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Penultimate Amazing
As noted, the “patrol rifle” has effectively replaced the old standard “riot gun” for oh, 20 years now.
This all began with the North Hollywood Bank Robbery incident where police were confronted with heavily-armored robbers wielding fully-automatic rifles.
They actually had to borrow rifles from a nearby gun shop to confront the criminals.
As well, the adoption of the “active shooter” training which is by now universal, and as we saw in the recent bank mass-shooting and the recent school shooting… Officers so armed were able to deal effectively with the shooters.
Police have to be equipped to handle such incidents, as well as the possibility of terrorist attacks. Our “campus police” organization has been issuing and training with the AR-platform rifles for years now.
As to the proposed AWB…. I fear that it will rapidly be challenged and likely fail. The big problem, as with other such legislation, is that it’s focused on the cosmetic appearance of the firearm rather than it’s actual function. There are literally millions of AR-platform rifles in America… It’s been described as “America’s Rifle”.
They are available in multiple configurations, and a separate industry of accessories and parts is flourishing.
Weapons with very similar capabilities are, and will be… Readily available.
This all began with the North Hollywood Bank Robbery incident where police were confronted with heavily-armored robbers wielding fully-automatic rifles.
They actually had to borrow rifles from a nearby gun shop to confront the criminals.
As well, the adoption of the “active shooter” training which is by now universal, and as we saw in the recent bank mass-shooting and the recent school shooting… Officers so armed were able to deal effectively with the shooters.
Police have to be equipped to handle such incidents, as well as the possibility of terrorist attacks. Our “campus police” organization has been issuing and training with the AR-platform rifles for years now.
As to the proposed AWB…. I fear that it will rapidly be challenged and likely fail. The big problem, as with other such legislation, is that it’s focused on the cosmetic appearance of the firearm rather than it’s actual function. There are literally millions of AR-platform rifles in America… It’s been described as “America’s Rifle”.
They are available in multiple configurations, and a separate industry of accessories and parts is flourishing.
Weapons with very similar capabilities are, and will be… Readily available.
