Obviously faked. Everyone knows that AKs never jam.

Holy shiat that is a lot of coincidences.

3 friends in bathroom (possible gang bang?)

Instant kill from a misfire? The chances of a bullet making an instant kill when unaimed are VERY slim.

Alone at gun club they weren't supposed to be at?

Me thinks there is A LOT more to this story

A jammed AK-47? Yeah, I don't think so.

The old "friend" down range when my jammed AK goes off and kills him routine. That will teach him to fark my girlfriend while I am at work.

So they sneak onto a range without permission then start wandering onto the range while one guy with a jammed freaking assault rifle is trying to clear it? Darwin approves of this cleaning of the gene pool.

Seriously, though. What the fark are you going to do with an AK47? You going to take on the government when it comes to take your guns away? LOL.

DoBeDoBeDo: Holy shiat that is a lot of coincidences.

3 friends in bathroom (possible gang bang?)

Instant kill from a misfire? The chances of a bullet making an instant kill when unaimed are VERY slim.

Alone at gun club they weren't supposed to be at?

Me thinks there is A LOT more to this story


I'm skeptical that the firearm was an AK. Like OldManDownDRoad said, those things don't jam (often).

voodoo_curse: A jammed AK-47? Yeah, I don't think so.

That is because it wasn't an AK. It was one of the cheaply made semi-automatic variants of the AK. The media just reports everything that remotely looks like an AK as an AK.

OldManDownDRoad: Obviously faked. Everyone knows that AKs never jam.

Of all the weapons in the vast soviet arsenal, nothing was more profitable than Avtomat Kalashnikova model of 1947. More commonly known as the AK-47, or Kalashnikov. It's the world's most popular assault rifle. A weapon all fighters love. An elegantly simple 9 pound amalgamation of forged steel and plywood. It doesn't break, jam, or overheat. It'll shoot whether it's covered in mud or filled with sand. It's so easy, even a child can use it; and they do. The Soviets put the gun on a coin. Mozambique put it on their flag. Since the end of the Cold War, the Kalashnikov has become the Russian people's greatest export. After that comes vodka, caviar, and suicidal novelists. One thing is for sure, no one was lining up to buy their cars.

I'm not getting the whole picture here. Was there any staff on hand? Because there's no chance in hell they would've let this guy on the range with a bullet still in a gun and the gun being handled.

The story however says that the shooter told the other people he was a member, when in fact he was not. If he lied to them to get them to come with, then used the range when no one was around, and then managed to be fixing a jam at the moment the other two members of their party was out of sight....I'd want to know if the shooter had a grudge against the victim.

RIP John Kimball?

"...his friend was applying lubricant..."

"One of the males and the teen girl went to the bathroom and did not witness what had happened..."

Giggity.

AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. What the fark are you going to do with an AK47? You going to take on the government when it comes to take your guns away? LOL.

Maybe he bought it cuz they're fun?

On a serious note, an AK can jam, it's usually caused form the laquer on cheap ammo melting in the hot chamber, it can gum things up. But the article states that the kid had just got the rifle back from service. Either way, learn how to clear a weapon, always point it down range. Never walk out on to the range. it's like walking blindfolded out onto a freeway.

AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. What the fark are you going to do with an AK47? You going to take on the government when it comes to take your guns away? LOL.

Hey, anyone who's played World of Tanks knows that the only way to dominate is use the Soviet tech tree.

If I'm an actual member of that club, I'm a little concerned that people can just walk in unchecked, can wander around & can just start firin' away.

Nice security. Really, what else could go wrong?

ongbok: voodoo_curse: A jammed AK-47? Yeah, I don't think so.

That is because it wasn't an AK. It was one of the cheaply made semi-automatic variants of the AK. The media just reports everything that remotely looks like an AK as an AK.

Or it was the AK-74 and the reporter could not tell the difference.

OldManDownDRoad: Obviously faked. Everyone knows that AKs never jam.

AK-47

Giltric: DoBeDoBeDo: 3 friends in bathroom (possible gang bang?)

If 3 of the 4 were in the bathroom then who shot the 4th guy........


You may want to check your math.

Sorry I read it as 4 guys and 1 girl.

/Probably just hoping there was a gangbang in progress.

Accident? Not buying it, and neither will the detectives.

It sounds like they headed out to an outdoor range after hours for some gun shootin/drinkin/foolin around time.

If the range was in operation, then yes the range master should have been all over that idiot for going down range.

iron_city_ap: OldManDownDRoad: Obviously faked. Everyone knows that AKs never jam.

AK-47

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AverageAmericanGuy: Seriously, though. What the fark are you going to do with an AK47? You going to take on the government when it comes to take your guns away? LOL.

The reliability of the Kalashnikov action (assuming the firearm to be properly manufactured) has resulted in increased popularity amongst recreational target shooters. The caliber is also sufficient for hunting animals up to the size of deer.

gopher321: "Hello, I'm Chuck Darwin, and even though I'm not American, or even alive for that matter, I support and fully endorse the second amendment. Keep farking that chicken, America."

I think Darwin loves the automobile more.

If this was really an accident, its the shooter who shouldnt be procreating.

/oblig

akula: Famous Thamas: It sounds like they headed out to an outdoor range after hours for some gun shootin/drinkin/foolin around time.

If the range was in operation, then yes the range master should have been all over that idiot for going down range.

Yup.

Whenever I read about people griping about "Range Nazis" who are coming down on shooters for unsafe practices, this is the kind of crap that results when nobody gives a damn about safety. People going downrange on hot ranges, others dicking with weapons during a cold range, other morons who don't have the first clue how to handle their guns safely at any time, etc.

If you're shooting at an unmanned range (not just one where you're trespassing after hours), one person needs to be appointed rangemaster and everybody MUST obey the commands.

Really, this is why I don't use unstaffed ranges... as much as I love guns and the majority of shooters are decent people, there's a significant minority of shooters who are just cast iron assholes with a "you're not the boss of me complex."

theres such a thing as an unstaffed range? jeebus.

the range i used to go at the range master wouldve stomped the guts out of the guy for being on the bench when people are down range or the other guy for going downrange when the range is still hot.

either way there's a whole lot of Midwestern Stupid goin on here, ja? Go have a pop or something.

CSB: During my second deployment to Iraq my company found numerous weapons caches, with a great many AK-47s and ammo, as well as a variety of other weapons. One day when not much was going on my platoon leader decided that we would take some of the captured weapons and ammo and go out and shoot it, because A) shooting guns is fun and B) knowing how to use the enemy's weapons could come in handy, you'll never know. Just about everyone in the platoon fhad already fired off a few magazines when an urgent message came through on the radio telling us to immediately desist. Apparently before our unit got there the 101st had also found numerous weapons caches in the area, but instead of merely confiscating them they would occasionally replace the regular ammunition with ammo provided by the CIA, in which the gunpowder had been replaced by C4 so that it would explode when fired. They didn't really keep any detalied records of these caches, so it was entirely possible that some of the ammunition we had found was of the doctored variety.

Father_Jack:

theres such a thing as an unstaffed range? jeebus.



Yes. There are quite a few outdoor ranges on government property that are unmanned. People go out there to sight in their hunting rifles and are responsible for cleanup, etc. They are way out in the middle of nowhere and have no amenities beyond a trash bin.

Beerguy: Marcus Aurelius: Do not touch the weapons when the range is clear. If you do, the range master should chew your ass off kick your ass off the range.

FTFY

FTFA: They didn't have permission to be there in the first place. He wasn't a member.

akula: Famous Thamas: It sounds like they headed out to an outdoor range after hours for some gun shootin/drinkin/foolin around time.

If the range was in operation, then yes the range master should have been all over that idiot for going down range.

Yup.

Whenever I read about people griping about "Range Nazis" who are coming down on shooters for unsafe practices, this is the kind of crap that results when nobody gives a damn about safety. People going downrange on hot ranges, others dicking with weapons during a cold range, other morons who don't have the first clue how to handle their guns safely at any time, etc.

If you're shooting at an unmanned range (not just one where you're trespassing after hours), one person needs to be appointed rangemaster and everybody MUST obey the commands.

Really, this is why I don't use unstaffed ranges... as much as I love guns and the majority of shooters are decent people, there's a significant minority of shooters who are just cast iron assholes with a "you're not the boss of me complex."

I used to think belonging to a private shooting club was a waste of time until some kids started playing with a mosin-nagant with hot loads next to me, and I realized that it just wasnt worth the risk.

Father_Jack:
theres such a thing as an unstaffed range? jeebus.


I belong to a private "sportsman's club" just down the street from my house. We have unstaffed ranges. To "qualify" for the range you must pass a basic safety orientation class (basically sit through a lecture).

I cringe whenever I drive in and find both ranges occupied. If I know who the shooter is I might step in next to him/her, but often I come back later. This isnt even a public range and I am still appalled at the lack of muzzle control and risky hot/cold range activities. I dont get anywhere near as much out of my practice when there is someone else on the range next to me- half of my attention is on them, and for good reason. What part of "step away from the line and keep your hands away from your guns when the range is cold" do people not understand?

Proper gun safety is really one of the simplest things you can learn and can easily become second nature if proper attention is paid to it from day 1. The problem is, if you arent in the habit of actively focusing on gun safety each and every time you touch a firearm, be it at home, in the woods, at the range, etc, you are less likely to notice when you are being unintentionally unsafe.

end rant.

Beyond the obvious idiocy, two things stick out for me in this story.

One, if the weapon had already malfunctioned enough for repeated service, it was probably not a standard Russian model and more likely a cheap Chinese knockoff.
"It had been malfunctioning and he had it serviced and received it back and was firing it at the range,"

Two, someone needs to kick their teenage daughter right in the ass. Three armed men on a shooting range does not equal safe sex!
"Three 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old girl." "One of the males and the teen girl went to the bathroom and did not witness what had happened."