Approximatley once a month, in combat, one or both guns would refuse to fire, leaving the shooter defensless. Not surprisingly, after a stoppage or two most shooters prefered to do their own inspection. It was all upto the inspectors intuition and mood. There was no test for split cartridges, corroded brass, defective primers or undersized parts. However this test was to cartridge health as a military board examination was to soldiers health - Stong in an easily checked detail, weak in all that was passed over. ![]() The test was of some use, for those cartridges refusing to drop all the way home were oversized or bent. "Drop the cartrigdes down one by one…if they go home they are satisfactory and can be loaded into the magazines" British Royal Navy Air Service (RNAS)squadrons maintained an official inspection jig constisting of a spare gun pointed straight down along with approved instructions. "The establishment did offer some support to worried shooters. The unexpected part was the realisation of how frequenlty even the best regulated guns refused to work, and of how little there was to be done about it at lubricant-freezing, oxygen poor altitudes." Every course of instruction offered some takedown and reassembly experiance, with the emphasis on stoppages and fast cures. "Shooters new their guns to be complex assemblies of tricky parts. "He was a terrific dancer," Dikov said.In the spirit of all that is just and holy, lets take a look at what Leon Bennet has to say on the matter (Author of Gunning For the Red Baron.) The gun used by Enimehmedov, who could face six years' jail, could not have delivered a fatal shot, police said.īeyond the attack and brawl, Bulgarians are watching this case closely because Enimehmedov's brother, Metin, shot to fame in 2007 after winning the Bulgarian reality show Dance with Me. It's plausible that there was somebody who hates this sort of 'tyrant' who just wanted to get rid of him, and was ready to sacrifice himself." "He runs the organisation really tightly, there's a system of patronage and nepotism. "Even among ethnic Turks in Bulgaria he's considered pretty controversial," Dikov said. Yet discontent with the MRF has been growing, including among its supporters. The MRF was a junior partner in the previous Socialist-led cabinet before switching to the opposition, following elections in 2009. "Now he's this targeted leader, the spiritual head of his community – like a victim, a martyr," Dikov suggested.īulgaria is due to hold parliamentary elections in the summer. Observers in Bulgaria believe Dogan will find a way to continue his political career while maintaining control over the party. His longtime aide, Lyutvi Mestan, is expected to replace him. Hours after the attack Dogan appeared at the party congress to a standing ovation to go ahead with a planned resignation. "It seems like a pretty artificial attempt to present their party as a victim, to rally their voters, to strengthen their line," said Ivan Dikov, editor of Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria's main English-language news resource. Dogan, who has led the party for nearly 25 years, was acquitted of corruption charges at a high-profile trial two years ago. The MRF has been dogged by accusations of political and economic corruption for years. He said: "This is a worrying event that should not take place in modern Bulgaria." But officials have been forced to address claims the party may have staged the "assassination attempt" itself in order to boost its image.īoyko Borisov, the prime minister, said on Sunday that he believed the attack was "probably not staged". Police said they thought Enimehmedov, an architecture student with a criminal record for drugs, theft and assault, had acted alone. Nedelcho Stoychev, head of the interior ministry's psychological unit, said the note showed Enimehmedov believed he would not survive the attack. He was tackled to the ground and beaten by guards and party members as TV cameras continued to roll.Įnimehmedov, an ethnic Turk, reportedly left a note at his home addressed to his mother, saying he had no intention of killing the party leader but simply wanted to show him he was not "untouchable". He pointed the gun at Dogan's head during a party congress in the capital, Sofia, but failed to shoot. Police now say Enimehmedov was holding a gas pistol that was loaded with pepper spray, with two other "bullets" being simply noisemakers. ![]() ![]() Police took Oktai Enimehmedov, 25, into custody after he pulled the gun on Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF), a party supported by Muslim voters including some Turks in Bulgaria. ![]() But many in Bulgaria are now trying to separate fact from fiction as they try to be clear about what motivated the attack.
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