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jmowreader

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15. I suspect it was a semiauto rifle...

Reply to belpejic (Reply #13)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 02:27 AM

Mar 2021

For some reason the police are being very tight with the information that gets out on this. The first thing that comes to mind is the shooter was working with someone and they're trying to arrest that person too.

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I heard a newsman say the Colorado shooter had a "long gun." [View all] Archae Mar 2021 OP

Long gun people Mar 2021 #1

For an Open Carry State, where were all of the "Good Guns" at? TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #19

The chief of police said it was a patrol rifle Mosby Mar 2021 #2

Based on that... Archae Mar 2021 #4

I think he's probably a conspiracy nut Mosby Mar 2021 #5

Or maybe he is an ex cop. The way they are handling basic information so sparingly, especially JohnSJ Mar 2021 #6

I'll go out on a limb here and say the shooter is most likely white. n/t brewens Mar 2021 #8

I think it was the kind that shoots bullets... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #3

The 2019 Dayton shooter used a "long gun" too. Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2021 #7

Can't people just say semi-automatic rifle? belpejic Mar 2021 #9

A long gun is a rifle or shotgun jmowreader Mar 2021 #10

That's what I thought belpejic Mar 2021 #13

I suspect it was a semiauto rifle... jmowreader Mar 2021 #15

A long gun... quickesst Mar 2021 #11

Yes, but his revolvers belpejic Mar 2021 #14

Old timey shooters would have called Sam's guns "hogleg revolvers" jmowreader Mar 2021 #16

Ok quickesst Mar 2021 #18

"AR-15 style gun" as per police reports Cetacea Mar 2021 #12

Usually the "long gun" designation ... Straw Man Mar 2021 #17

long gun, short gun, hand gun, foot gun onethatcares Mar 2021 #20