Connor Sturgeon’s AR-15 used in Louisville shooting will be ‘back on the streets,’ mayor warns

NY Post ^ | 04/11/2023 | Ronny Reyes

[ChicagoConservative27]

The semi-automatic rifle used to kill five people and injure nine at the Louisville bank shooting on Monday will likely be auctioned off and be “back on the streets,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said.

Greenberg — who has called for an end to the gun violence plaguing his city — said current Kentucky law allows guns seized by the police to go to auction, including those used in violent crimes.

“The assault rifle that killed five of our neighbors will one day be auctioned off,” the mayor said Tuesday. “That murder weapon will be back on the streets.”

The Louisville Metro Police Department has revealed shooter Connor Sturgeon, 25, who was shot dead by responding officers, purchased the AR-15 rifle legally from a local gun dealership on April 4.

LMPD Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel added that police have executed a search warrant at Sturgeon’s residence and recovered several items linked to the investigation.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Mayor went full retard with that statement.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Outlawing guns will get rid of guns the same way outlawing drugs got rid of drugs.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Never go full retard…

[Da Coyote]

Our real problem is that the left is “on the streets”.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

What was the motivation of the shooter?

The only motivation I can think of is crazy.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He has all the earmarkings of Antifa.

[Yo-Yo]

[NorthMountain]

“The assault rifle that killed five of our neighbors

Craig, you ignorant slut ... that rifle is an inanimate object. Worry about the feral subhumans who commit murder, not the tools they abuse.

[ConservativeInPA]

Hopefully it will go to a good home. They should look at this more like running a shelter for stray weapons, without any neutering requirement.

Yeah, idiotic statements from mayors make me a little twisted.

[gundog]

Yeah., but as I suspected, he bought an AR to make a statement about gun control. Crazy, and an a-hole.

[WKUHilltopper]

Why don’t you buy it, Mayor Dickhead and save us.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

The Mayor needs to put the AR-15 on trial for murder and that will keep this gun off the streets.

Be sure to check out this Babylon Bee skit just posted on CFP—

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/babylon-bee-comedy-break/

[chopperk]

Maybe the Mayor is a gun broker on the side.

[shotgun]

What a disgusting thing to say. He could call the DA’s office and the Chief of the PD and demand they destroy the weapon after the trial. It’s not that difficult

[Steve_Seattle]

"The semi-automatic rifle used to kill five people and injure nine at the Louisville bank shooting on Monday will likely be auctioned off and be “back on the streets,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said."

But Connor Sturgeon won't.

[Gene Eric]

Is it already missing from the evidence locker?

[MrRelevant]

Back on the streets, just like the violent criminals being allowed to walk away from their crimes by activist DAs nationwide, to commit more.... and on and on and on....

[arthurus]

That one is a particularly evil AR and will surely roam the streets of Louisville looking for others to kill. It should have been sentenced to death by lethal injection.

[jroehl]

And the gun will remember that it is an evildoer!

[gundog]

(He) vowed his office will continue to alter seized weapons before they’re auctioned to keep them from being used in another homicide, including removing the firing pin.

What a dope.