Jump to content

Lozart

Supporters
  • Posts

    8,410
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    184
  • Feedback

    100%

Everything posted by Lozart

  1. Looks like console only at the minute though
  2. Best get used to it though guys, Hardline is now one of DICE's franchises. Reports are suggesting that there will be a three year rolling release cycle of Battlefield, Hardline and Star Wars Battlefront (which to be fair is getting me far more excited than Hardline).
  3. All of that is fine for high speed - the OP is looking for high torque.
  4. As above really - the B&T one is the kiddy. I have the Dytac one purely for aesthetics and the fact that it fits the QD threading on my SCAR flash hider. It's way overpriced to be honest but it does work well (after a bit of adjustment to line up the inner barrel. Its one major drawback is having to take the guts out to turn it off and on (the B&T one has a little switch externally).
  5. I have an m60 and it's foookin brilliant!
  6. Might do. The beta was pretty interesting.
  7. A strategy guide for bf4? Does it just say "shoot stuff" in really big letters?
  8. I think it's a bit SEAL wannabe gucci fashion, but hey - whatever floats your boat.
  9. For hanguards? There's loads out there. If you want a standard M4 styleone (like th eones you already have) they're about a tenner from plenty of places (try googling airsoft M4 handguard).
  10. And Operation Flashpoint (the original Bohemia Interactive ones that is).
  11. I don't think anyone involved with the case has said that the boy pointed the gun at the police. Even from the earliest reports it was that he was told to raise his hands and instead he pulled up his top and showed them the gun. The officer in question was apparently new to the job (no excuse really but it's relevant) and by the sounds of things panicked and rushed into a situation. Certainly by all accounts in the media so far the dispatcher had not told them that the 911 call said that the gun was probably a fake so he's only going to go by what he sees in the moment. I would suggest that yes, procedures have not been followed correctly (as mentioned earlier the squad car doesn't exactly approach at a safe distance and sensible speed) but again, I'm not sure I would have handled it any differently. I do not believe that all police should accept the risk of getting shot in the same way that I do not believe that all black kids are criminals. HOWEVER - the fact remains that the boy went out in public with a realistic imitation firearm and was seen waving it about IN PUBLIC causing sufficient concern that a member of the public call the police. In a state with a high incidence of gun crime and a growing problem with gang activity. This is not a clear cut "the blame is all X" for me. If the cop got shot he would just become another statistic of gun crime in America (regardless of his ethnicity). If the gun had turned out to be real - likewise. The fact of the matter though is that the gun wasn't real but the kid was spectacularly stupid in what he was doing. Equally while the perceived threat was high the police did react too quickly. It's very easy for us all to sit in judgement on the other side of an ocean sat at our keyboards but the fact remains that this kind of incident happens all too often in the US. That kids family has been devastated and the police officer will have to live the rest of his days with what he has done playing on his conscience. The part that REALLY mystifies me is how the US public and government will still refuse to see that they HAVE to address the issue of gun ownership and the culture of guns and gangs in everyday life or this will continue to happen all over the country.
  12. A few bits are on their way: AK scope mount rail thing Safariland DFA (Drop Flex Adaptor) from the good ol' US of MURICA and I've just sent a couple of mags off (one Stanag and one AK) for conversion to tracer by Incentive Designs. Should keep me going for a bit!
  13. As long as it has a standard dleta nut/receiver socket I don't see why not.
  14. I was seriously considering one of those. Nice to see they do a 416 now too!
  15. So the video has been released to the press (or at least an edited version of it). I can fully understand why the police were called. The kid is wandering about in a public place waving a gun about and generally being kind of a dick. Obviously the family have told everyone what a little angel he is and I'm sure they believe that but to me he just looks like a bit of a wannabe gang member trying to look hard On the matter of race the familys attorney said: Again, given the situation I'm not sure I would have reacted any differently than the police officer that shot him. I certainly don't think this is a matter of "institutional racism". Relevant tale: a very good friend of mine is an officer in TSG 5, Met Police. The same TSG that got all the grief about the G8 riots a couple of years back. Anyway - their job is to do all the nasty bits that the rest of the Met don't like getting involved in (public order, crime swoops, drug busts, midnight door entrys that kind of thing). He got a load of grief from some local "people of colour" for "picking on all the black boys" and being racist and yes he was pretty much just arresting black people. Was he institutionally racist? No - he was working in Lewisham. As he said to the woman that was giving him grief "you find me a white guy doing something wrong and I'll nick him too". If you're working in a predominantly black area where crime is predominantly committed by young, black males - what else are you supposed to do but arrest young, black males?
  16. http://kotaku.com/5878852/the-12-best-games-on-pc
  17. I'm mostly Assault with DMR these days. All about the band aids!
  18. I think he might like something a bit more up to date than those.... Of course if not then: Ghost Recon (the original one) Rainbow Six: Raven Shield Call of Duty (the first one - if only for the Volga River crossing).
  19. I mentioned the video and this is the internet - it won't stop anything. If anything it will just lead to more arguments.
  20. 1) It's not been released 2) why do you want to see a video of a 12 year old getting shot?
×
×
  • Create New...