A chart to help non-weapon users identify guns - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

dd3953 · 12-05-2009, 11:40 PM

took me a second to notice - but yeah, LMAO

KirStang · 12-05-2009, 11:53 PM

AK 47!

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A report of a person with an assault weapon walking near Bungie Studios sent a team of police swarming to the Kirkland, Washington studio yesterday afternoon.

The incident turned out to be a misunderstanding and a surprise interruption of what was supposed to be a less eventful visit by your deputy editor to play some Halo 3: ODST.

The person who had thought they'd seen a gunman in the neighborhood had actually seen a Bungie employee carrying a replica Halo rifle back to the studio's offices, Bungie community director Brian Jarrard told me. Recognizing there was no longer an emergency, officers advised Bungie officials to transport the gun more discretely in the future.

Kirkland police, contacted today for more details, said a passerby on their way to the local farmer's market called 911 saying that they thought they saw someone walking down the street with an AK-47 about 4:20 p.m.

Five officers were dispatched to the area to investigate, but were able to figure out what had happened within about ten minutes.

I'd come to Seattle a couple of days early, in advance of the kick-off of the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo. Brian Jarrard, community director at Bungie was going to let me play some Halo 3: ODST. He gave me a tour of the studio's impressive lobby, let me stand briefly in the main development area of the offices, which used to be a high-ceiling supermarket. Halo: Reach is now being made in that large room.

For the bulk of my afternoon visit, Jarrard had me set up in a conference room located just outside the lobby of the studio. And as I was playing the police incident occurred. Some time after 4pm, someone opened the door to the conference room and peeked in. Before the door shut, I saw a police officer in the lobby. The cops had descended upon the studio.

I caught no more than that glimpse of the one police officer, a woman in a dark uniform, walking through the lobby. I could tell something serious was going down, that the cops weren't just there to check out Halo.

Several police cars responded to the call, closing in on the parking lot adjacent to Bungie's offices.

What the witness had seen however, was not a real gun but a prop Halo gun. It was a replica of the sniper rifle used in the series by the UNSC forces, built for the live-action video shorts directed by District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp a couple of years ago. Someone from Bungie was transporting the replica gun back to the offices when they were mistaken for a neighborhood threat.

The police weren't allowing people into the lobby, ordering Bungie developers to stay in their big development room. By the time I was able to get out of the conference room, the police were gone. They had recommended to Bungie personnel that, next time, the replica would be better carried covered up, so as not to cause alarm.

Police Swarm To Bungie On Weapons Call During Kotaku Visit - Bungie - Kotaku

Plan9 · 12-06-2009, 12:04 AM

Media is all over it, as usual.

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Originally Posted by KirStang

Dork with giant Supersoaker

Finger off the trigger, motherbitch!

ChrisJericho · 12-06-2009, 03:26 AM

I live in the area and never heard about that incident, doesn't surprise me though.

supersix2 · 12-06-2009, 06:16 AM

Hey, they know what an Uzi is, too. That's another popular firearm name they throw around.

Baraka_Guru · 12-06-2009, 07:56 AM

So...it's not just the media....

dd3953 · 12-06-2009, 09:18 AM

can i ask for someone to take away the 'joke' and name the rest of them for me? i'm thinking (thanks to GTA) that second one on the list (top row, right) really is an AK 47, and that the 4th one (second row, right) is an automatic of some sort?

What's the rest?

Daniel_ · 12-06-2009, 09:29 AM

Bottom left is a ray gun, and bottom right is a car.

KirStang · 12-06-2009, 09:38 AM

Plan9 · 12-06-2009, 10:25 AM

Yes, Mini-Uzi. That isn't a Browning Hi-Power, it's a CZ 75.

Good movie references, though.

dd3953 · 12-06-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel_

Bottom left is a ray gun, and bottom right is a car.

Ha.

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Originally Posted by KirStang

Thanks.

Plan9 · 12-06-2009, 11:01 AM

Bottom left is a potato stub gun. Bottom right is an ugly automobile.

KirStang · 12-06-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Plan9

Yes, Mini-Uzi. That isn't a Browning Hi-Power, it's a CZ 75.

Good movie references, though.

Ah dammit, i quickly double checked before posting too.

I mean they sorta kinda look alike

Ilow · 12-06-2009, 05:46 PM

you could do the same chart for Politicians and label each of them "assault weapon, assault weapon, assault weapon..."

Reese · 12-08-2009, 01:20 AM

Heh.. Spud gun.. I had one of those as a kid. I got it taken away before I got through one potato. I had bits of potato everywhere.

12-05-2009, 11:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	A chart to help non-weapon users identify guns __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

12-05-2009, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
KirStang Future Bureaucrat	LMAO

12-05-2009, 11:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
dd3953 Psycho: By Choice Location: dd.land	took me a second to notice - but yeah, LMAO __________________ [Technically, I'm not possible, I'm made of exceptions. ]

12-06-2009, 03:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
ChrisJericho eat more fruit Location: Seattle	I live in the area and never heard about that incident, doesn't surprise me though. __________________ "A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows us that faith proves nothing." - Friedrich Nietzsche

12-06-2009, 07:56 AM	#8 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	So...it's not just the media.... __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

12-06-2009, 06:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
supersix2 Insane Location: Houston	Hey, they know what an Uzi is, too. That's another popular firearm name they throw around.

12-06-2009, 09:18 AM	#9 (permalink)
dd3953 Psycho: By Choice Location: dd.land	can i ask for someone to take away the 'joke' and name the rest of them for me? i'm thinking (thanks to GTA) that second one on the list (top row, right) really is an AK 47, and that the 4th one (second row, right) is an automatic of some sort? What's the rest? __________________ [Technically, I'm not possible, I'm made of exceptions. ]

12-06-2009, 09:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	Bottom left is a ray gun, and bottom right is a car. __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

12-06-2009, 09:38 AM	#11 (permalink)
KirStang Future Bureaucrat	AK rifle \| AR style Rifle (I'd say A2, but I don't see a birdcage flashhider) FN P90 \| Uzi (is this a mini? Someone better with Uzis correct me) Barrett Model 95?\| Walther PPK Browning Hi-power\| RPG-7 Plasma Rifle in 40 watt range \| Shaggin Wagon

12-06-2009, 10:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Yes, Mini-Uzi. That isn't a Browning Hi-Power, it's a CZ 75. Good movie references, though. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-06-2009, 11:01 AM	#14 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Bottom left is a potato stub gun. Bottom right is an ugly automobile. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-06-2009, 05:46 PM	#16 (permalink)
Ilow Junkie Location: Pats country	you could do the same chart for Politicians and label each of them "assault weapon, assault weapon, assault weapon..." __________________ "Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about" --Sam Harris

12-08-2009, 01:20 AM	#17 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Heh.. Spud gun.. I had one of those as a kid. I got it taken away before I got through one potato. I had bits of potato everywhere. __________________ “It is better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick” - Dave Barry