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RandySF

(58,835 posts)
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 01:58 PM Dec 2015

Suspect’s family lawyer: I myself probably have 4,000 or 5,000 rounds of bullets at home

"One of the main things I want to make sure happens is that not only is anyone [not] discriminated against as a result of this incident but that we continue to protect our freedom of religion and also our Second Amendment rights to bear arms,” Farook family attorney David Chesley told reporters.

“We can't have this announcement by the president every time there's an incident like this that we need to ban all guns,” Chesley continued. “Those rights are important to us as Americans. We died for those rights and they shouldn't be denied.”

President Obama reiterated a call for stricter limits on guns in the wake of the shooting earlier this week, as details were still coming together and before the FBI formally announced on Friday that it was investigating the shooting as an act of terrorism. Authorities have said all four recovered weapons had been purchased legally.

Chesley indicated he was a gun-owner himself and encouraged those tracking the story to not read too much into the fact that investigators had recovered thousands of rounds of ammunition from the suspects' home, noting owners may buy in bulk. (Investigators also recovered pipe-bomb-type devices and other bomb-making tools.)

“I myself probably have 4,000 or 5,000 rounds of bullets that I keep at home. And the reason why you buy them in bulk is because they're cheaper that way, and the government keeps on outlawing different types of bullets and different types of guns at different times, and then there will be shortages of bullets that will occur,” Chesley said.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/262195-suspects-family-lawyer-pushes-back-on-terror-allegations-guns

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Suspect’s family lawyer: I myself probably have 4,000 or 5,000 rounds of bullets at home (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2015 OP
What is wrong with these people? LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #1
I probably have 1000-1500 Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #2
I'm not a gun owner. matt819 Dec 2015 #6
I have several calibers Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #8
Because not many people like him? world wide wally Dec 2015 #11
I looked at the following link to get you some numbers. These items aren't for sale, regular price. Waldorf Dec 2015 #14
I can spend 500+ rounds on one system in one day at the range... TipTok Dec 2015 #25
That family needs a new lawyer... and fast Boomer Dec 2015 #3
yep... dhill926 Dec 2015 #9
and jehop61 Dec 2015 #4
What an idiot. still_one Dec 2015 #5
If this is the cuy i saw in CNN saying his dead boston bean Dec 2015 #7
Lock him up too world wide wally Dec 2015 #10
For what? B2G Dec 2015 #17
For being an asshole? world wide wally Dec 2015 #22
Ladies and gentlemen, linuxman Dec 2015 #28
This poster does not have what is commonly referred to as any sense of humor, but I am beginning to world wide wally Dec 2015 #30
It's likelier you're being paid by the nra linuxman Dec 2015 #31
I would suggest that you would be happier over at "Soldier of Fortune" world wide wally Dec 2015 #32
Have a nice night. Go easy on the billy goats. linuxman Dec 2015 #34
I won! I won! world wide wally Dec 2015 #36
LOL!! That would be one way to put all of the Repubicans in jail and make madinmaryland Dec 2015 #37
Tell me what is the offense under the criminal code nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #21
Totally normal for people who like to shoot competively or recreationally. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #12
Exactly. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #15
Maybe people who like that junk need to get a new hobby, one without the adverse effects on society. Hoyt Dec 2015 #26
Recreational and competitive shooting don't have much of an adverse impact compared to other hobbies aikoaiko Dec 2015 #27
Sorry man, but it puts more gunz out there and perpetuates gun love. Hoyt Dec 2015 #33
Rachel Maddow had a clip of David Chesley suggesting the SB shooting might have been a false flag. SunSeeker Dec 2015 #13
...+1 840high Dec 2015 #16
I wonder if he's 2naSalit Dec 2015 #19
+100. Paladin Dec 2015 #20
That is a problem nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #23
And... Not unusual if you enjoy shooting nadinbrzezinski Dec 2015 #18
Put the lawyer under observation flamingdem Dec 2015 #24
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #29
Yeah, and lots of those folks are like these guys. Hoyt Dec 2015 #35
I'm curious as to who or what he's defending with his prattle. TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #38

matt819

(10,749 posts)
6. I'm not a gun owner.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:07 PM
Dec 2015

Let's take your basic 9mm rounds. What is the cost of your box of 50 and what are the savings when you buy 1,000 or, like the Farooks, 8,000?

And, apart from savings, why would an average self-protection type of gun owner need 1,000 rounds, even accounting for periodic time at the range?

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
8. I have several calibers
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:12 PM
Dec 2015

5.56 7.5 Swiss and 7.62 × 54R are the majority. It is nothing to go through several hundred in a range day. Do not have many pistol rounds.

Waldorf

(654 posts)
14. I looked at the following link to get you some numbers. These items aren't for sale, regular price.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:57 PM
Dec 2015
http://www.bulkammo.com/bulk-9mm-ammo-9mm124fmjpp-50

1 box of 50 is 13.25 which equals $265 for a 1000.

http://www.bulkammo.com/bulk-9mm-ammo-9mm124grfmjpp-1000

Same ammo. 1000 count goes for $234.

Boomer

(4,168 posts)
3. That family needs a new lawyer... and fast
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:03 PM
Dec 2015

If this is the family's answer to intense scrutiny from law enforcement and the media, they're doing it wrong. They make the entire family sound suspect and radicalized.

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
4. and
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:06 PM
Dec 2015

We have six. All stored in the weapon in case it's needed. No need for more, it's likely we'll only be confronted by a bad guy once in our lifetime

boston bean

(36,221 posts)
7. If this is the cuy i saw in CNN saying his dead
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:11 PM
Dec 2015

Clients were handcuffed, he needs mental health help immediately.

He is a frickin loon. Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a gun.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
30. This poster does not have what is commonly referred to as any sense of humor, but I am beginning to
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 04:06 PM
Dec 2015

Think he gets paid to post by the NRA.
Check out all of his other troll posts. Several people agree with me about this as well.
BEWARE!

 

linuxman

(2,337 posts)
31. It's likelier you're being paid by the nra
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 04:10 PM
Dec 2015

To poison users against gun control entirely through your totalitarian stances.

BEWARE! Booga Booga booga!

Several people agree with me on this.

There, now that we've both made unfounded accusations, you can go back to terrorizing billy goats.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
32. I would suggest that you would be happier over at "Soldier of Fortune"
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 04:31 PM
Dec 2015

But I'm sure it wouldn't pay as well.

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)
12. Totally normal for people who like to shoot competively or recreationally.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:28 PM
Dec 2015


I regularly buy in 1000-5000 round cases/lots.


 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
15. Exactly.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:02 PM
Dec 2015

While the kind of competitive shooting I do doesn't require large amounts of ammunition (long range rifle shooting: very slow rate of fire...and I handload), I do buy pistol ammunition in bulk because I practice weekly and don't reload 9mm or .38 Superautomatic. 5000 rounds isn't all that high a number at all.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
26. Maybe people who like that junk need to get a new hobby, one without the adverse effects on society.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:44 PM
Dec 2015

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)
27. Recreational and competitive shooting don't have much of an adverse impact compared to other hobbies
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:48 PM
Dec 2015



Its an Olympic sport, for Christ's sake!
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
33. Sorry man, but it puts more gunz out there and perpetuates gun love.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 04:42 PM
Dec 2015

Target shooting is just training to shoot people at a distance. Gunners like to practice being a sniper. If you want the target shooting experience, there are plenty of laser, paintball, slingshot or BB type ways to do it.

SunSeeker

(51,559 posts)
13. Rachel Maddow had a clip of David Chesley suggesting the SB shooting might have been a false flag.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:46 PM
Dec 2015

He appears to be a Sandy Hook truther and suggested the SB shooting may have been staged to give the government an excuse to go after guns.


He should be disbarred.



2naSalit

(86,626 posts)
19. I wonder if he's
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:22 PM
Dec 2015

just some poseur and the family has no affiliation with him..?

I can't imagine the family came up with this guy. He's not just an unqualified ambulance chaser, he's probably an ankle biter!

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
23. That is a problem
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:28 PM
Dec 2015

But disbarred really.

Unless you can prove judicial misconduct, and running your mouth out of court is bad judgement. There is plenty of that here. But not enough to disbarr people.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
24. Put the lawyer under observation
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 03:28 PM
Dec 2015
he seems like the type that could go off at any minute, and then justify his behavior.

Response to RandySF (Original post)

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
38. I'm curious as to who or what he's defending with his prattle.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 05:46 PM
Dec 2015

Because if I were the (presumably innocent) living family members he's representing, I'd basically instruct him to STFU beyond expressing sympathy for the victims and families and pledging cooperation with law enforcement investigations.

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