Reply #32: He shot the first cop with a shotgun

[RamboLiberal]

Officer Paul Sciullo, who police say never had a chance, was immediately shot in the head by a shotgun wielding Richard Poplawski who was ready in wait.

But in recreating the crime scene and in interviews with the suspect, police have learned that Stephen Mayhle reacted swiftly and decisively and single-handedly tried to bring the incident to an end.

Police say Mayhle immediately drew his service revolver and shot Poplawski in the leg and then fired again, hitting Poplawski in the chest. It was a round that probably would have killed him except for Poplawski's bulletproof vest.

Instead, Poplawski fell to the floor – his shotgun knocked from his hands. Police say Poplawski then scrambled into the bedroom where he grabbed his AK-47, as Mayhle followed into the bedroom doorway where they say Poplawksi fired, hitting Mayhle in the head.

http://kdka.com/local/Stanton.Heights.standoff.2.979013.html

And even under the AWB the killer still could have had a AWB legal version of the AK-47, or AR-15 or another "Assault Weapon". All the AWB did was ban cosmetic features of most "assault weapons", outlawed a few that IMHO were mostly junk anyway and outlawed the new manufacture of magazines over 10 rounds. You could still buy at an inflated price pre-ban magazines. And there were plenty of those around.

I seriously doubt the AWB would've prevented the deaths of these police officers.