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The very worst thing Carl Lee did...

posted 9 years ago by David-K-West
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...was being an effing terrible marksman. Seriously, wasn't the guy supposed to be a Vietnam vet or something? Just throw the damn rifle up to your shoulder! Realistically the rifle would have been semi-automatic, too. Had he shouldered his rifle like a civilized man and squeezed off a few properly-aimed shots in semi-auto, he wouldn't have shot poor Chris Cooper's leg off and endangered the whole damn courthouse.

Why movies love to show people spraying bullets from the hip is beyond me. Even the mediocre shooters know that's not how you use a rifle.

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[–] morganlovherkidz 9 years ago

HA HA good one!
Got it on right now.

My brother was saying about his shooting, but at the end when all is said and done agree both deserve to get sprayed,and that's that.

[–] bobbiekaye69 9 years ago

Do you know what "semi-auto" means?

A semi automatic rifle is a rifle where you have to pull the trigger for each shot. I think you mean "fully auto."

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[–] jamasian_man 8 years ago

At least he could have worn gloves and a mask so that they couldn't pin it on him.