A promotional spot by the Mossberg brand boasts of weapons “engineered to the specs of freedom and independence.”
Some were automatic weapons or semi-automatic rifles illegally modified into fully-automatic weapons.Shootings put semi-automatic rifles ads under new scrutiny – The Denver PostĪTLANTA - The ads leap out from the pages of almost any gun magazine: Soldiers wearing greasepaint and camouflage wield military-style rifles depicted as essential to the American way of life. Police said they recovered a total of 34 weapons belonging to Paddock, including 16 from the hotel room and 18 at his home in Mesquite, a small desert town about an hour from Las Vegas. I don’t believe a human can do that with his finger.” “Either it’s a machine gun or it’s been modified. “From the audio, that is not someone who has a traditional semi-automatic rifle firing it in its normal condition,” said David Chipman, a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who advises the gun control group Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Those weapons have been largely outlawed for three decades, though Paddock could also have used legal or illegal means to alter semi-automatic rifles, which fire a round every time the trigger is pulled. The rat-a-tat sound of the Las Vegas shooter’s gunfire prompted police at the scene to report the gunman was using an “automatic” weapon - a term often used to describe a fully automatic gun that can fire as many rounds as its magazine, drum or belt holds by pulling and holding the trigger. law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters authorities believe 64-year-old Stephen Paddock had at least two such weapons when he fired from his 32nd-floor hotel room, killing at least 59 people and injuring more than 500. People walk by a vase of red roses near the scene of a mass shooting at the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 2, 2017.
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