This is a good introductional video to basic sniping techniques by Lon Horiuchi who is a former U.S. FBI sniper who gained notoriety after his role in the Ruby Ridge shootings and the Waco Siege. The video goes cover position, breath control, trigger pull and various other things. I think the music is pretty horrendous...
A sniper is an infantry soldier specializing in shooting with a rifle from a position of concealment, and usually from longer ranges than is a regular infantryman, often using a specially designed or adapted sniper rifle.
The word sniper stems from at least as early as 1824 in the “sharpshooter” sense. The verb to snipe — British soldier argot, circa 1770s British India- means: “to shoot from a hidden place”, and possibly alludes to snipe shooting, for the snipe is a game bird known as extremely difficult to find, approach, or shoot. It has been contended that because hunters skilled at hunting this bird were dubbed “snipers”, hence being a sniper requires skill in marksmanship, camouflage, and field craft. If this is the etymology of "sniper" it is curious, because fast-flying snipe are typically shot at distances of < 40 yards using pellet-scattering shotguns, while a sniper fires a single projectile at a normally static target at long distance.
More recently, the word “sniper” has been rather loosely used, especially by news media in referring to police precision riflemen; an assassination rifleman; any shooting from all but the shortest range in battle; and any civilian criminal armed with a rifle. During the Bosnian War and the Siege of Beirut, “sniper” referred to soldiers terrorising and killing civilians by shooting from high windows and roofs; during the Siege of Sarajevo, its main street was known as “Sniper Alley”.
This loose usage expanded the word's general definition, and attached mixed connotations to it: official spokesmen tend to use other, compound words, especially for police department snipers - “counter-sniper”, “precision marksman”, “tactical marksman”, “sharpshooter”, or “precision shooter.” Some of these alternative words are now commonly used, but most are euphemisms.
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antThat music was loud compared to the guy's voice.
FletchOh, is this the guy that killed Randy Weaver's wife by shooting her in the head while she was holding their 10-month old son? Awesome shot.
Farhad2000In 1992, while working at sniper position Sierra 4 for the FBI Hostage Rescue Team at Ruby Ridge, Horiuchi killed Vicki Weaver, and wounded her husband Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris. Vicki Weaver was behind a door – unarmed and clutching her infant daughter – when a bullet fired by Horiuchi at Kevin Harris accidentally struck her in the face. The case was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge on May 14, 1998, who cited the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution which grants immunity to Federal officers acting in the scope of their employment. This decision was reversed by an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit, which held that Horiuchi should stand trial. However, shortly after the Circuit court rendered its decision, the prosecutor moved to drop the case, and the District court granted the motion on June 26, 2001.
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neilmiddletonsays...This video would be much more impressive if the range was longer than 2 meters..;)
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Farhad2000Everything by Lon Horiuchi was removed on YouTube following a copyright claim.
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UnifiedMilitiaThere is no statute of limitations in the offense of the First degree (premeditated) murder by Federal agents of Randy Weaver's wife and son in 1992. Justice has not been served yet.
I sent the following message to Idaho Governor Butch Otter via both is Facebook page and via a direct link to his state website. I'd like to challenge all of you to do the same. Just copy & paste everything below the line. His contact information is at the bottom.
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Remembering the Real Story of Ruby Ridge Idaho - August 21 1992
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Uncovering government corruption at Ruby Ridge
According to FBI Grand Jury Testimony, US Marshals were involved in the cover up, the media, and the story from the Weaver's perspective...
Today, you are considered an "extremist" by the ADL and SPLC if you think the actions taken here by the Federal Government were out of hand. For the first time in US history, the FBI was given permission from cabinet members of the George HW Bush administration to change their Rules of Engagement to, "can and should shoot to kill" effectively rendering the US Constitution useless. A young boy was shot in the back and killed by US Marshals, and FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi later shot and killed Vicky Weaver while she was unarmed and holding her 10 month old baby in her arms. This incident serves as an educational tool to all Americans on just how useless our coveted Constitution is to the Federal Government when you cross them. I do not endorse violence towards the Federal Government. This is simply the closest I could come to the real truth without media/Government disinformation.
You have to ask yourself, even in this age of information, why is it so hard to find the truth about Ruby Ridge?
See the following links for more information:
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The Preliminary Hearings of Weaver and Harris -
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New York Times Propaganda -
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DOJ Whitewashing and Final Report on FBI wrongdoing -[url redacted]
Idaho vs Randy Weaver
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No. 98-30149. - IDAHO v. HORIUCHI - US 9th Circuit United States US 9th Cir. IDAHO v. HORIUCHI United States Court of of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. IDAHO
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No. 98-30149. - IDAHO v. HORIUCHI - US 9th Circuit United States US 9th Cir. IDAHO v. HORIUCHI United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.IDAHO
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US 9th Circuit - Court Decisions - June 2001 5, 2001 No. 99-71081. IDAHO v. HORIUCHI June 5, 2001 No. 98 30163. SILVER SAGE PARTNERS LTD
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US 9th Circuit - Court Decisions - June 2000 No. 96-50297. IDAHO v.
HORIUCHI June 14, 2000
No. 98-70772. VAN GERWEN v. GUARANTEE MUTUAL LIFE COMPANY ERISA
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT REGARDING INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OF SHOOTINGS AT RUBY RIDGE, IDAHO DURING ARREST OF RANDY WEAVER
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SPLC and Spokesman Review Propaganda 20 years later
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I have a friend who was a Deputy United States Marshall at that time. He wasn't involved with Ruby Ridge, but he knew 2 agents who were. He told me:
"I knew two of the guys in the woods that weaver's son engaged. It was a mess from the start. If the dog would not have smelled the surveillance team nothing would have happened that day. It all ended badly. Stupid ATF case was bad from the start. Weaver would have been acquitted if he would have just gone back to court. Travesty of bad decisions all around."
The fact remains that it wasn't Randy Weaver's fault he didn't make it to the court appearance. It was all due to an intended snafu on the part of the Feds. They set him up to murder him and his family with extreme prejudice!
At the Nuremberg trials: Principle IV states: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him". This principle could be paraphrased as follows: "It is not an acceptable excuse to say 'I was just following my superior's orders".
In my opinion, the officers involved should be charged with first degree murder, and those who assisted the operation should be charged and tried as accessories to first degree murder. Until this happens, we will never again be "One nation under God." This travesty screams for justice!
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If we are ever going to get anyone to open the case again and get these murderers charged and tried for their crimes against Americans, we need to raise public awareness of the facts involved. The best way to do it is to get as many people as possible to share the link below or copy & paste it and post it in as many places as possible. I would also suggest you copy and paste the link and send it to every state legislator and the current governor of Idaho.
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To send Idaho Governor Butch Otter a link to this story, click on the link below:
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Governor Otter's Facebook "Page"
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