Once more, with feeling
The press again blurs the line by intimating that the assault weapons ban affects machine guns (which it did not):
An officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety had come across a man he suspected was drunk inside his car on Mile 12 North on Oct. 30. As the trooper was detaining the driver, later identified as Cipriano Briones, the man broke free and drove away. During the chase, Briones started firing an automatic weapon out his window. The trooper was injured when a bullet fragment ricocheted and hit his face.
Law enforcement officers are worried that the Oct. 30 shooting is not an isolated incident, and that the potential for another large-scale shootout is high. Although Briones apparently got his gun illegally, law enforcement officials fear it will be easier to get them if they are legal. The expiration of the federal ban on assault weapons gives officers the feeling that criminals will have easier access to weapons, allowing them to outgun police officers.
So, we have an illegally obtained machine gun? Such an item was not affected by the assault weapons ban.
November 15th, 2004 at 9:21 am
Don’t most police officers have a REAL assault rifle in the trunk of the cruiser? Not to mention a 12-gauge in the cab, and a pistol on the hip.
And they’re worried about being “outgunned?”
November 15th, 2004 at 6:48 pm
I’ve got my own rant on the media’s spin on guns, and it’s a real-life example of how easily people are deceived. Have a read.
November 15th, 2004 at 6:54 pm
SayUncle
I likes me a good pro-gun blog. Say Uncle is pretty good. This guy does a fine job of keeping track of gun-grabber’s lunacy and debunking their gibberish.
November 16th, 2004 at 2:41 am
Isn’t it just as likely, given that this is a press account after all, that the gun wasn’t actually full auto?
November 16th, 2004 at 8:46 am
Yes, kirk. In fact, it is entirely likely. But again, that would be blurring the line, i would think.