State Police Identify Weapons Used In Sandy Hook Investigation; Investigation Continues

The Newtown Bee ^ | January 18, 2013 | Newtown Bee

[Uncle Chip]

In press conferences that have been held since 12/14, the Connecticut State Police have identified all of the weapons seized from the crime scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

"To eliminate any confusion or misinformation, we will again describe and identify the weapons seized at the school crime scene," Connecticut State Police Spokesman Lt J. Paul Vance said Friday, January 18, via a press release.

Seized inside the school were the following: a Bushmaster .223 caliber-- model XM15-E2S rifle with high capacity 30 round clips; a Glock 10 mm handgun; and a Sig-Sauer P226 9mm handgun.

Seized from the suspect’s car in parking lot was a Izhmash Canta-12 12 gauge Shotgun.

The case remains under investigation.

[JaguarXKE]

There were weapons used in the investigation?

[onyx]

BTTT

[Red Steel]

LoL.

[Don Corleone]

What? No Bazookas, 50 cal. water cooled machine guns or hand held rockets?

[Da Bilge Troll]

Gotta make ‘em talk somehow!

[Noamie]

When i read “clip” instead of “magazine” i knew I was gonna get some real deets..... Jesus....

[hiredhand]

Never in my life have I seen a 30 round clip. I've seen 5 and 8 round clips. In fact, a 30 round clip would serve no functional purpose whatsoever on something like the AR-15 platform.

The AR-15 utilizes a box magazine, and while ammunition is sometimes packaged onto 30 round stripper clips, these only serve to assist in rapid reloading of the box magazine with an associated and essential loading tool.

Our illustrious MSM and other experts need to get their terms AND facts straight. :-)

[Sacajaweau]

We're all assuming that the one with the 30 shots was the one that killed. And he would have gotten into a second clip.

But I thought I remember the kills were with the Glock. Could be wrong. Memory going...

How many spent shells were found? Thought I remember them saying some kids had multiple shots....like 5 or 6....

[mountainlion]

The M1Garand is the only gun that I know of that uses a clip and 30 rounds will not fit in the gun. Are these real police? I would hate to have them investigate anything. I have seen some 10 round stripper clips but these are just a holder and the rounds must be removed form the clip to be used as no gun that I know of fires out of a stripper clip.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

a 10mm glock? they exist (Glock G20) but that is an odd weapon.

[Sir Napsalot]

I assumed the written descriptoin was directly quoted from the CT State Police report, not journalist’ rendition to make the d^mb@ss general public understand technical jargon?

[Theoria]

Blame the press release, yeah the actually call them clips.

STATE POLICE IDENTIFY WEAPONS USED IN SANDY HOOK INVESTIGATION; INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

[ColdOne]

the sheriff said during a news conference the killer had 2 15 round (i forget if he said clip or mag) TAPED TOGETHER.

[hiredhand]

I should HOPE that the state police didn't use this terminology.

[Iron Munro]

I thought initial reports stated the Glock and the Sig-Sauer pistols were used in the killing and the Bushmaster was found in the car, unfired.

[jjotto]

Shame on you for posting this! We have a group a FReepers who have conclusively proven that none of these weapons was used except maybe the pistols./s

[Noumenon]

Yes, they do exist, and it’s a mighty fine weapon. I’ve had mine for almost two decades now. It’s a fight stopper.

[TigersEye]

Seized from the suspect’s car in parking lot was a Izhmash Canta-12 12 gauge Shotgun.

That's funny, in the video it looked exactly like an Izhmash Canta-12 12 ga shotgun. What are they trying to pull here? /s

[hiredhand]

I forgot that SKS stripper clips DO actually hold 10 rounds. But the integral magazine of the weapon itself contains the rounds once loaded. Then the stripper clip can be discarded... unlike the M-1 Garand, which MUST employ the en-bloc clip to function. It ejects the clip once empty.

The MSM are idiots.

[fwdude]

I'd love to see a liberal use a "clip" in a handgun or rifle. Maybe we should require them to use clips. They would be impotent to do anything with the weapon but bash themselves over the head with it.

[BerryDingle]

Connecticut State Police Spokesman Lt J. Paul Vance said Friday, January 18, via a press release. Seized inside the school were the following: a Bushmaster .223 caliber-- model XM15-E2S rifle with high capacity 30 round clips

.223 ammunition clips can only hold 10 rounds, not 30.
A State Police Lt. said this?

[mnehring]

Never in my life have I seen a 30 round clip.

Never seen a Bushmaster AR use one of these.

[JRandomFreeper]

The M1Garand is the only gun that I know of that uses a clip

SKS does as well, 10 rounds. Will knock the bark right off of your thumb if you don't do it right.

/johnny

[DTogo]

CT Penal Code Sec. 53a-217b. Possession of a weapon on school grounds: Class D felony.

[Uncle Chip]

Also This:

Investigation Progresses:

"As the police probe has progressed, some facts of the case have become clear.

"According to a reliable local law enforcement source, Adam Lanza attempted to destroy all his computer equipment to prevent any tracing of his Internet usage and his electronic correspondence. It is thought that "some or most" of the computer data will be retrieved from the damaged equipment.

"The source confirmed that Lanza used a Bushmaster-brand military-style semiautomatic assault rifle to kill all victims at the school. Lanza also carried two pistols.

"Also, Lanza used a different rifle to kill his mother by firing four shots at her while she was in bed at home, according to the source. Adam Lanza left that rifle at Lanza residence.

"Also, Lanza shot more than 100 rounds and possibly hundreds of rounds of ammunition at the school, according to the source.

"Lanza was not wearing any "body armor" when the school incident occurred.

"A man with a gun who was spotted in the woods near the school on the day of the incident was an off-duty tactical squad police officer from another town, according to the source."

[hiredhand]

Awesome. :-)

[ought-six]

The 1903 Springfield (the standard USA battle weapon from WWI up to the beginning of WWII, when it was replaced by the M1 Garand) employed a five-round clip. In fact, the 1903 Springfield, as a surplus rifle, became a very common deer hunting rifle in civilian use (hell, when I was in the US Air Force, I belonged to the Rod & Gun Club on several of the bases on which I was stationed, and at one in Texas we used Club 1903s to hunt javelina). It was chambered in .30-06, as was the Garand.

[Uncle Chip]

Nope — whoever said that was wrong.

[Responsibility2nd]

lolol

Exactly.

In b4 the first FReeper denying this report because they have links to video showing proof of other weapons being removed.

[Las Vegas Ron]

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[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I don't own one, but have fired one. True that they are a fight stopper. Just a weird caliber for Mom to have had in her arsenal.

[Boogieman]

Ping... maybe it was your email that prompted this :)

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

ANY cop or police officer that says 'clip' when he means 'magazine' is NOT a real cop or police officer. Of any single person in this world, a cop or police officer is adamant about distinguishing clips versus mags as an everyday civilian would think of a pitcher vs. a glass.

QUESTION AUTHORITY.

[Noumenon]

True enough. Not a ‘go to’ caliber for most folks.

[DTogo]

SKS does as well, 10 rounds. Will knock the bark right off of your thumb if you don't do it right.

A 10-round stripper clip can be used to load the SKS, into the fixed/box magazine.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

That's a monster clip!

[mountainlion]

five-round clip.

I always thought of them as a stripper clip as they never stayed in the gun but you had to strip the rounds out of them into the gun. Of course you could get in trouble for calling a rifle a gun as a gun was used on battleships and the artillery used guns also.

[Boogieman]

The ME stated the victims were all killed with the rifle. Lt. Vance has said that “hundreds” of rounds were fired, and the ME said there were between 3-11 wounds on the victims that he personally autopsied.

[Vendome]

I hqce stripped clips for my Springfield M1A but, I can’t even feed 5rounds into the mag without the handy tool for breaking down my gun.

I tried over and over but gave up. You need some mists to fill an inserted mag off stripped clips.

[Uncle Chip]

the sheriff said during a news conference the killer had 2 15 round

I wonder if that is what he means here by a 30 round clip -- two 15s taped together.

[Boogieman]

“Are these real police? I would hate to have them investigate anything.”

Remember, you are not reading the police press release, you are reading the media’s account of that press release.

[onyx]

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[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

But she was a gun-toting survivalist/prepper dontcha-know! And he was a home-schooled, mentally ill white male living in a huge ‘American dream house’ away from all other houses and an All-American sleepy town called ‘ANYTOWN’.. Oh wait, make that ‘NEWTOWN’!! You couldn’t write a better script for this one!!!

[Iscool]

Naw, they're just funnin' with us...Here's the video that shows two separate fellas pulling two separate long guns out of the trunk at about 2:30 on the video..

Video

[Las Vegas Ron]

Nope — whoever said that was wrong.

It was the feds according to news cites.

But that was wrong....and this is right.

Well we can all glean this much, feds don't know the difference between a Saiga 12ga and an AR 15 and according to this press release from the cops in Newtown they don't know the difference between a magazine and a clip.

Instills nothing but confidence in me, anyone got that pictur of Barney Fife? /s

[knarf]

This is my rifle
this is my gun
this is for killin'
n' this is for fun

[Uncle Chip]

My apologies to the truthers but into Egypt a little rain must fall.

[TheDon]

You can be sure they have a list of every spent cartridge found on the school property. They know which firearms were used, but they did not indicate which were used. A bit odd as that additional information would be very informative regarding the ongoing efforts to criminalize self-defense.

[headstamp 2]

“Seized inside the school were the following: a Bushmaster .223 caliber— model XM15-E2S rifle with high capacity 30 round clips”

Um, Mr. College Educated Forensics Idiot, they are referred to as 30 round detachable box MAGAZINES.