Police officer arrested on firearms charge (LA)

[davepc]

A Vivian police officer was arrested today on charges he bought a stolen gun on the street and then sold it back to a drug dealer when he found out it was hot.

James Arthur Jr., 34, of Peach Street in Shreveport was arrested by Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies on charges of possession of a stolen firearm.

The charges involve a stolen Bushmaster XM15 assault rifle valued at $1,250.

The rifle and three others were reported stolen in Shreveport in March 2008. In November, one of the guns was recovered by local narcotics agents during a drug case.

http://www.ktbs.com/news/Police-officer-arrested-on-firearms-charge-27243/

[jody]

1. Is the cited Bushmaster XM15 actually an "assault rifle" or is it a semiautomatic mislabeled by a

careless reporter?

Note for those DUers who are still ignorant of such things, an "assault rifle" is a selective fire rifle capable of fully automatic fire whereas I believe the Bushmaster XM15 is a semiautomatic rifle.

[TheWraith]

2. Semi-auto, as if it were even a question.

A real fully automatic weapon would never be valued at $1250.

[Traveling_Home]

3. But it looks so deadly - isn't that enuf for an assualt rifle? nt

[ManiacJoe]

4. No, but for some defintions of

"assault weapon", yes it is.

[Indy Lurker]

5. Mark Twain said it best

"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter --
it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."