapsible stock<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/butler-investigation-photos\">FBI<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, let&#8217;s see &#8211; in this case the collapsible stock is standard with that model, it is not an added accessory. And while closing it up all the way shortens the overall length of the rifle minimally (like by what, 3&#8243;) it&#8217;s there to provide an adjustable length of stock pull, not for some nefarious purpose. And that Picatinny rail is simply an accessory mount &#8211; again, part of the package. Part of the FBI package of photos shows the rifle broken down &#8211; not surprisingly, int the same two assemblies held together by those old takedown pins we all know and love.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the optional items are the sights and front hooked handstop. Now, DPMS supplies these without physical sights, so adding an optic is almost essential (unless, like me and a few other old farts, ya just gotta have irons.) And the AEMS is not a bad sight &#8211; think of a much lower-priced equivalent to an EOTech. But it certainly doesn&#8217;t show anyone throwing a lot of money at a sniper&#8217;s killing machine.\u00a0 There are back-up iron sights, so I am guessing the original buyer (the boy&#8217;s father) knows SOMETHING. The hooked hand stop on the lower handguard&#8230;well, it&#8217;s a few extra bucks, but like the iron sights, pretty inconsequential.<\/p>\n<p>The story is that this young fella essentially stole his father&#8217;s rifle and went out to try and do some damage. I don&#8217;t see anything to dispute that &#8211; it&#8217;s a serviceable rifle, it should hit a reasonable-sized target at reasonable ranges with any luck or skill on the part of the shooter. Nothing suggests it is a precision weapon or a component of a nefarious plot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They have released pictures and some info on the &#8216;eeevull&#8217;\u00a0 AR-15 Mr. Crooks used to take &hellip; <a title=\"Crooks&#8217; rifle pics released\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=160417\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crooks&#8217; rifle pics released<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,185,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2024-election","category-crime","category-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}