Those evil assault rifles - update
Yesterday, I had posted this:
Those evil assault rifles
This was a re-posting from the
Gormogons -- there is an update today:
Revealed: Media Lying About Assault Rifle (Maybe Not)
Essential Update at the end
And the update (and the optic is still very confused):
Alert reader Bill Godbold notified us that on Friday, police formally identified the weapons used in the shooting; indeed, there were two handguns (Sig Sauer P226, a Glock 20), a Bushmaster XM15-E2S, and the Saiga Canta-12 shotgun the Czar spotted.
The Czar is curious how two handguns, a shotgun, and an assault rifle were, for weeks, repeatedly identified as four handguns and a Bushmaster. And that the confirmation didn�t happen until a different story leaked out. Not that the Czar is conspiratorial enough to suspect items were intentionally hidden or revealed or somehow invented. This is still a big screw up. And he does not accuse the State of Connecticut or subsequent law enforcement of anything questionable: the Czar still squints at the media.
However, the Czar will concede the media was not wrong about the Bushmaster. It is, however, of great interest why they knew about the rifle before the public received confirmation of it.
If 10% of our tax dollars and the political energy being spent now to grab an eeeeevil and scary defense weapon were spent to really research and treat mental illness, we would be a hella lot better off.
The worst pathology being shown here is willful ignorance. The loudest voice do not know what they are talking about.
Posted by DaveH at January 21, 2013 8:43 PM
