Now, HERE'S a RESTRAINING ORDER.....

[CaptDave]

Former Marine Sniper Slapped With 3,000-Yard Restraining Order

November 1, 2006 | Issue 42•44

MACON, GA—Citing Emily Holman's right to feel safe traversing vast open spaces, especially when within visual range of clock towers, parking structures, and tall buildings, a judge awarded the 28-year-old a 3,000-yard restraining order yesterday against her former boyfriend, retired Marine sniper Gordon Lee Blackwood. "When we broke up he started calling me 10 times a day from his job," said Holman, who realized Blackwood's office building, which had an open, flat roof, was only 1,800 yards away. "He had me flinching every time I saw sunlight glinting off any surface within two and a half miles." Blackwood would not comment on the judge's decision, saying only that he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.
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[txinvestigator]

he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.

ROFL

[stevie_d_64]

Marines...geesh...

I know!!! I know!!!

Don't run, I'll only die tired...

[jimlongley]

Judges - Geesh

Now he's got to quit his job to comply with the order.

[JLaw]

he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.

ROFL

+1

JLaw

[Doug.38PR]

And they are going to enforce this how?

That's almost a two mile radius.

[Greybeard]

"That's almost a two mile radius."

The Judge must know that's even real stretch for the .50 ...

[Tote 9]

Thats out of range even for a sniper.

[308nato]

I was watching the Military channel last night and they were showing the
Barrett .50 cal. that they use and i think the Instructor from Barrett said the record shot was 2400 yards or a mile and a half.
Sure would like to have one of those.

[nitrogen]

I just love the Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54719

[Liberty]

I just love the Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54719

Thanks,
That 'splains a lot.

[repsychler]

I had a feeling I was getting a whiff of onion while I was reading that, and the "distance and crosswinds" part sealed it.

[Skiprr]

I had a feeling I was getting a whiff of onion while I was reading that, and the "distance and crosswinds" part sealed it.

Or peeled it, as it were...

[stevie_d_64]

I was watching the Military channel last night and they were showing the
Barrett .50 cal. that they use and i think the Instructor from Barrett said the record shot was 2400 yards or a mile and a half.
Sure would like to have one of those.

2600 and change...They called it a mile and a half...

I also saw that they didn't say or imply who made that shot...

I bet there are a few here also, that know who did it...

[age_ranger]

Good to see the quality of snipers in our USMC is estimated to be a threat up until 3000yds!!! Maybe she has his dog? I'd call 10 times a day for my dog.............than again, maybe he's just plain lost it.

With that kind of distance, you'd have to calculate for the rotation of the earth, right?