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This Navy Ship Yard Was a Terrorist Attack
This Navy Ship Yard Was a Terrorist Attack
FBI Confirms: No Indication AR-15 Was Used in Navy Yard Shooting
The FBI said there is no indication that an AR-15 was used in the shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, despite wide initial reports that gunman Aaron Alexis was armed with one when he murdered 12 people Monday.
“At this time we believe that Mr.
Alexis entered Building 197 at the Navy Yard with a shotgun. We do not
have any information at this time that he had an AR-15 in his
possession,” Valerie Parlave, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s
Washington field office, said at a news conference Tuesday. Officials
said Alexis also took at least one handgun from a law officer.
The FBI’s confirmation came after CNN reported Tuesday morning that the initial reports that the shooter used an AR-15 may have been incorrect:
[F]ederal law enforcement sources told CNN Tuesday that authorities have recovered three weapons from the scene of the mass shooting, including one — a shotgun — that investigators believe Alexis brought in to the compound. The other two weapons, which sources say were handguns, may have been taken from guards at the Navy complex.The sources, who have detailed knowledge of the investigation, cautioned that initial information that an AR-15 was used in the shootings may have been incorrect. It is believed that Alexis had rented an AR-15, but returned it before Monday morning’s shootings. Authorities are still investigating precisely how many weapons Alexis had access to and when.
The New York Daily News devoted its
front page Tuesday to the supposed use of an AR-15, with the blaring
headline “Same Gun Different Slay”:
Image source: New York Daily News
Calls for bans on AR-15s skyrocketed
after the mass slayings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut and an
Aurora, Colo. movie theater last year. A new ban on “assault weapons”
proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) specifically named AR-15-style rifles but was never brought up for a vote.
This post has been updated.
CNN Reports: Navy Yard shooting: AR-15, back in the news -- briefly
updated 8:59 AM EDT, Tue September 17, 2013
A police officer runs near the
scene of the shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday,
September 16. Authorities said at least 12 people -- and the suspect --
were killed in the shooting.
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Mass shooting at D.C. Navy Yard
- Advocates for tighter gun laws don't want to put it in the hands of civilians
- Gun ownership proponents say the solution lies in more guns, not fewer
- The AR-15 originated as a U.S. Army rifle
(CNN) -- It has been called the most popular rifle in America, and it briefly returned to the spotlight after Monday's shooting at the Navy Yard: the AR-15.
A U.S. law enforcement
official said Monday that gunman Aaron Alexis unleashed a barrage of
bullets using an AR-15, a rifle and a semi-automatic handgun.
Authorities believed the AR-15 was used for most of the shooting, the
official said. The news prompted Sen. Dianne Feinstein, one of the
strongest proponents of a ban on assault weapons like the AR-15, to
issue a statement the same day asking, "When will enough be enough?"
However, federal law
enforcement sources told CNN Tuesday that authorities have recovered
three weapons from the scene of the mass shooting, including one -- a
shotgun -- that investigators believe Alexis brought in to the compound.
The other two weapons, which sources say were handguns, may have been
taken from guards at the Navy complex.
The sources, who have
detailed knowledge of the investigation, cautioned that initial
information that an AR-15 was used in the shootings may have been
incorrect. It is believed that Alexis had rented an AR-15, but returned
it before Monday morning's shootings. Authorities are still
investigating precisely how many weapons Alexis had access to and when.
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Tragedy at the Washington Navy Yard
Regardless, the massacre
pushed the AR-15 back into the gun-control debate. The weapon has been
used in several other rampages that shocked the nation:
-- Sandy Hook: Adam Lanza killed 26 people at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, with an AR-15 in December 2012.
-- Aurora:
Police say James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58 using an AR-15
rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and at least one of two .40-caliber handguns
police recovered at the scene.
-- Portland: Jacob Tyler Roberts stole an AR-15 and killed two people in a mall food court in December 2012.
-- Santa Monica:
John Zawahri allegedly pieced together an AR-15-type gun and went on a
rampage that started at his father's home and ended at Santa Monica
College in June. Five people were killed.
More or fewer guns
Advocates for tighter
gun laws don't want to see the semi-automatic cousin of the
military-issue M4 assault rifle in the hands of civilians.
"Almost every mass shooting involves an AR-15 assault rifle," Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford told CNN's Piers Morgan Monday night.
"It's the preferred mass
shooter's weapon of choice," added Lunsford, who was wounded by Maj.
Nidal Hasan during the Ft. Hood shooting in 2009.
"But I don't see a logical reason why any civilian needs to have one of these killing machines."
Gun ownership proponents, on the other hand, say the solution lies in more guns, not fewer.
That's precisely the point CNN commentator and pro-gun activist Ben Ferguson made to Morgan.
Armed security guards aren't enough, he said. Once a gunman gets past them, they are no longer effective.
"When you allow a military base to be infiltrated by an individual like this... at that point he has free rein," Ferguson said.
Had the contractor and
civilians working in the Navy Yard been armed, they could have gunned
down the gunman and stopped the shooting quickly.
Morgan, who has
dedicated many hours of his show to gun violence in the United States,
did not seem hopeful that there will be a resolution soon to the
controversial issue, even after the latest slaughter.
"I want the day to come
where we don't have to have this ridiculous debate time and again in
America," he said in frustration. "I just cannot have this debate
anymore. It is ridiculous."
Efficient but deadly
The AR-15 is an
efficient killing machine that originated as a U.S. Army rifle, military
documents say. At the time, it was a fully automatic weapon.
The Army tested it as early as 1958.
It was said to be more
effective than its predecessor, the M14, and showed distinct advantages
against the AK-47, the weapon carried by the United States' opponent in
the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong.
It led to a surge in military purchases during the mid-1960s. Eventually the AR-15 was further developed into the M16 rifle.
The original M16 patent ran out years ago, and now the AR-15 is manufactured by several gun makers.
The AR-15 has since
become a semiautomatic rifle, firing one bullet per squeeze of the
trigger. But like the M16, ammunition is loaded through a magazine.
In the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, police say Lanza's rifle used numerous 30-round magazines.
An AR-15 is usually capable of firing a rate of 45 rounds per minute in semi-automatic mode.
Under the 1994 federal ban on such weapons, buying some variants of new AR-15s was against the law. The ban expired in 2004.
It's easy to get an
AR-15. They can be purchased online or in a gun store. Online purchases
are sent to a gun store for pick-up and a background check is still
required.
Early Tuesday, one
online retailer had a special running: Plunk down $999, and it can be
delivered to the gun retailer of your choice in 10 days.
Political deadlock
The gunfire in the nation's capital quickly drew echoes from Washington politicians.
Some, like Feinstein, renewed their calls for restrictions on semi-automatic weapons.
The California Democrat,
one of the strongest proponents of a ban on assault rifles, called for
Congressional action. "We must do more to stop this endless loss of
life," she said.
The new mass shooting is
nothing new, bemoaned Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia.
"We are becoming far too familiar with senseless, tragic violence. This
is the seventh shooting since 2009, and these repeated incidents demand
our attention," he said.
But their words will
likely fade away, said Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. The
broad support for gun ownership in Congress is too strong.
He doesn't think the
shooting will be enough to sway the 60 votes a gun control measure would
need to break a Republican filibuster.
Efforts to push gun
control legislation through Congress led by Vice President Joe Biden
after the Sandy Hook tragedy have run aground.
The National Rifle
Association did not respond to a request for comment Monday. The gun
rights organization has typically not responded to similar shootings
immediately.
During Sunday’s memorial service for the Navy Yard shooting, President Obama delivered a speech, telling families of the 12 victims, “We come together as a grateful nation to honor your loved ones.”
D.C. Mayor: Time Has Come to Stop Gun Violence
He spoke about the individual victims, remembering heartwarming stories about each of them told to him by their wives, husband and children.
The president then spoke about gun violence in America. “It ought to be a shock to all of us, as a nation and as a people,” President Obama said. “It ought to lead to some sort of transformation. That’s what happened in other countries when they experienced similar tragedies. […] They understand that there was nothing ordinary about this kind of carnage.”
After the cable news coverage ends, the president said, “Nothing happens.”
“Sometimes I fear there is a creeping resignation that these tragedies are just somehow the way it is. That this is somehow the new normal,” he continued. “We cannot accept this. As Americans bound in grief and love, we must insist here today there’s nothing normal about innocent men and women being gunned down where they work.”
Speaking about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and murders in America’s cities, President Obama said it occurs because of decisions we make or fail to make. He said we have an obligation to try and prevent even one life from being taken away.
The president said we need to do a better job in securing military facilities and society must do a better job to ensure those who need mental health care receive it.
President Obama said, "We Americans are not inherently more violent people than folks in other counties. We’re not inherently more prone to mental health problems. The main difference that sets our nation apart, what makes us so susceptible to so many mass shootings is that we don’t do enough; we don’t take the basic common sense action to get guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. What’s different in America is it’s easy to get your hands on a gun.”
He blamed politics for the resignation. “I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic Second Amendment freedoms and the rights of law abiding gun owners, while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis. It will happen because it’s the change that we need.”
That change, the president said, will not come from politicians in Washington, but from Americans, themselves. "Our tears are not enough. Our words and our prayers are not enough. If we really want to honor these 12 men and women, then we're going to have to change."
the obama regime at Navy Yard Shooting Memorial: 'In America, It's Easy to Get Your Hands on a Gun'
During Sunday’s memorial service for the Navy Yard shooting, President Obama delivered a speech, telling families of the 12 victims, “We come together as a grateful nation to honor your loved ones.”
He spoke about the individual victims, remembering heartwarming stories about each of them told to him by their wives, husband and children.
The president then spoke about gun violence in America. “It ought to be a shock to all of us, as a nation and as a people,” President Obama said. “It ought to lead to some sort of transformation. That’s what happened in other countries when they experienced similar tragedies. […] They understand that there was nothing ordinary about this kind of carnage.”
After the cable news coverage ends, the president said, “Nothing happens.”
“Sometimes I fear there is a creeping resignation that these tragedies are just somehow the way it is. That this is somehow the new normal,” he continued. “We cannot accept this. As Americans bound in grief and love, we must insist here today there’s nothing normal about innocent men and women being gunned down where they work.”
Speaking about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and murders in America’s cities, President Obama said it occurs because of decisions we make or fail to make. He said we have an obligation to try and prevent even one life from being taken away.
The president said we need to do a better job in securing military facilities and society must do a better job to ensure those who need mental health care receive it.
President Obama said, "We Americans are not inherently more violent people than folks in other counties. We’re not inherently more prone to mental health problems. The main difference that sets our nation apart, what makes us so susceptible to so many mass shootings is that we don’t do enough; we don’t take the basic common sense action to get guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. What’s different in America is it’s easy to get your hands on a gun.”
He blamed politics for the resignation. “I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic Second Amendment freedoms and the rights of law abiding gun owners, while at the same time reducing the gun violence that unleashes so much mayhem on a regular basis. It will happen because it’s the change that we need.”
That change, the president said, will not come from politicians in Washington, but from Americans, themselves. "Our tears are not enough. Our words and our prayers are not enough. If we really want to honor these 12 men and women, then we're going to have to change."
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