Lefty JAG Loon Temporarily Bans Sniper Ammunitions...

Received about five scazillion emails concerning this, so it's best I publish.

From The Washington Times

Sniper rounds
An Army judge advocate general (JAG) temporarily banned Army and Marine Corps snipers from using a highly accurate open-tip bullet.

"The JAG, we are told, mistakenly thought the open-tip round was the same as hollow-point ammunition, which is banned. The original open-tip was known as Sierra MatchKing and broke all records for accuracy in the past 30 years.
The difference between the open-tip and the hollow point is that the open tip is a design feature that improves accuracy while the hollow point is designed for increasing damage when it hits a target.
About 10 days ago, the Army JAG in Iraq ordered all snipers to stop using the open-tip 175-grain M118LR bullet, claiming, falsely, it was prohibited. Instead of the open-tip, snipers were forced to take M-60 machine gun rounds out of belts and use them instead.
The order upset quite a few people here and in Iraq who said the JAG ignored the basic principle of every military lawyer that there is a presumption of legality for all issued weapons or ammunition that are made at the military service level at the time they are acquired.
"She forced snipers to use less accurate ammunition, thereby placing U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians at greater risk," a Pentagon official said of the JAG, who was not identified by name. "And she incorrectly issued an order. JAGs may advise a commander, but they cannot issue orders."
After Army lawyers were finally alerted to the JAG's action, the order was lifted and the JAG was notified that the open tip was perfectly legal for use by snipers. However, the reversal was followed by the Army officials' taking retaliation against a sniper who blew the whistle on the bogus order.

The sniper lost his job over a security infraction in reporting the JAG."
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Unfreakin real eh? This twizwaddle, an ARMY twizwaddle no less who SHOULD have known SOMETHING about weapon systems, had our men scurrying for ammunition in the middle of a war. Now, I fully expect civilian lawyers, and judges, and law enforcement to know little or nothing about firearms...ask me sometime and I'll tell a few tales...but a JAG? Think she could'a maybe asked for some advice before forcing the men to strip off machine gun rounds? Bleeding hearts are everywhere nowadays, and as an honest retort from yours truly THE OBJECT OF THE DEAL IS TO KILL THESE MANGY FUCKERS SO WHO GIVES A RATS ASS WHAT TYPE OF BULLET IS USED.

IF there is any justice at all, I sincerely hope she is enjoying her tour of latrine-cleaning duty. And that it lasts until her enlistment is up.