Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumback to LA's "buy back"
Here is a pic of the inert rocket launcher clearly marked "TRAINER"
It looks like an AT4 anti-tank weapon, much like the LAW. Both are disposable after the one shot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT4
I get that the rocket launcher makes a great photo op, but here are my questions:
Is he insulting the intelligence of LA people by making a big deal out of a hollow piece of plastic?
Did the person who sold it to LAPD know that, or did they honestly think they were getting a dangerous weapon off the street?
If they really thought that, why didn't they just call the ATF to come and get it for free before?
ileus
(15,396 posts)maybe even a cannon....danger..........DANGER I tell ya.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,375 posts)Way scarier than a puny .50 cal.
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)...without a live rocket it is just an empty plastic tube.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Like the M-79, the plastic is only strong enough for one shot. That is how trainers are "made". That is what the Air Force does with nonfunctioning stuff. If you need a gas mask, don't grab the one marked "for training use only"
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)petronius
(26,608 posts)1) Some devious criminal painted "TRAINER" on the tube to fool the police, and
2) the rocket is still out there, to be used in crime. Time for another buyback!
On edit, it looks like your pic link didn't work (at least not for me), so here's what I'm guessing it was:
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)Remmah2
(3,291 posts)Maybe the previous owner was named "Trainer".
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)protectors of society would touch your gun for comfort, or maybe even start blasting away because you felt threatened?
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)CokeMachine
(1,018 posts)ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Big strapping green tube......
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)CokeMachine
(1,018 posts)do you even read the nonsense you post? You are still good for a laugh or a thousand -- I'll give you that.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)PavePusher
(15,374 posts)is consigned to the dust-bin of DU.
Well... maybe not.
Johnny Rico
(1,438 posts)backwoodsbob
(6,001 posts)i grab my big manly pvc pipe for comfort now
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)dear lord, hoyt - - laughing so hard I am crying over here. omg, that is funny.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)I'm never not packin' some cans of produce.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)That's the only proper place to carry them, according to at least one poster around here...
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)They can have their photo op, I can get 200.00. Not a bad deal. I believe I paid 8 bucks for it at an military surplus store. That would be quite a return on investment.