The First 48- TV show. AR trouble

**john12wa** · January 31st, 2015, 03:11 PM

Ive been watching a little bit of "The first 48" on Netflix because I have nothing better to do but a few things that have been quirking me about it. Granted I know it is a TV show but every rifle is a(n) "Assault rifle" and every pistol is a "high powered pistol" or a "high velocity" the one episode of a drug deal gone wrong they found a "...223 shell casing for an assault rifle...."
(the guy who got shot and killed, owned/ lived in the house. his buddy was sleeping in a back room and when shit went down he grabbed his buddies rifle and fired one round(the 223) and the "bad guys" fled.) The friend turned the "assault rifle" in to the detectives. He pulled it out of a bag to "secure it" and it was a AR "carbon" pistol I guess. A polymer AR pistol with no rail/ quad rail and the topper a second pistol grip near the gas block. and then a wider shot of the stuff showed what looked like a 50- 60 rd mag. but it looked like TWO 30 rounders welded together. Kinda like the 40rd G3 mags.
I just finding it interesting that they had totally disregarded the fact that it was in a illegal configuration.

I could only find one screen shot from that episode on google. but the link is bad or something.

**john12wa** · January 31st, 2015, 03:21 PM

found a picture. I guess it was a bushmaster. but like I said the one had a second vertical fore grip mounted a little behind the gas block. definitely a ghetto/ city setup. LOL

**Philbert** · January 31st, 2015, 03:45 PM

I watched that show for a while but it was too depressing to see the grieving kids, the stupid reasons that motivated assholes to kill people, and the fact that they sometimes got away with it.

**clodzilla** · January 31st, 2015, 06:10 PM

Great show , I know the episode you speak of with the ghetto AR aka the chopper.

Theres one episode that really bothered me. Theres surveillance footage of a man running clear across a parking lot to engage a man getting out of his car. The guy running pulls a gun when close to the guy getting out of the car and points it at him. Guy getting out of his car pulls his own gun and shoots down the attacker. Now heres the disturbing part .... THEY CHARGED THE GUY GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR WITH MURDER. Even after seeing what was clearly a self defense shooting on video they still charged him.

**Philbert** · January 31st, 2015, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by clodzilla

Great show , I know the episode you speak of with the ghetto AR aka the chopper.

Theres one episode that really bothered me. Theres surveillance footage of a man running clear across a parking lot to engage a man getting out of his car. The guy running pulls a gun when close to the guy getting out of the car and points it at him. Guy getting out of his car pulls his own gun and shoots down the attacker. Now heres the disturbing part .... THEY CHARGED THE GUY GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR WITH MURDER. Even after seeing what was clearly a self defense shooting on video they still charged him.

Based on the facts you've stated, it could still be murder. For example if the guy in the car had the other guy's wife tied up in the trunk.

**ckellyme3** · January 31st, 2015, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by clodzilla

Great show , I know the episode you speak of with the ghetto AR aka the chopper.

Theres one episode that really bothered me. Theres surveillance footage of a man running clear across a parking lot to engage a man getting out of his car. The guy running pulls a gun when close to the guy getting out of the car and points it at him. Guy getting out of his car pulls his own gun and shoots down the attacker. Now heres the disturbing part .... THEY CHARGED THE GUY GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR WITH MURDER. Even after seeing what was clearly a self defense shooting on video they still charged him.

Yeah I bet that really bothers you. Perhaps a well written letter to his local chief of police will set things straight..