It’s long been a joke amongst gun-totin’ Republicans in the U.S. that the mainstream media does an absolutely terrible job of reporting stories involving firearms: any Russian-looking rifle is called an AK-47, “AR” stands for “assault rifle”, the terms fully-automatic and semi-automated are often conflated, ordinary rifles become “high-powered rifles”, etc. And it’s been another bad day for journalists and commentators on both sides of the pond (including, it seems, the NYPD), as the video showing the appalling murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson seems to have provoked a flurry of speculation about the particular gun used by the killer, who has been described as a “professional” and “possibly… a trained assassin”.
The excitement seems to stem not so much from the brazen and cold-blooded nature of the killing, but because the killer was clearly using a silenced (or “suppressed”) pistol – something which is very unusual outside of Hollywood films and special forces raids. It’s also evident from the video that the killer had to manually cycle the action of the gun – meaning the spent cartridge case had to be ejected and a new cartridge loaded into the chamber – after each shot. This has led many to think the particular weapon was a Brügger & Thomet VP9 (or a later version called the Station Six), which is a gun derived from the Welrod, a quiet assassins’ pistol developed for the Special Operations Executive during WWII and supposedly used by British special forces into the 2000s. But despite not being any kind of expert in this area, I’m willing to go along with the noted firearms experts Ian McCollum and the Keeper at the Royal Armouries Jonathan Ferguson in stating the gun used was definitely not a VP9 or other Welrod derivative.
There are two main problems with the VP9 claim. The first is that the manipulation needed to cycle the action of a VP9 involves a turning or twisting motion, unlike the straight-back racking of the gun’s slide that we see in the video. The second and more important problem is the very obvious puff of gas or smoke that we see coming out of the back of the gun after each shot. The Welrod (and VP9) was specifically designed not to allow gases to escape from the gun as much as possible, either from the dangerous end or from the rear of the gun – this is pretty much the whole point, since (assuming the use of subsonic ammunition) the only appreciable sounds made by a firearm are (a) the gases escaping from the muzzle and from the chamber when the action cycles, and (b) the sound made by the metal bolt as it moves back and forth between shots. At the front end, gases are trapped in the VP9 by a series of “wipes”, which are circular pieces of rubber through which the bullet travels but which close up again and trap the gas after the bullet passes. Gases at the rear are also trapped because the chamber isn’t opened as in a normal semi-automatic pistol to eject the cartridge case, but remains closed until the user manually cycles the action (which also means the bolt doesn’t make a noise when the gun fires).
The problem with the setup used by this alleged “professional” is that silencers affect the ability of a semi-automatic pistol to cycle properly, commonly because the extra weight of the silencer on the barrel (which moves as part of the action in the vast majority of pistols) means a standard recoil spring might not be able to properly chamber the next round. We see something like this in the video, where the gun is clearly “out of battery” and needs percussive maintenance. I don’t want to give advice to murderers, but testing a weapon – with or without watermelons – is considered helpful.
Despite all this, it’s easy to see why commentators have been quick to jump on the idea it was a VP9. Guns like this are fairly rare special-purpose weapons – making them sexy in a grim kind of way, and adding spice to the story. (I’m reminded of when the 7.65x21mm round used in the Annecy shootings was described as being popular with assassins – who knew?) But firearms enthusiasts love these kinds of weapons too, and can also get carried away, for instance with the modern version of the spec-ops De Lisle carbine being called the “Silent Destroyer”. Unfortunately, in this instance the firearm used was almost certainly just an ordinary semi-automatic pistol, to which the killer attached an ordinary silencer. Given the killer might well have used ordinary supersonic ammo, it’s also quite possible the gun was almost as loud as an ordinary unsilenced pistol. But that isn’t nearly so thrilling.
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The Telegraph headlines :-
“Matt Hancock warns vaccine fake news is a ‘deadly threat’”
In any past normal society Hancock would be ended up behind bars or at least sacked for his gross incompetence, but no, Johnson, ploughs on with these totally corrupt agenda driven globalists.
Hancock is still young, plenty of time for him to face “justice”.
I ‘m not sufficiently familiar with the detail of the legislation. But are those responsible for deliberately engendering fear guilty of terrorist offences?
After all – this is the purpose of terrorist acts : to create disproportionate fear in the population, and even in terms of death toll, the victims of associated fear measures must now far exceed the twin towers fatalities.
From CPS website, Rick:
Terrorism is the use or threat of action, both in and outside of the UK, designed to influence any international government organisation or to intimidate the public. It must also be for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause.
Examples include:
https://www.cps.gov.uk/crime-info/terrorism
Thanks, Sam. Confirms my instinct.
Of course, the withholding of Ivermectin might be considered as : “endangering a person’s life”, as could coercing a ‘vaccine’ whilst withholding information about side effects….?
This quotation should go hand-in-hand with an email to local MPs while asking them if they received their copy of Laura Dobsworth’s State of Fear.
He knows he’s going to prison if the truth ever gets out
You think so? Blair is still running about earning good money with his nose in government policy after Iraq. The same will happen to this snivelling little shit no doubt.
Personally, I hope he’s tried for treason but he’s not the only one complicit in all this so will have his back covered.
He’ll get a knighthood!
Jimmy Saville had one, Nick Clegg and Keir Starmer have one so it seems they hand them out like sweets.
I’d like one too – so I can rock up to the queen and tell her where to shove her sword – preferably up the arse of Mancock.
I live for that day.
I don’t think there’s any point in fantasizing. It’s unlikely to happen.
What I would like to see is a growing awareness that destroys the establishment game-plan with growing antagonism to it. After that … we’ll see.
Sod zero covid, I want to see zero Hancock
I think it’s time to sue, sue and sue again!
Right. So have you started the ball rolling by employing a legal team?
Still using that meaningless, brain-dead term ‘Covid deaths’ without explanation. Why?
… and why yet another repetition of that stupid bar chart? The fake news business doesn’t need distribution help.
I wouldnt be surprised if a large percentage of the remaining 60% werent covid deaths either. Doctors dont always put the true reason for death down on death certificates. Dr Harold Shipman is unlikely to be the first and last Doctor to wield their power of trust in an evil way.
My impression is that, for any elderly person with a slew of conditions (as is very common in the very old, who are unkindly called ‘crocks’ in the trade), the death cert. mentions all the conditions and you take your pick. Of course, if you’re an NHS liar, you pick covvie and leave the rest.
My mother died in April, in a care home, fell and broke her hip, had it fixed, came home and the next day had a stroke and died 3 days later. What was on her death cert? “Old age”. Nothing else. The registrar was appalled and had to bounce it back to the coroner. So yes, death certs are as accurate as a Ferguson model.
Spot on. I’ve used the somewhat pejorative term “Shipman Certificates” elsewhere for the same reason. There appears to have been a substantial ‘transition’ on paper over the winter, for example. After all, the creation of a special ‘tick box’ (as it were) on the form was an open goal for some. As a result, the ONS weekly reports are probably best read with a degree of scepticism – not just in this place!
Of course, historically, Shipman committed suicide in the slammer, perhaps ‘cos someone turned a blind eye.
I’m well past believing our official figures.
Why wasn’t there an investigation into the gold standard of testing when it reveals positive in engine oil and pawpaw fruit.
I should think the real number is closer to 100%.
How about 99.9999999999999999999999999999999%. Even that might be understating the extent of the Covid death certificate fraud. See today’s OffG articlehttps://off-guardian.org/2021/06/02/counting-covids-deceptive-deaths/
I think “recent” can be taken out of the above and 40% is probably a large underestimate.
40% seems far too low.
Actual causes of death are probably things like motorcycle accidents, plane crashes, and gunshot wounds.
A friend just rang to say he believes I may have an asymptomatic beer deficiency
Well if my visit to the freedom pub saves just one life
The thing is, none of us believes a word their stats suggest any more.
The Fauci emails look cheering though.
Any straight to Wormtongue?
Blimey, that’s what I would truly call a “No shit Sherlock” piece of reporting from the Telegraph.
Will they count me as a covid death. I’m dead mad about all the bollocks and sick to death of Matt Hancock.
Little cheery news to read that Sir Kevan Collins has told auld Lard Arse to sick his schools rescue up his arse.
And yet this b.s. continues…