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My only intention was to protect myself, it almost felt like being under sniper fire. – Dominic Pezzola	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We went by the Statue of Liberty, and all that was in our minds was we might never see it again, but we made it back — a lot of us, sniper rifleman Leslie Simmler of West Chester, Pennsylvania, landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy with Infantry Division …. – Private First Class Ernest Marvel	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We had these [$50,000] to $100,000 cruisers surrounding this school, taxpayer items — taxpayer shields and bulletproof vests and sniper rifles – none of those being used to go into the school, but in fact, the SUVs, for example, were being used to block people from going in to save their own children. – Di Carlo	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
But( a) sniper's bullet and machine gun bullet penetrated, so we decided on a thicker option. – Oleg Metla	Found on CNN 2 years ago
So now in my mind I’m thinking, this is probably not even in this area. Someone is sniper firing somewhere in this school towards even the football field, we were doing the best –everydeputy on that scene was doing the best that we could in that chaotic momentatthe beginningwith those shots being fired. – Scot Peterson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
My son was a genius child, an IQ of 156. He could have done anything he wanted to do in the military and he chose to be a Marine sniper – but I never thought in a million years he would die for nothing. – Kathy McCollum	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have a sniper here that has killed 600 people and is on track to kill another thousand before this year is up -- and we don't fear it ? I guarantee you if it was a sniper with a rifle, there wouldn't be one parent letting their child out. – Ricardo Cigarroa	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Chris Kyle was the Primary Sniper, Navigator, Pointman, and newguys kind of get matched up to a person. He was the person I got matched up to, because I would eventually be groomed to take on his responsibilities, so early on, I got tasked with being the Assistant Lead Navigator and Point Man and Sniper, which I eventually got to take on these roles more as a Primary later, and in workup and also on deployment. – Jonny Kim	added by anonymous 3 years ago
He is walking out of the sheriff's station, and a sniper took a shot at him. – Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Paris	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There was no question that that man was in there to act as a sniper and he was going to kill as many kids as he possibly could. – Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri	Found on CNN 6 years ago
There's a clear connection between the three. There could be further attacks planned. We're verifying the sniper's background, though a sniffer rifle hasn't yet been found, police have recovered a telescope and bullet used in such rifles. It's now established that the suspect knew that his target was the president. Investigations have confirmed that there was a planned sniper attack on the president. – Maldivian Home Minister Umar Naseer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This live-fire demonstration from a standard rifle showed that EXACTO is able to hit moving and evading targets with extreme accuracy at sniper ranges unachievable with traditional rounds. Fitting EXACTO's guidance capabilities into a small .50-caliber size is a major breakthrough and opens the door to what could be possible in future guided projectiles across all calibers. – Jerome Dunn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
True to DARPA's mission, EXACTO has demonstrated what was once thought impossible: the continuous guidance of a small-caliber bullet to target, this live-fire demonstration from a standard rifle showed that EXACTO is able to hit moving and evading targets with extreme accuracy at sniper ranges unachievable with traditional rounds. Fitting EXACTO's guidance capabilities into a small .50-caliber size is a major breakthrough and opens the door to what could be possible in future guided projectiles across all calibers. – Jerome Dunn	Found on CNN 9 years ago
’American Sniper’ is not about a racist, mass-murderer or criminal, it’s about a decorated American war hero who served this country valiantly. – Breyer Hillegas	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
To put that into perspective, everybody on this side of the aisle is the seven other nominees, and 'American Sniper' is Oprah. – Neil Patrick Harris	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Being a sniper is in fact different than just being infantry, it's an added stressor as everyone expects more from you. Or that every sniper should be able to perform at Hollywood level because they saw Mark Wahlberg in 'Shooter.'. – Louis Bravo	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I had a chance to see 'American Sniper' this week on that long flight we took. – The First Lady	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The mark of a good piece of art is when people can have different interpretations, so I think it's entirely possible that people on the right and the left will both vote for it. The popularity of 'American Sniper' is an indication that a lot of people like it, and that includes red states, blue states and Oscar voters. If anything, I think people in Hollywood are encouraged -- after the box office dropped in 2014 -- that a January movie can make this money. – Tim Gray	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

My only intention was to protect myself, it almost felt like being under sniper fire.

– Dominic Pezzola

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We went by the Statue of Liberty, and all that was in our minds was we might never see it again, but we made it back — a lot of us, sniper rifleman Leslie Simmler of West Chester, Pennsylvania, landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy with Infantry Division ….

– Private First Class Ernest Marvel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We had these [$50,000] to $100,000 cruisers surrounding this school, taxpayer items — taxpayer shields and bulletproof vests and sniper rifles – none of those being used to go into the school, but in fact, the SUVs, for example, were being used to block people from going in to save their own children.

– Di Carlo

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

But( a) sniper's bullet and machine gun bullet penetrated, so we decided on a thicker option.

– Oleg Metla

Found on CNN
2 years ago

So now in my mind I’m thinking, this is probably not even in this area. Someone is sniper firing somewhere in this school towards even the football field, we were doing the best –everydeputy on that scene was doing the best that we could in that chaotic momentatthe beginningwith those shots being fired.

– Scot Peterson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

My son was a genius child, an IQ of 156. He could have done anything he wanted to do in the military and he chose to be a Marine sniper – but I never thought in a million years he would die for nothing.

– Kathy McCollum

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We have a sniper here that has killed 600 people and is on track to kill another thousand before this year is up -- and we don't fear it ? I guarantee you if it was a sniper with a rifle, there wouldn't be one parent letting their child out.

– Ricardo Cigarroa

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Chris Kyle was the Primary Sniper, Navigator, Pointman, and newguys kind of get matched up to a person. He was the person I got matched up to, because I would eventually be groomed to take on his responsibilities, so early on, I got tasked with being the Assistant Lead Navigator and Point Man and Sniper, which I eventually got to take on these roles more as a Primary later, and in workup and also on deployment.

– Jonny Kim

added by anonymous
3 years ago

He is walking out of the sheriff's station, and a sniper took a shot at him.

– Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Paris

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There was no question that that man was in there to act as a sniper and he was going to kill as many kids as he possibly could.

– Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri

Found on CNN
6 years ago

There's a clear connection between the three. There could be further attacks planned. We're verifying the sniper's background, though a sniffer rifle hasn't yet been found, police have recovered a telescope and bullet used in such rifles. It's now established that the suspect knew that his target was the president. Investigations have confirmed that there was a planned sniper attack on the president.

– Maldivian Home Minister Umar Naseer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This live-fire demonstration from a standard rifle showed that EXACTO is able to hit moving and evading targets with extreme accuracy at sniper ranges unachievable with traditional rounds. Fitting EXACTO's guidance capabilities into a small .50-caliber size is a major breakthrough and opens the door to what could be possible in future guided projectiles across all calibers.

– Jerome Dunn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

True to DARPA's mission, EXACTO has demonstrated what was once thought impossible: the continuous guidance of a small-caliber bullet to target, this live-fire demonstration from a standard rifle showed that EXACTO is able to hit moving and evading targets with extreme accuracy at sniper ranges unachievable with traditional rounds. Fitting EXACTO's guidance capabilities into a small .50-caliber size is a major breakthrough and opens the door to what could be possible in future guided projectiles across all calibers.

– Jerome Dunn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

’American Sniper’ is not about a racist, mass-murderer or criminal, it’s about a decorated American war hero who served this country valiantly.

– Breyer Hillegas

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

To put that into perspective, everybody on this side of the aisle is the seven other nominees, and 'American Sniper' is Oprah.

– Neil Patrick Harris

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Being a sniper is in fact different than just being infantry, it's an added stressor as everyone expects more from you. Or that every sniper should be able to perform at Hollywood level because they saw Mark Wahlberg in 'Shooter.'.

– Louis Bravo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I had a chance to see 'American Sniper' this week on that long flight we took.

– The First Lady

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The mark of a good piece of art is when people can have different interpretations, so I think it's entirely possible that people on the right and the left will both vote for it. The popularity of 'American Sniper' is an indication that a lot of people like it, and that includes red states, blue states and Oscar voters. If anything, I think people in Hollywood are encouraged -- after the box office dropped in 2014 -- that a January movie can make this money.

– Tim Gray

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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