Posted on 12/04/2015 3:51:24 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
More information about the San Bernardino massacre is trickling out as federal officials investigate details surrounding the attack on a county employee Christmas party. Many people, including myself, were curious about the firearms used since California has notoriously strict gun regulations. Reports of "automatic weapons" and even "semi-automatic assault-style weapons" seemed to be disconnected from California's almost uniform prohibition on such firearms.
Another reason the guns in question are important is that the left and its media handmaidens swiftly mobilized to beat the gun control drum...even before the shooters were permanently put out of business.
The media proudly reports that the firearms were purchased legally. They are trying to create the narrative that the current gun laws allowed this to happen. They want you to know "Hey, this was all legally done. We need more laws to stop this from happening again."
But not so fast. It maybe true that these guns were purchased legally, but they were not used legally and in fact, they were modified in violation of the California firearm laws says the ATF.
While they were originally sold legally, with magazine locking devices commonly known as bullet buttons, the rifles were subsequently altered in different ways to make them more powerful, according to Meredith Davis, a special agent with the ATF. The Smith & Wesson rifle was changed in an attempt to enable it fire in fully automatic mode, while the DPMS weapon was modified to use a large-capacity magazine, she said.
Those alterations made the weapons unlawful under California’s ban on assault weapons, which bans guns with magazines that can detach for quick reloading.
The state legally allows the sale and ownership of assault weapons that have fixed magazines.
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And the weapons used in jihad were illegal in France too, especially suicide vests.
News flash, it’s islam, period.
What’s the limit on pipe bombs in California?
Instead of making the guns illegal, California should have made Muslims illegal.
The presstitutes and White House have already lost interest in the bomb factory these 2 and other Islamists were operating in that house.
Yet, the democrats believe MORE gun laws will prevent these crimes.
Maybe they were PURCHASED legally, but they were USED illegally.
They were legal in states other than California.
“The state legally allows the sale and ownership of assault weapons that have fixed magazines.”
Are these throwaways after you empty the magazine once?
Don't let up on this theme.
There is no Radical Islam.
There is just Islam.
Riiiiiight, and California doesn’t have illegal invasion problem, either.
Mass Murder is illegal in California as well.
There’s a waiting limit on pipe bombs in California - unless the buyer/manufacturer is in a protected class. In that case, there’s no waiting limit and they don’t say anything to avoid being classified as a racist.
Illegal?! Those guys are going to be in sooo much trouble!
Gov. Moonbeam may even use harsh language......these guy’s are in big trouble. WTF
What in the world is wrong with the left???? Do they seriously think terrorists are incapable of smuggling weapons into the USA even if we passed all sorts of laws outlawing every potential weapon from kitchen knives to iron pipes???? Law breakers break laws! I’m serious. The stupidity...it BURNS!
And just who did the illegal modifications? Don’t think it was Bonnie and Clyde of Arabia. As previously reported, they had lot’s of help from both inside and outside the US. Of course, we could all just quote Hillary here: “What does it matter?”
>>The Smith & Wesson rifle was changed in an attempt to enable it fire in fully automatic mode,<<
I’m calling bullshit on this one . . . or at least pointing out that “ATTEMPT” is the operative word. As a certifiable gun nut with a fair amount of experience with AR type rifles, I seriously doubt this knucklehead managed to convert an AR-15 to automatic fire. It’s not as easy as the media would like you to believe. I’ve built a number of AR’s and I would not know how to convert one to full auto. But, I also wouldn’t try so there is that . . .
No they don't believe that for one second. What they believe is that the totalitarian police state that is their ultimate goal for the USA will not happen as long as citizens have access to effective means of self defense. So ANY excuse to beat the drum for more gun control is used.
If the pieces of filth such as 0 and his democratic accomplices believe guns are bad let them disarm the secret service, the police, and the innumerable armed federal agencies. Let the turd in the white hut go around without his armed guards. Never happen of course, because they think guns are good, but only in the hands of the government so as to better control our every action.
If they have fixed magazines, then they are not assault weapons.
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