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DHS: Semi-Automatic Handguns Weapon of Choice in Mass Shootings

Jay Wye Wrote: Jan 31, 2013 7:23 PM

why is a TEC-9 pistol on the "assault weapon" list,as it was in the 1994 law? it has the SAME capabilities as any Glock 9 mm,like police carry,it only LOOKS like a machine gun. NONE were ever sold as machine guns.

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DHS: Semi-Automatic Handguns Weapon of Choice in Mass Shootings

A November 2012 Mass Shootings Analysis report issued by the New Jersey Intelligence & Analysis Unit (NJ ROIC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security shows semiautomatic handguns are the most common weapons used to carry out mass shootings. The report was issued one month before the Newtown shooting in which, according to the coroner and police, the killer used a semi-automatic rifle.

"The mass killing incidents this year at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and a movie theater in Colorado garnered international attention and focused the efforts of public and private sector security officials on...