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Donald Trump released a statement on Friday following the deadly police ambush in Dallas calling for “love and compassion” for police officers and first responders. He called the shootings “an attack on our country" -- "a coordinated, premeditated assault on the men and women who keep us safe.” “We must restore law and order,” he said. “We must restore the confidence of our people to be safe and secure in their homes and on the street.” Trump added that the “senseless, tragic deaths” of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota “remind us how much more needs to...

There is considerable controversy and confusion about the firearms used in the Dallas sniper attack against police officers.  Early in the aftermath, numerous disarmist pundits proclaimed that it was an AR15 rifle, without any substantive verification of any kind.  One of them was the “gun guy” on the Huffington Post.  Another was Dallas Mayor (D) Mike Rawlings.  From newswest9.com: Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says the suspect in the sniper slayings of five officers used an AR-15 rifle. Rawlings said that’s the type of weapon 25-year-old Micah Johnson used in the attack Thursday night in downtown Dallas. A similar assault...