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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPolice Chief in LAX shooting needs to be educated by gun experts.
The episode caused what airport police Chief Patrick Gannon, who had said the shooter used an "assault rifle," described as a "large amount of chaos." People ran for their lives and took shelter wherever they could, as authorities pursued the gunman.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/01/us/lax-gunfire/
Please somebody volunteer to set this librul straight about these so-called "assault rifles".
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Police Chief in LAX shooting needs to be educated by gun experts. (Original Post)
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2013
OP
They tell us these type rifles are not used to kill innocent people, and are for peaceful pursuits.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#4
laughable. clearly it was merely a rapid reload blunderbuss with light trigger action.
Schema Thing
Nov 2013
#6
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. What really matters here is what kind of grip and whether
the stock was collapsible.
Liberals.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. plus something about a tight end or a wide receiver
I can never get them straight.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. This thread is useless without gun pics
Lots and lots of gun pics. And then moar gun pics.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. They tell us these type rifles are not used to kill innocent people, and are for peaceful pursuits.
You would think the media could get it straight.
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geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)5. The primary purpose of that gun was to keep children safe. This was just
unforeseeable user error.
Schema Thing
(10,283 posts)6. laughable. clearly it was merely a rapid reload blunderbuss with light trigger action.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)7. Photo of gun in question here
Any "experts" want to identify it?
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)8. There will be a run on them at gun shows/shops as soon as it's identified.
Yahoos lined up at Atlanta gun show to buy assault weapons only one week after Sandy Hook
butt and forestock look a lot like an old M1 Carbine .30 cal, BUT if that is a handgrip extending from the underside and not a magazine then it would rule out the M1. The butt has the sling opening just like the M1 and the short rounded forestock could match ?