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The other inscriptions on the fired casings:
Inscriptions on the three unfired casings:
Also:
This says that the "sequence of arrows" was interpreted as a transgender symbol.
Now we know that the sequence of arrows was "up, right, down, down, down"
...that's the strategem code for the 500kg bomb in helldivers 2.
The ATF interpreted a video game reference as a transgender symbol...
Edit: another claim I'm seeing, quote from snopes:
This is a more logical mistake to make but is also an embarrassing and irresponsible mistake from the ATF if true.
Ah and here I was hoping for the konami code
Yeah, missed opportunity but hey. Kids have their own things.
the atf interpreted a 14 inch shoelace with a loop in it as an automatic rifle. they can suck any one of my defective buttholes
I'm surprised they didn't interpret the three arrows as antifa, they're so fucking incompetent.
I mean I could almost see that? Helldivers is kinda a satire on the american brand of fascism so it could be argued its an anti-fascist peace of media. But that's a stretch to say the least.
But my real issue with this is that federal investigators saw something they had absolutely no clue what it is and called it a transgender symbol. Its an incredible amount of bias in a particularly very bigoted way.
Reminds me of a lyric from The Clash - "taking off his turban, they said, 'is this man a jew?'" They see something unknown to them and just assign it to the marginalized group they have a preconceived notion of being bad.
Oh that's kinda been their MO for as long as I can remember. It's kinda their motto. Instead of educating anyone, they routinely do things like try to preach the horrific danger of detachable magazines as the dork tries to insert it backwards.
It's also a straight up meme that they'll conduct some half assed raid where they shoot someone's dog and go "Whoops. Wrong address."
They know less about firearms than your average airsofter or tactical gamer, but they're an authoritarian arm on "regulating" the things so they're usually the first to jump to wild, illiterate conclusions.
I think socialist gun owners and insufferably right wing gun nuts could probably high five over beers when it comes to their mutual sheer lack of respect for the ATF. Lol
Sorry, there were multiple fired casings?
They found the gun, no? So maybe they found the ammo as well
Right, but this says “fired casings” as in multiple fired casings. Wasn’t there only one shot fired?
As I understand it's actually three unfired casings.
Just one fired casing, three unfired per the article.
Is it at all possible that they were interpreting the "bulges" thing as trans related? Not to say that it is, but it seems more likely than the TRN thing.