Tuesday, June 14, 2016 11:26:42 PM
Surprising Progress in Newtown Families’ Suit Against Maker of the AR-15 Rifle
David Connors walked away from the scene of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in 2012 with his children. Twenty-six people died in the attack, including 20 children.
Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, speaking at a convention in May. The group calls the AR-15 “America’s rifle.”
Detective Barbara J. Mattson of the Connecticut State Police held up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle during a demonstration at a legislative hearing reviewing gun laws in Hartford in 2013.
JUNE 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/nyregion/in-newtown-families-suit-against-maker-of-the-ar-15-rifle-surprising-progress.html [with embedded video]
AR-15 Rifles Are Beloved, Reviled and a Common Element in Mass Shootings
AR-15-style rifles for sale at a gun show in Loveland, Colo., in 2014. Experts estimate there may be as many as 10 to 12 million of these rifles in the United States.
JUNE 13, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/nyregion/ar-15-rifles-are-beloved-reviled-and-a-common-element-in-mass-shootings.html [with embedded video]
How They Got Their Guns
A vast majority of guns used in 16 recent mass shootings, including two guns believed to be used in the Orlando attack, were bought legally and with a federal background check. At least eight gunmen had criminal histories or documented mental health problems that did not prevent them from obtaining their weapons.
UPDATED June 12, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html
David Connors walked away from the scene of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., in 2012 with his children. Twenty-six people died in the attack, including 20 children.
Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, speaking at a convention in May. The group calls the AR-15 “America’s rifle.”
Detective Barbara J. Mattson of the Connecticut State Police held up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle during a demonstration at a legislative hearing reviewing gun laws in Hartford in 2013.
JUNE 14, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/15/nyregion/in-newtown-families-suit-against-maker-of-the-ar-15-rifle-surprising-progress.html [with embedded video]
AR-15 Rifles Are Beloved, Reviled and a Common Element in Mass Shootings
AR-15-style rifles for sale at a gun show in Loveland, Colo., in 2014. Experts estimate there may be as many as 10 to 12 million of these rifles in the United States.
JUNE 13, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/nyregion/ar-15-rifles-are-beloved-reviled-and-a-common-element-in-mass-shootings.html [with embedded video]
How They Got Their Guns
A vast majority of guns used in 16 recent mass shootings, including two guns believed to be used in the Orlando attack, were bought legally and with a federal background check. At least eight gunmen had criminal histories or documented mental health problems that did not prevent them from obtaining their weapons.
UPDATED June 12, 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html
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"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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