Obama motorcade had a A Gatling Gun?

[erudne]

skittles

 

[edslhead]

Turn key, push lever, then check light flip second lever, open roof lift gun aim and fire. The gov has managed to ruin their own weapon system

 

[Diamondback]

Don't you know there are already too many of you stupid Morlocks on this planet anyway? All it is is a two-fer of Population Control and protecting the all-important Eloi from the vile and unenlightened masses... *snort*

 

[eliduc]

Proving only that he can say:
Do as I say, not as I do."
3,000 times per minute.

Or roughly 40 times faster than the average American shooter wielding a self loading rifle, when considering the necessary mag changes required.

Unless it's Jerry Mikiluk

 

[boogerhook]

I can't think of a single useful situation for that kind of firepower in the city...

How about rush hour? I would want one with remote control though ...

On a side note, that is quite a musket. At 3000 rds per minute (say 50 cents per round) that's like burning cash...

 

[Oathkeeper1775]

The last of his movies I watched...

 

[boogerhook]

Turn key, push lever, then check light flip second lever, open roof lift gun aim and fire. The gov has managed to ruin their own weapon system

Instead of these safeties, they should shoot the first round in double action, and all would be good ;-)

 

[Brutus57]

Far cry from the Pope Fiat! History will put him in the dustbin late fall of 2016. Looking forward to the Dem candidates' debate.

Brutus Out

 

[soberups]

Funny. The second article mentions that they were told not to bring the mini-gun equipped vehicles to England. I wonder, did Obama bow to the queen while he was there too? He seems to enjoy bowing to world leaders.

The article is old. It was actually during a visit by Bush that the issue of the minigun came up.

 

[Diamondback]

I beg to differ, if we tack back to the Founders' vision as described by de Tocqueville POTUS should enjoy no special advantages over any ordinary citizen of similar budget.

I know, I know, "de Tocqueville is dead"--and if the principles he described are then so is our precious Republic.

 

[spookshack]

 

[Deavis]

A great question in a town hall setting....

Did you NEED a mini gun in Roseburg?

Did Rosa Parks NEED to sit in the front of that bus?

 

[soberups]

Protection of the President and his family....regardless of one's opinion of him...should not be a political issue.

The article that was quoted was actually from when Bush was President and preparing to visit the UK. Our British cousins were not too keen on the idea of a Suburban with a 3000-round-per-minute .308 minigun patrolling the streets of London and I cant say that I blame them.

One thing I have always wondered was how foreign dignitaries that visit the US are allowed to have armed security. Is there some sort of a Federal gun permit that their bodyguards are issued to allow them to carry in all 50 states?

 

[4Freedom]

Obammy knew he was going into not friendly territory. He wasn't going to use it, but you know, just in case...

 

[Diamondback]

What's a little murder of peasants in the name of the Glorious Revolution anyway? *snort*

 

[The B]

The president SHOULD have serious firepower available to defend him with. I have no problem with that. My problem is with the rest of us being restricted from enjoying the same availability.

 

[rdb241]

 

[4Freedom]

The president SHOULD have serious firepower available to defend him with. I have no problem with that. My problem is with the rest of us being restricted from enjoying the same availability.

Normally, I would agree with you, but since Obama wants to take the rights of American citizens from defending themselves, I think his right to defend himself should also be stripped. It is "We The People", Not, "I The Leader"

 

[jbett98]

By all means, let him have a mini gun to protect himself.
But let it be loaded with .22lr and good luck with finding enough for that weapon.

 

[2506]

Funny. The second article mentions that they were told not to bring the mini-gun equipped vehicles to England. I wonder, did Obama bow to the queen while he was there too? He seems to enjoy bowing to world leaders.

I wonder, how many people think Obama was the POTUS in 2007 when that article was posted?