Unpossible
This could not have happened. Guns are banned there. At least it ended with only the crazy dead. He drew a gun on someone who fled and called the cops, who showed up pretty fast. Also, this: The assault rifle had a magazine capable of holding 28 bullets
I wonder what that would be? Most are designed to hold a number of rounds that ends in zero. A 6.8 or some such maybe? Also, funny, but when I google up the name of the rifle he had, I see people I know. He had a 22 mag no one has heard of?
Man, the press sucks at gun stuff.
March 19th, 2013 at 7:46 pm
My Marlin/Glenfield .22 has an 18 round tube magazine. SAIGA-12 has five round box mag, with 9 round available.
March 19th, 2013 at 8:30 pm
They were holding a picture of a MP5 A5 .22LR. I can only assume that is what a “.22 caliber assault rifle” is.
March 19th, 2013 at 9:10 pm
Guess the University officials are going to have to start regular inspection of student dorm rooms for contraband.
ACLU suit in 3, 2, 1…
March 19th, 2013 at 10:37 pm
I wonder if the IEDs were tannerite targets
March 20th, 2013 at 4:36 am
The pics that were circulating were of a GSG-22… I believe they actually called it an ATI in one story.
March 20th, 2013 at 6:27 am
Who the hell plans an “assault” with a 22lr? That stuff is like gold right now.
March 20th, 2013 at 8:10 am
I live in central Florida – It was the GSG MP5 replica. Quote from the investigating officer on the radio. “He had ammunition and a Blackhawk tactical sling for his GSG style assault weapon” (Guess slings should be banned). It’s not just the media that suck at gun related PR.
March 20th, 2013 at 11:09 am
Minor quibble: a 30-round magazine is capable of holding 28 rounds. Or 17. Or even just 1. Also capable of 29 or 30 rounds.
March 20th, 2013 at 11:14 am
One story I read said he had 2, yes 2 “110 round Drum Magazines” also, and over a 1,000 rounds of Ammo.
Yet, not one of his Dormmates noticed that he had ANY of that in their Living Quarters.
Right, pull the other one. It’s got Bells on it.
March 20th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
ABCs Good Morning America led the story with ” He ordered $700 worth of guns on the internet.”
They showed 2 mags and a sling.
March 20th, 2013 at 1:37 pm
GSG does have a 110rd 22lr drum for use on the MP5 clone they sell. So his “assault weapon” was a 22lr.