Shooting rampage at DC Navy Yard

[been]

death toll has risen to six.

Raf Sanchez spoke to Captain Michael Graham, a 28 year veteran of the Navy who had received a first hand description of one of the shooters from a colleague. Captain Graham was told that the shooter was a "tall olive-skinned male wearing fatigues, but it did not look like a US military uniform. He was carrying an M-16 like weapon."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...12816/Washington-Navy-yard-shooting-live.html

 

[LightningCrash]

"M16-like", oh my!

Now we can call every AR an M16 the same way we call every Kalashnikov-pattern an AK47.

 

[Commander Keen]

Bloody Hell...

 

[cjjtulsa]

From KOTV in Tulsa:

A law enforcement official told CBS News' Pat Milton the shooter apparently had a handgun, an AR-15 assault rifle, and a shotgun with him and was wearing dark blue clothing.

Had to get that "assault rifle" bit in there. Just had to. So, following the popular narrative, was the shotgun an S-12? Was it in his trunk (or glovebox)?

 

[BadgeBunny]

"M16-like", oh my!

Now we can call every AR an M16 the same way we call every Kalashnikov-pattern an AK47.

That fires in short 3-shot bursts ... don't forget that!

 

[Dave70968]

If it was capable of burst fire it was properly called an assault rifle. Given that possibility, as well as the access control noted above, this sounds more and more like an insider. Think "Nidal Hasan."

 

[Hump66]

If it was capable of burst fire it was properly called an assault rifle. Given that possibility, as well as the access control noted above, this sounds more and more like an insider. Think "Nidal Hasan."

Negative. It would be a machine gun. Assault rifle is a made up term.

 

[Shootin 4 Fun]

Negative. It would be a machine gun. Assault rifle is a made up term.

Made up or not, it still has a definition.

 

[Chard]

Negative. It would be a machine gun. Assault rifle is a made up term.

Made up?

 

[Dave70968]

Negative. It would be a machine gun. Assault rifle is a made up term.

An assault rifle is a select-fire rifle firing an intermediate-power cartridge; it is distinguished from a battle rifle by the lower-power cartridge (i.e. 5.56 NATO as opposed to 7.62 NATO). "Assault weapon" is a term conceived by gun control advocates with a deliberate eye toward confusing semi-automatic-only rifles with similar-looking select-fire rifles.