Constitutional Law

Military gets new sniper equipment, techniques

Story here. I find it interesting that all the equipment is civilian invention and manufacture. That may not seem unusual today, but it wasn't but a few wars ago that everyone carried government-designed rifles made in government arsenals (come to think of it, the one civilian made component was the scope sights, issued in small quantities), and firing government-made ammo.

Hat tip to George Mason 1776...

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on October 25, 2008 (boomark / email).