Assault Rifles Legal vs. Illegal

[NickW85]

Article is interesting but says nothing about AWB just that people committing crimes own/obtained guns illegally.

Delaney says the guns recovered from the hotel were stolen during recent house breaks, which is how most legal guns fall into the wrong hands.

http://www.wggb.com/2012/05/02/assault-rifles-legal-vs-illegal/

 

[30Mauser]

“They had nine clips fully loaded, 95 rounds of ammunition..."

So... crippled MA "clips" [sic] ... I reckon these were MA AWB-compliant ARs

Overall, I must say I rather liked the decent reporting job done.

 

[crazymjb]

Relatively decent. I think at one point they were called killing machines, and they do keep referring to them as high-power rifles, but those are to a degree just grievances of the shooting community. Afterall, ARs were designed for military purposes, hence killing people.

Mike

 

[ShadeWPI]

I still get a kick out of describing an AR-15 and its .223 caliber as a "high power rifle"

But over all, the reporting was pretty good, level and with minimal bias. The author was trying to report facts more than push a point of view. Props to him for that.

 

[BOBKATT]

If they're the wrong hands they should be in prison. If they're not in prison, there is no law that I recognize that prevents someone from owning a gun.

 

[NickW85]

If they're the wrong hands they should be in prison. If they're not in prison, there is no law that I recognize that prevents someone from owning a gun.

Well one is dead

 

[center442]

The reporter referred to "magazines" at least twice, so he got that part right. That was followed by the MSP spokesman who referred to them as "clips." Not the worst reporting I've ever heard. There was less moonbattery than usual.

 

[dhuze]

“They had nine clips fully loaded, 95 rounds of ammunition and if our detectives didn’t go in properly it could have been a shoot out,” said Springfield Police Sgt. John Delaney.

So each magazine holds 10.5555555 rounds? Where do you find .55555 sized rounds?

 

[ShadeWPI]

So each magazine holds 10.5555555 rounds? Where do you find .55555 sized rounds?

or 8 10rd magazines and 1 15 round magazine?

 

[ShadeWPI]

not sure if the photo is from the same case, but it shows a 1911 with 1 magazine and 8 loose rounds, 2 AR-15 magazines (one in the assembled rifle and one loose) and 5 extended double stack magazines that don't go to either the AR-15 or the 1911.

 

[jar]

I still get a kick out of describing an AR-15 and its .223 caliber as a "high power rifle"

90%+ of the rifles on the line at high power matches are .223 ARs.

 

[Taka]

So each magazine holds 10.5555555 rounds? Where do you find .55555 sized rounds?

The .55555 is a special round, oh sorry "bullet" designed for shooting down helicopters and other aircraft, you put 10 normal high power "bullets" in the banana "clip" and the last super lethal copter killing .55555 in first or last depending on when you plan to shoot the helicopter (before or after you shoot the bad guys).

 

[MisterHappy]

Well, the definiton of "high power" is relative, I guess.... In an NRA High-Power match, a .223 is OK....

Compared to a .30-'06....not so much.

And anything under .50 cal was a "medium" rifle for dangerous African game.

Back when the DC Sniper was making news, the Glob ran a story, complete with graphics - showing the .223 (actual size) about the same size as a .30-'06. I actually wrote to them, to get it corrected, and there was a blurb on page 2, saying that it had been in error....but NOT showing how tiny the .223 is.

 

[pdm]

They call them "high-powered" because they don't understand what "centerfire" means.

 

[30Mauser]

or 8 10rd magazines and 1 15 round magazine?

I was guessing (assuming the Statie who used the term "clips" was accurate ) that the perp had 9 fully loaded magazines and one half-full.