CT shooting: Medical Examiner says the shots came from a long rifle.

[pnwmom]

At this point I don't think it much matters whether it was a semi-automatic rifle or a semi-automatic handgun that killed all those people. No semi-automatic firearm that can shoot dozens of bullets without reloading belongs in the hands of a disturbed person.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/nyregion/gunman-kills-20-children-at-school-in-connecticut-28-dead-in-all.html

All of the children killed by the gunman were shot multiple times, according to the state’s chief medical examiner, who said that it was worst scene he had witnessed in three decades examining crime scenes.

“This is a very devastating set of injuries,” said Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the chief medical examiner for the state. He said that it appeared that all of the children had been killed by a long rifle that the gunman was carrying, one of several weapons police recovered from the school.

Dr. Carver said that parents were shown photos of their children to spare them from seeing the gruesome results of the shooting rampage, which left 20 children dead, along with six adults at the school. The gunman, identified by law enforcement officials as Adam Lanza, took his own life and also shot and killed his mother at his home before going to the school. Dr. Carver said that they had not yet completed examinations of Mr. Lanza and his mother.

Dr. Carver said that in the seven autopsies he himself had performed, the victims had from 3 to 11 wounds.


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[AldoLeopold]

1. Which is why we need to repeal the 2nd amendment

No guns - at all. This assault weapons ban leaves all sorts of openings. Its a half-measure.

You can kill easily with a long rifle or an AR-15 or a pistol. It doesn't matter.