Thread: AR15 in rush hour traffic??

Scary sight driving home in Auckland rush hour traffic tonight. Cop car pulled up next to motorway in semi rural area (life style blocks) flashing lights going. Solid traffic north and south bound. Solitary cop standing about 100 yards away from the cop wagon in shade of some trees, facing oncoming traffic holding AR15. Don’t pretend to be an expert on police operational matters, nor what the police might have been up to, but this seemed wrong on several levels. If an offender was on the run were they going to try and shoot them in a line of cars going past at 100 km/ hr ?? Had visions of the poor courier driver that got nailed on Auckland motorway a few years back.

Probablt looking for that one car doing 103kmh

Certainly one way of slowing down the holiday traffic

Was that on the side of the motorway berween the bp and silver dale.

Do you blame them for being jumpy after what happened to Constable Hunt?
Its only a matter of time until an innocent bystander is killed in the next gang vs Police shootout.
A woman has already been shot in South Auckland at her front door in a case of mistaken ID by gangs.
These OZ gangs have no qualms blazing away.

Originally Posted by GDMP

Surely you are mistaken....after all they are 'evil' and therefore I am sure the Police won't want to have them either.

yes, you are correct I am mistaken .... clearly cant be an evil AR15 - more like a high powered MSSA.

Originally Posted by northdude

Was that on the side of the motorway berween the bp and silver dale.

Just south of the BP.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Do you blame them for being jumpy after what happened to Constable Hunt?
Its only a matter of time until an innocent bystander is killed in the next gang vs Police shootout.
A woman has already been shot in South Auckland at her front door in a case of mistaken ID by gangs.
These OZ gangs have no qualms blazing away.

No, do not blame the cops on the beat for being jumpie. They have a shite job to do & deal with the worst elements of our society, hats off to them. But I do expect common sense, basic knowledge of firearms safety and discretion about then they'd reach into the boot to grab the Bushmaster.
And yes agree it is sadly only a matter of time before an innocent person gets caught in the cross fire.

Fixed it for you.........

Originally Posted by chainsaw

..............................And yes agree it is sadly only a matter of time before an innocent person gets caught in the cross fire again.

Have you seen the latest tactic in the USA? Cops simultaneously pursuing (driving) and shooting through their windscreen with an AR. Seems to becoming fairly common.

Also saw one where they unloaded an MP5 (or similar) in full auto into a car as it went past.

Remember the courier driver and that was an AOS member. 2 others wounded as well.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Do you blame them for being jumpy after what happened to Constable Hunt?
Its only a matter of time until an innocent bystander is killed in the next gang vs Police shootout.
A woman has already been shot in South Auckland at her front door in a case of mistaken ID by gangs.
These OZ gangs have no qualms blazing away.

…..and yet their focus is where?

guess we have that to look forward to

Originally Posted by GDMP

Thats nothing.....the Brazilian police just blaze away with a FN-FAL from the sky...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU5VXTC_8rw

Hmm, I wonder what THEIR ‘ collateral damage’ is like for a year?

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

Hmm, I wonder what THEIR ‘ collateral damage’ is like for a year?

They don't have collateral damage in Brazil , if you miss one crim you will just hit another .