Agreed, and I address a few of the points below.
Timoney, a longtime advocate of tighter gun control, blames the 2004 expiration of the federal ban on assault weapons for the escalation of firepower on Miami's streets.
Mr. Timoney - you ignorant slut. You could buy the EXACT SAME guns during the ban as you can now, with minor cosmetic differences. People as stupid as you are should not even be quoted by responsible journalists (an oxymoron in the modern world, I know).
Rank-and-file Miami-Dade police officers can carry assault weapons only upon special request.
Here's the real tragedy. If the cops need these guns, GIVE them to them. But make sure they're properly trained to use them, both how and when.
Miami-Dade police union chief John Rivera said lifting the assault-weapons ban is one of ''many little components'' causing the apparent increase of military-style weapons on South Florida streets
Chief Rivera - another moron, as I noted about Mr. Timoney above, and for the same reason.
Online retailers offer them for as little as $300.
Go ahead, Mr. Dolan. Find one, and buy it online. I'll bet you can get it shipped right to your door, no questions asked. And then the BATFE will show up right after it, and you'll squeal like a stuck pig, just like that other "journalist" who wanted to prove that it was easy to buy guns as a "straw purchaser".
LaBeet, who attacked the Miami-Dade officers on Thursday, bought six of them in the space of four months using a bogus ID
Thus demonstrating the pointlessness of nearly every gun law ever passed.
“The effective range of Police pistols is less than 25 yards.”Where do they get these stupid ideas?If the author of this crap wants to stand 100 yds away and let me take a few shots at him with my wife’s 92FS,he’s in for a big surprise.