A.C. wrote:

> Nancy Dooley wrote:
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>>The man has been in the U.S. for 20 years and served in the Army -
>>hard to believe he doesn't recognize the concept of private property.
>>In addition, he was hunting in Wisconsin with a Minnesota license.
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>>Now he's saying that (1) someone shot at him first, and (2) it was an
>>ethnic thing ... convenient, isn't it, and isn't it funny how fast
>>someone figures out they can play a discrimination or hate card
>>without even thinking about it, and officials and victims figuratively
>>back off. The survivors' take on the incident will be interesting.
>>
>>N.
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> not to mention that he was 'deer hunting' with an assault rifle
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That's not all that unusual. Despite all the "high-powered assault
rifle" hype you've been hearing, the SKS uses the 7.62x39 cartridge,
which is very similar ballistically to the good ol' American .30-30.
It's actually between the .30 M1 carbine (which is not legal for big
game) and the .30-30 -- but closer to the .30-30.

The only thing that makes it an "assault rifle" is that it uses a Warsaw
Pact cartridge. I believe all the major ammo companies sell hunting
rounds for the 7.62x39. You wouldn't want to use military bullets to
hunt deer, but a military rifle works just fine. And the SKS didn't
even fit the legal definition of an "assault weapon" under the dubious
1994 ban that recently sunset.

Best regards,
Bob