Policewoman with an AR-15 rifle

[Lastchance 0]

The banana clip is in backwards. WTF

I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands.

[leroydb 0]

The trunk.... well... I'd say close it so a "bad guy" can't get into it and grab a weapon, no matter how slim the chance...

I would say know that a lot of LEO's do not get that much weapons training or follow up training after they complete the "training" course. I say this being someone, who was at the end of a live glock, of an officer that did not know how to release a magazine from a very simular weapons system. Being in the Army... her stance is as messed up as a football bat. But we can't fault her can we, she si only the result of her training right?

As far as her forearm... I finally saw the "missing" piece...

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#1 the trunk
#2 her stance
#3 the way she is holding the rifle... (part of her arm is missing)

The trunk is probably cracked open because she just retrieved the rifle from there.

That right elbow is cranked way up in the air, which is really weird. It's my understanding that the Army used to teach a 90-degree angle between the body and right arm, to help create a "pocket" for the buttstock and mitigate against recoil. But recoil isn't a factor for an AR15. And that stance just makes for a lot of wobble.

Part of her left forearm appears to be missing, but if you look closely it's in shadow behind the magazine and rifle forearm.

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[Gawain 0]

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Now, tell me if you see anything wrong with that picture.

1. The way she's holding the weapon
2. Her stance
3. Close the trunk and take a supported firing position
4. I can't tell if she's got two magazines together for quick reload, but if not, she's not shooting anyone.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[warpedskydiver 0]

Upon a closer look, that seems to be an Orlite Magazine.

Look at the pronounced floor plate.

If so it is backwards.

On another website this picture was posted and reviewed thoroughly, and the conclusion was that it was photoshopped.

We should ask Douglas Spotted Eagle what his opinion is.

Hey Douglas, what do you think?

[rwieder 0]

The pictures are so horrible, but the best i can come up with is her stance is good, her finger is not on the trigger, nor should it be and the answer to the clip appearing to be inserted backwards could be due to having two 30 round clips taped together, and the bottom clip curving to the rear. That's the way i've observed it in the past on many occasions. I've tried to insert an AR-15 30 round clip in backeards....It Can't & AIN'T going. The lower reciever is probably a military reciever so you can swith from triple burst, fully auto and single shot.

I took the photo and cleaned it up, it's much clearer now. She does have 2 40's taped together, she does not have the clip/magazine/bannana clip or whatever in backwards.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[warpedskydiver 0]

She has chicken wing!

Must want to fly away or something!

[cloudseeker2001 0]

Marble Falls is not that big of a town, maybe someone with some connectiond should call over there and talk to the cops and find out what the real deal is......I think this may not even be a real cop. This pic could have been pulled from a movie or promo file or something of that nature.

"Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance,
others mean and rueful of the western dream"

[AggieDave 6]

No, its real. The officer brain locked due to the stress of the situation. Her fellow officers very quickly corrected her magazine; however, it wasn't before a neighbor snapped a photo from his yard.

She has since under gone additional patrol rifle training and has since become a FTO on patrol.

So it was real, it did happen, it was quickly fixed and retrained.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Skyrad 0]

LMAO

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[Skyrad 0]

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To me it looks like the picture is distorted at the magazine location. Looks like a printing error.

Your mileage may vary.

Yea, maybe they printed the picture back to front... ROFLMFAO

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[JohnRich 4]

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I took the photo and cleaned it up, it's much clearer now. She does have 2 40's taped together, she does not have the clip/magazine/bannana clip or whatever in backwards.

I don't see two magazines, nor any tape or bracket that would hold two together.

An example of the double-mag clamp can be seen here:
http://www.floridagunworks.com/store4.mv?c=ARA%20MAGCLAMPS

As you can see, there is a pronounced band around each magazine with this gizmo, and that isn't apparent in the photo.

Furthermore, proper use of this clamp dictates that both magazines face the same way: side by side, fronts forward, as shown in the above web link. You don't want to have to flip the pair over to switch to the second mag - that's time consuming, and the whole point of this thing is to allow a rapid mag switch. You just want to drop it down a few inches out of the mag well, then slide it over a couple of inches, to re-insert the 2nd mag. So even if there were a double mag clamp, the photo still doesn't make sense to have one pointing down and backwards. And even if that were the case, we would see the one on the backside which would be jutting out with its forward curve, but we don't.

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I've tried to insert an AR-15 30 round clip in backeards....It Can't & AIN'T going.

A magazine won't go in backwards all the way, but it WILL go in far enough to be held in place and not drop out. See my first photo, attached, where I've done this with my own rifle and magazine, proving that it can in fact be done.

Now as to why this works to this degree. Normally, the rib on the back edge of the magazine slides up into a notch in the back side of the magazine well. When you insert the magazine backwards, that ridge is facing forward, and jams up against the front edge of the magazine well, preventing the mag from sliding all the way up inside as it should. However, there is a notch at the top rear of the magazine, above where the ridge starts a half-inch further down (see the 2nd attached photo). And you can insert the mag backwards far enough to get this notch area up inside the mag well.

[rwieder 0]

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A magazine won't go in backwards all the way,

Isn't this essentially what i said? When i tried to make it happen, it's not like i tried to "Hammer It Home" to make it go, i'm no tearing up nothing.

This has never ever happened to me, i can't believe it happened to this PD Patrol Person, if in fact it really did. The pictures are of really very poor quality.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[JohnRich 4]

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A magazine won't go in backwards all the way,

Isn't this essentially what i said?

You said;

"I've tried to insert an AR-15 30 round clip in backeards....It Can't & AIN'T going."

I took that to mean that you were saying it was impossible. I simply showed a way that it is possible to some degree, so that folks reading this thread could understand the situation.

[rwieder 0]

I guess i should have been more specific in what i did. In any event, what actually happened, yeah it would go, but it wouldn't seat. When i load, or reload mine i never have even done anything close to this mistake.

But, then again they don't call me "Dead Eye Dick" for no reason. I challenge you to an accuracy drill, or a speed drill anytime, i have a shooting range on my place. We won' bet money, i wouldn't want to loan you gas money to get home.

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"