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Could you imagine if this was a Tea Party rally, the media would be going crazy..


Dozens of rounds of live rifle ammunition were found Thursday scattered around the grounds of the Wisconsin Capitol, where large crowds of people have been protesting Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to rescind nearly all collective bargaining rights for most public employee unions.

State attorneys revealed the ammunition discovery during a hearing in Dane County Circuit Court, where unions were asking a judge to lift restricted-access rules that have been in place since Sunday and swing open the doors to the public. State attorneys cited the ammunition while suggesting the building should instead be closed for a security sweep.

State officials said about 100 demonstrators remained in the building Thursday, still ignoring what was a 4 p.m. Sunday deadline for people to depart so the building so it could be cleaned. Since then, police adopted a policy allowing in new protesters only when an equal number leave the building.

University of Wisconsin Police Chief Susan Riseling testified that 41 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition were found Thursday morning scattered at several locations outside the Capitol. No guns were found with them.

"I don't like to see live ammunition outside when I have significant crowds," Riseling said. "You can't do much with live ammunition without the gun, but the presence of it doesn't thrill me."

Riseling said police were conducting a sweep of the bushes and grassy areas in search of any more ammunition. She noted that ammunition often comes in 50-round boxes, meaning an additional nine rounds may be missing if the ammunition all came from the same source.

Assistant Attorney General Steven Means, who is representing the Department of Administration in the lawsuit, asked Circuit Judge John Albert to order the building closed for security purposes. The judge made no immediate ruling.

Union attorney Peggy Lautenschlager said in court that the request to close the Capitol was an overreaction to the discovery of the ammunition.

"For all we know somebody planted them there — we don't know if it was a protester," she said.

Protesters have taped hundreds — perhaps even thousands — of homemade posters and signs on the walls of the Capitol, many of them mocking Walker and objecting to his proposals.

Wisconsin Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch told the court that it would take $500,000 to supervise the removal of the tape, $6 milion to restore the damage to the interior of the building and an additional $1 million to restore damage done from items taped to the exterior.

False flag operation. Democrats don't have ammo.

Bic

I would hire all non-union companies to repair the capital.

Another fine article written by a brainless drone of the media. Pretty sure just about anyone from the mid-west knows that a .22 caliber round is chambered in both hand guns and rifles.

Were these jackholes using Gorilla Tape to hang posters? I've never been witness to tape causing millions of dollars worth of damage to any structure. Some limp d i c k politician had to have pulled those numbers from his inflated azz. Bring in Mary Maids for a couple grand and call it good.

If these rounds were in grassy areas, the mower could find a round or two and cause some fun times for those labor workers!

I was really concerned when I read the title of theis thread... I thought damn, what a waste of money.. then I read they were only 22 shells... I feel better now...

just read this on CNN, i laughed pretty hard... deadly, brain blowing hollowpoint 22 SNIPER rifle ammo would have sounded better

Concerns about safety risks arising from the nonstop presence of demonstrators at the Capitol were elevated Thursday evening with the discovery of 41 rounds of hollow-point rifle ammunition outside the building.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/03/04/wisconsin.budget/index.html?hpt=T1#

The Teaparty wouldn't do this at a protest, but one of it's members might.

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The teachers and their union didn't do this, but one of them might have.

True and maybe that'd be enough to get them back across the border........doubtful though
(please inject equal amounts of humor and sincerity here)

'The bullets are 22-caliber long rifle hollow points, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.'

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90038367?Live%20ammunition%20found%20at%20Wisconsin%20Capitol%20building

^ Actually with my Anschutz Heavy Match Grade 54, .22LR, with its 16x Unertl scope and Match grade ammo-theoretically speaking of course-don't raise your head if I were around and had my sights on you, even from 100+ yards a .22 head shot will do you in.

These rounds were “seeded” to get the press worked up, end of story.

Love my S&W MP15/22 what a fun rifle to shoot, I have four magazines so the fun never stops.

As to driving tacks, I could drive finishing nails with my 54. Distinguished Riflemen, Certified Rifle Instructor.

Crap I used to be able to clip the wings off a fly with that rifle. Even tried out for the Olympics with it for 1976.

Guess I wasnt all that good after all, I was not invited back.

My brother has a 10/22 that too is fun to shoot, i have the orignal designed .44 I use on deer, stops them in their tracks under 100 yards.

Good to know i was wondering if those SS's were as quiet as I would like them to be.
I have a red dot on my mini, bet it would be nice on the M&P and look cool too.

I have a bullet trap, ill have to get a small box and try them in the basement. Might be fun if the dog doesnt go nuts from the "bangs", hates loud noises.