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In reply to the discussion: Police: 1 Dead in Shooting at Copenhagen Free Speech Event [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)The Article clearly says this was an AUTOMATIC WEAPON. i.e Submachine gun or an Assault Rifle (I suspect a submachine gun, but I can NOT even clearly rule out a true Machine gun). I lean to a submachine gun, for it is possible to shoot long bursts of submachine fire i.e. 8 to 10 rounds and hit something, while out of an assault rifle, the preferred effective rate of fire is about three (More then that you end up shooting into the air (This is do to the more powerful rounds that assault rifles used as compared to the pistol rounds under in a sub machine gun).
Since 1986 no NEW automatic weapons can be sold to the General Public. Then Existing Automatic weapons in civilian hands are still legal to own (But do to the inability to buy new one, the price of these existing automatics in the US have gone through the roof).
No Automatic Weapon are legal in Europe EXCEPT if owned by the Police or Military. Thus the big question how did this shooter get the AUTOMATIC WEAPON? He could not ship it from the US, for it would have been detected in any aircraft search. That leaves Europe and the Middle East,
I can NOT exclude Western Europe. We have reports that the CIA did arm certain groups to act as resistance groups if and whenever the Soviet Red Army attacked Europe. These groups were given weapons as late as the 1960s, but they IDs were covered up in case the Soviets did get their hands on whoever the CIA was arming (The groups were given the weapons BUT a list of where they kept them, who were member of each group were NOT kept, but these were all right wing groups).
When the Soviet Union Collapsed, everything East of Berlin was for sale, thus it was possible for people to buy weapons in the 1990s up to and including tanks. Most opt for personal weapons and other weapons they could hide, but again no records.
The Middle East is also known for less then stringent policy when it comes to weapons to terrorists. A little hard for them to get such weapons to Europe given the number of borders such a weapon would have to travel, but possible.
I lean to a Right Wing Danish Group. Either weapons from the CIA from the days of the Cold War, or purchased them during the 1990s as the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact collapsed. Everyone involved will cover it up, either way is an embarrassment to the EU as a whole. Thus we may NEVER find the Weapon or the Shooter.
I kept reading reports of a "Black Rifle" being used. The best known "Black Rifle" is the M16. Denmark is using a Canadian version of the M16. That brings up the question could this have been stolen from the Danish Army or Police?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Canada_C7_rifle