Shooting people gives him no pleasure, Latif says. He became a sniper because the sniper rifle was the only thing he got when weapons were distributed. "Everyone was equally bad at shooting," he says.
According to Darrell Issa, a Republican Congressman, some 1,600 guns monitored by Fast and Furious, including high-powered sniper rifles, slipped through the cracks.
Featuring a spring piston firing mechanism, the sniper rifle is almost silent when fired which gives a vital advantage to snipers who don't want to give away their position.
