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    Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo

    Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    Tell you what, put that pop up minigun in the back of an Atom and I'll have Lord Vader call you this afternoon to start negotiations on a fleet purchase.
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    GM made him buy this at the last minute.
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    There's no protection from the back. You just need two people to take down this thing. One who gets killed, and the other who takes out the gunner.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/19/09

    @philibuster: Yes, because this will be the only gun within 100 ft of the President.
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    I heard this was gonna be part of the Governator's motorcade. Then they were going to knock him unconscious, mow down the crowds of protesters, then frame him for it. And then he'd have to compete on a game show to win his freedom.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    What they don't show you is the other Suburban with the rail gun:



    + Watch video
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    Oh for god's sake, how many times is this video clip going to be re-used.....
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    Can I change my answer in the "What's your 'I've Made It' Car" thread?
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    01/19/09

    @Deartháir: To visit your ex and future ex-wives?
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/19/09

    @BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Why drive when you can ride?: Mr. ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ, I like the way you think.
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    Image of Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978 Amalgamated Stainless Headers, est.1978
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    I hope Obama's planning to recycle the brass. I mean besides keeping General Gates on board.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/19/09

    @Ash78: You're on a roll today.
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    Image of LoganSix LoganSix
    01/19/09

    @Mad_Science: He's always on a roll. His butt is like butter. Wait... that's not what I meant.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/19/09

    @LoganSix: Fatty and well-lubricated?
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    Seems like overkill. If they are in a position to use this kind of firepower, I would say that the POTUS shouldn't be there anyways. I.E. most war-torn conveys.


    Anyways, why don't they just get a tank?

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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/19/09

    @Schm-san, is down with O.P.P.: You ever tried parallel-parking a tank?


    It's marginally more difficult than an armoured Suburban, but come to think of it, probably not by much.

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    Image of monsterajr monsterajr
    01/19/09

    @Deartháir: parallel parking a tank is dead easy, just back into and over anything in your way...
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/19/09

    @monsterajr: That's fine for the training level, but when you set it on "EXPERT MODE", you can't drive over everything anymore. Then it gets tricky.
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    01/19/09

    @Deartháir: I'd have to disagree with that. A tank will rotate around its center, so all you ave to do is back into the spot and spin (one track in reverse, the other forward) until you're parked. Couldn't be simpler.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: The instructor doesn't accept that technique. I tried something similar in my parents' Accord during my driving test, and he wouldn't accept that either.
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    Image of banner77amc banner77amc
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    I figure this is just for trips to the south to keep the Klan away. Let's see Cletus and Jethro try to throw rocks at the Presidential Limo now!
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    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    01/19/09

    @banner77amc: Don't mind them, I thought it was funny and I'm an upper middle class white male in the 18-34 demographic, so that probably means something to someone.
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    01/19/09

    @banner77amc: They'd throw shoes, if they wore them.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/19/09

    @TheGuinnessTooth: Right, except "lower-middle-class". I smiled.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/19/09

    @LucidRalphWiley: Nice!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    GMC Topkick-based limo, GMC Suburban with minigun turret on top...


    Is it just me or is Obama trying to compensate for something?

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    So Obama's first official act as president is going to be a drive by?
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/19/09

    In reply to Presidential Gatling Gun-Equipped Suburban Badder Than New Cadillac Limo
    Am I alone in thinking that this is just a bit much?
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    Image of c0de c0de
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: i agree. but again i oppose guns no matter what.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: Also, how about some documentation that our new CIC will actually be followed by one of these. Usually you guys are real good about linking sources, why not this one?
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: I have to agree. Raise the BS flag on this one.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: Yes. You're the president of a large, powerful and, at the moment, kind of unpopular country, whose citizens has successfully assassinated several of your predecessors.


    Given the nature of his job and the times we live in, if Mr. Obama wanted fully functional Iron Monger rigs for himself and his family, I'd understand.

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: Sometimes a bit much is just enough.


    But then again, one of these just became my new "I've made it" vehicle.

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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    01/19/09

    @c0de: Wow, no matter what? Where do you live, because I'd like to come rob you.
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    01/19/09

    @c0de: Peace Bro..
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    Image of ┤├NICKNICK ┤├NICKNICK
    01/19/09

    @c0de: why? then you'll just have to oppose big guys. take away the weapons and the bigger guys will have the upper hand over skinny guys and gals. can't outlaw biceps, so you might as well give people the freedom to choose their methods of defense
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    01/19/09

    @Maymar wishes his car had beach assault capability: COTD nom!
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    Image of kleinlowe kleinlowe
    01/19/09

    @Maymar wishes his car had beach assault capability: Any vehicle is made approximately one-thousand percent cooler by the addition of an appropriately sized minigun.
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    Image of jodark jodark
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog: What if Dick Cheney had one of these in his motorcade? (snicker)
    What about Bush?


    Just a reminder that we shouldn't be giving any privilages to anyone in power unless we would want someone we don't like in power.


    And to those who say guns aren't the answer, thats what Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot thought as well. The only thing they feared were armed citizens, thats why their first actions were to confiscate all guns. Never trust a politician who doesn't trust you with a firearm.

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    01/19/09

    @Almostbanned:


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    01/19/09

    @jodark: Heres another, just cause.


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/19/09

    @┤├NICKNICK: He didn't say "weapons" - presumably he's okay with close-range combat, knives for example.
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    Image of Jellodyne Jellodyne
    01/19/09

    @jodark: You're totally right. High schools should allow all students to carry handguns.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/19/09

    @jodark: Don't confuse me with a gun-hating victim-wannabe, far from it. I was just voicing my first thought that something that spits that much lead that quickly would be likely to produce an unacceptably high amount of collateral damage if used in a motorcade scenario (as was alluded to in the article).


    @kleinlowe: You're gonna want to pack a bigger lunch than that snickers bar, wedgie boy.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/19/09

    @Jellodyne: Typical response. Take an idea you don't like and try to make others not like it too by making asinine remarks like that (or is your imagination really so limited that you thought that's what was being suggested?). Nobody advocated having students carrying. If some of the staff who are trained and qualified to carry concealed were allowed to, instead of creating zones where everybody with a gun is a criminal, schools and other public places wouldn't be such an attractive target for people who want to shoot at people without those people shooting back.
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    Image of Justifan Justifan
    01/19/09

    @Mike the Dog:


    its never a bit much.

    if a threat must be stopped asap you throw as much lead into it as fast as possible..whether that be a car bomb or a dude with an rpg. only in movies to security/cops get headshots or shoot things out of criminals hands, and no, regular guns don't stop a car either, let alone make it blow up. hollywood is responsible for giving people exaggerated ideas of what guns can do. google box of truth for more info on what bullets can and cannot do.

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    01/19/09

    @Justifan: Hollywood is also responsible for giving people the impression that you can use a minigun to hurl 10,000 rounds at a charging vehicle in a crowd of civilians, and not kill anybody but the bad guys. Also, likening the Secret Service to "security/cops" shows a high level of cluelessness on your part. Try Googling "Secret Service" for more information on how they operate, and what it takes to become an Agent.


    Don't presume to lecture me on ballistics, either. I probably fired more founds before my 18th birthday than you have in your entire life. My father firmly believed (as do I) that the best way not to be killed with a gun is to be highly skilled in using one.

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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    01/20/09

    @kleinlowe: I know it's going way off topic now, but hells yes. I'm imagining a Prius with a WWII-style canopy built into the rear hatch.
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    Image of Mazda Eric Mazda Eric
    01/20/09

    @Mike the Dog: @brandegee: Jesus H!
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    01/20/09

    @Mike the Dog: @jodark:
    Agreed with the both of you that:
    1. Gun control sucks.
    2. This minigun thing runs the risk of creating too much collteral damage, especially in light of there being a number of more politically appealing protection measures.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    01/20/09

    @jodark: I lost two friends at Virginia Tech year before last.


    That hurts.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/20/09

    @Mazda Eric wants to make sexy time: Was that supposed to actually mean something?
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    Image of Tier 5 Jalop, the King Tier 5 Jalop, the King
    01/17/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    Mr. Wert III,


    that's just weak, as mentioned above Jalopnik plays stereotype games often, so how this comment was something even disemvowelment worthy, I don't know.


    Seems that PC brigade has taken over this place.

    +1 to all who still have some common sense in their comments.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/17/09

    @Manic King of Corinthia: You're a little late. Mr. Bacon got his commenting privileges back yesterday morning.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/15/09

    In reply to Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled
    That's a nice start for the Barackmobile but when are they going to include weapons like 007 always has in his cars?
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