Thursday, June 22, 2017

Reach Out and Touch Someone

A sniper with Canada’s elite special forces in Iraq has shattered the world record for the longest confirmed kill shot in military history at a staggering distance of 3,540 metres. [More]
Pretty damned impressive. Far be it from me to spoil the admiration being expressed in gun circles by bringing up the name "Horiuchi," not to diminish this guy, but just as a reminder that there may come a day when decisions will need to be made about following orders.

[Via Geordan]

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I gotta apologize for being racist here but, man, it sure bummed me out to see it's a Canadian.