Also...The story posted here over a year ago when the hype started>
Posted on 07/25/2006 12:59:06 AM PDT by Nonesuch
The Queens district attorneys office said Monday a miscommunication was to blame for inaccurate information it released in a press release last Thursday that was quoted in a TimesLedger story on the newspapers Web site Friday.
The DAs office issued the press release about the July 19 arrest of three Far Rockaway youths, who were allegedly found in possession of a bag of cocaine and a powerful handgun, the Belgian-made Fabrique Nationale (FN) 5.7. In the release, the DA said that 425 of the 616 officers killed in the line of duty between 1994 and 2003 had been killed with the FN 5.7. There was a miscommunication between the officer and the prosecutor of the case, said DA spokesman Kevin Ryan. The statement should have read that 425 officers were killed with a handgun, not with this handgun. The TimesLedger story elicited a number of e-mails and phone calls from Web readers around the country who questioned the DAs claim that the officers had been killed by the FN 5.7. The DA said Monday that both the press release and the criminal complaint filed in Queens Criminal Court last Thursday have subsequently been changed to reflect the proper information, but the discovery of the gun in Far Rockaway was still a concern. The FN 5.7 is a lethal handgun imported from Belgium and capable of easily penetrating most police vets and plates, DA Brown said in last weeks release. While this is the first time that such a deadly weapon has been recovered in New York City, its presence is troubling and makes the job of street cops that much more dangerous. The revised press release retained Browns statement about the FN 5.7, which has only been available on the commercial market since 2004. The DAs original release also raised questions about how powerful the rounds fired by the FN 5.7 can be. A deposition given by Detective Marques Stewart of the 100th Precinct last Thursday said the FN 5.7 is referred to as a cop-killer because it can be fired from up to 100 yards with a great degree of accuracy and because the bullet it fires travels at more than 2,000 feet per second, making it capable of penetrating most police vests and plates. According a report issued by the company that sells and markets the handgun in the United States, FNH USA, the only type of ammunition compatible with the FN 5.7 sold for commercial use in the United States is the SS196 bullet, which was found to be non-armor piercing by the FBIs Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in 2005. The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms report said the SS196 had been classified as not armor piercing ammunition under federal firearms statutes. The FBI unit report said the SS192 bullet, which also can be fired by the FN 5.7, did pierce level IIA kevlar vests, which are widely used by police officers in the United States. While FNH USA has said that the SS192 is no longer imported for commercial sale in the United States, the Queens DA was recently informed by FBI officials that successful commercial purchases of SS192 munitions were made by the agency at a munitions outlet in Virginia, Ryan said. FNH USA did not immediately return calls for comment. The controversy stems from a court-authorized police raid of the Far Rockaway home of William Davis, 21, brother Clarence Davis, 18, and friend Gquan Lloyd, 18, on the morning of July 19, Browns office said. Police said they found a FN 5.7 handgun along with another less-powerful handgun and a bag of cocaine. The three Far Rockaway residents, all of the Hammel Houses on 81-10 Rockaway Beach Blvd., were arraigned last Thursday on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and a controlled substance at Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens, the DA said. If convicted, each could spend up to 15 years in prison.
Reach reporter Stephen Stirling by e-mail at news@timesledger.com or by phone at 718-229-0300 ext. 162.
No update or correction on NY1, WNBC,Newsday, etc. The original article appeared on FR here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670881/posts
Nothing to see here folks. Just the usual lies from the anti-gun crowd. Keep moving...
Ping
A head shot with a 22 could take out an officer. Whgy worry about a gun that is so rare and can be traced so easily.
Was going to pickone up but that PRICE TAG has kept me away!
Oh... so it's all handguns you want to ban?! What blatant propaganda. Notice they never bother to tell you how many have been slain by THIS particular weapon either. Bullsh*t!
Elementary sgtbono. Once the government figures it can ban one handgun because it can kill police officers (ostensibly a good cause, because no good citizen wants harm to come to policemen, right?) then it can ban all handguns. What this dufus wants, is to disarm the citizens (except maybe those who have contributed to his election campaign in a big way that is), while the government agents get to have any and all guns they want.
Is it the DA or the reporter who doesn't know the difference between the DOJ's FBI and the Treasury Department's BATFE?
"the FN 5.7 is referred to as a cop-killer because it can be fired from up to 100 yards with a great degree of accuracy ......."
Right out of the box and so easy!
i still don't see what the big deal about the 5.7 is. a .17hmr would do just as much damage, and you can get them for a lot cheaper.
Designed from the ground up to penetrate vests.
Perfect "hook" for those looking for a hook.
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