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Old 12-19-2016, 06:00 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Was it a 50 beowulf? I've never seen one that looks like that. It was a bolt action? Who makes it?
I have a 50 beowulf, but it's on an ar platform.

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Couple says UPS delivered assault rifle, not toy for grandchild | Newsday

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No one really knows there's about fifty stories and pics. Could be a bull pup could be a nerf gun. Bottom line is how it was handled by the snowflakes.


I've got a .50 B and a fitty cal, that's not the point and nothing to do with the reaction by the freak out artists. It was a "GUN" and go from there. They treated it like it was C4 with a visible timer counting down.

They created this environment and are apparently having trouble adjusting to it.

Bottom line is he turned it in, must be a snowflake. LOL
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Old 12-19-2016, 06:30 AM
 
Location: Florida
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Bottom line is he turned it in, must be a snowflake. LOL
Is he being insulted here because he returned it? He joked about keeping it when he learned it was worth $10K?
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:21 AM
 
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UPS Incorrectly Delivers Gun, Associated Press Delivers Fake News

The gun is a 5 shot, bolt-action Barrett M95, not an assault rifle as some stories are claiming, and not semi automatic as the OP's link is claiming.
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Florida
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UPS Incorrectly Delivers Gun, Associated Press Delivers Fake News

The gun is a 5 shot, bolt-action Barrett M95, not an assault rifle as some stories are claiming, and not semi automatic as the OP's link is claiming.
It would be fake news if it never happened, but it did happen.

Are you saying the whole story is fake because they called it "assault rifle" as opposed to "sniper rifle"?

It is true that it was not an assault rifle, even if it had been semi-automatic.
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:31 AM
 
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It would be fake news if it never happened, but it did happen.

Are you saying the whole story is fake because they called it "assault rifle" as opposed to "sniper rifle"?
I didn't call it fake news, that's the title the link used. Wouldn't have been my choice for a headline.
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Old 12-19-2016, 08:32 AM
 
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Freaking pansies. Guns are ALWAYS good, right?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt3lDfgaz5k
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:08 AM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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UPS Incorrectly Delivers Gun, Associated Press Delivers Fake News

The gun is a 5 shot, bolt-action Barrett M95, not an assault rifle as some stories are claiming, and not semi automatic as the OP's link is claiming.
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:14 AM
 
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If I received a 50 cal in the mail I did not order my first call is to the police. He notified the police and media and the NRA is mortified, is this not news worthy, how many 50 cals get misdelivered.


Funny how the gun lobby has such a reaction to this rather unusual incident and a good indication how careless we are with guns. There are 200,000 guns lost each year and the reaction by the pro-gun lobby is no big deal. Dam those liberals.

If this is a "rather unusual incident", how is it a good indication of how careless "we" are with firearms ?
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Old 12-19-2016, 09:52 AM
 
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I'm more curious as to how UPS goofed up so bad, vs the aftermath.


i"ve had rifles shipped to me via UPS and they require Adult signature in order to receive and the box needs to be marked that Adult Signature is required.


SO, did the driver completely mess up and deliver the wrong package completely? Or did the grandparents actually sign for it and then open?


ALso, with it being a week before Xmas, was the child really present in the room for the box opening? Or was that a way to make the story even more dramatic?
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Old 12-19-2016, 10:35 AM
 
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If this is a "rather unusual incident", how is it a good indication of how careless "we" are with firearms ?
Isn't UPS a fair/accurate representation of your average American gun owner?
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