Not only are Tennessee troopers getting AR15s, California police are too:

Outgunned by gang members and facing more crimes involving AK-47s, police are in very early discussions about buying similar assault rifles and donning U.S. Army style vests to better protect themselves in areas, such as the Bayview.

In the aftershock of the murder of police Officer Isaac Espinoza, killed by an alleged gang member with an AK-47, cops are discussing the possible use of the civilianized AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle and a dense military Kevlar-plated vest manufactured by DuPont, said Commander of Field Operations David Shinn.

“Now that we’ve had Officer Isaac Espinoza’s death due to an assault rifle, that’s what we are looking at now,” Shinn said.

How do these criminals have AK47s? After all, there is an assault weapons ban. Odd how yesterday DiFi and some cronies were stating that we needed to renew the ban when obviously the current ban did not save Mr. Expinoza. The current ban just limits what aesthetic features law abiding gun owners can put on their rifles.

Also, odd how the SF Examiner refers to the police guns as civilianized AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle today. Yesterday, the referred to all guns as assault weapons without the civilianized distinction.

Posted in uncategorized on April 28th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |