[holymoly]

The first five bullets from the AK-47, delivered in two short bursts, tore through the metal of the U.S. Postal Service mailbox.

Oh my! You mean the bullets didn't just bounce off in a shower of sparks, like in the movies!? </sarcasm>

[Gaffer]

The first five bullets from the AK-47, delivered in two short bursts, tore through the metal of the U.S. Postal Service mailbox.....

A steel jacketed 30'06 from my M1 Garand will go through an engine block, so what?

[Paloma_55]

"Its scary that people have them"...

No. It is scary when CRIMINALS have them, but then, CRIMINALS will have them even when they are illegal.

It is actually comforting when a LAW ABIDING CITIZEN has one.

A friend of mine brought one up for the weekend to fire on my personal shooting range. While it did not have the power of my .300WSM, it was a really nice weapon. I wish I had one. Actually, I wish I had a 40 round clip on my Browning .300WSM because it has less recoil and more power.

[George Smiley]

The first five bullets from the AK-47, delivered in two short bursts, tore through the metal of the U.S. Postal Service mailbox.

I'm sure that the Postal Inspectors will be quite interested in the written confirmation of the felony committed by this police officer in front of multiple witnesses.

[conservative physics]

lol

are the dems STILL trying to take peoples guns away !?!

ROFL!

they never learn.

[TonyInOhio]

Thompson submachine gun

May I buy the Thompson. Please?

[marine86297]

"That's more ammunition than the regular soldier carries in combat,"

BS, I carried a lot more than that when I was in Somalia and Desert Storm. Geesh?, Where do these people come up with this stuff?

Semper Fidelis

[MaDeuce]

Quick you reporters ... trumpet this from the highest rooftops ... WE NEED MORE GUN CONTROL ON LAW ABIDING CITIZENS (/sarcasm)

The key word here is criminal. Criminals don't care about the law, that is why they are criminals. Any crime commited with a firearm (robery, 1st degree murder, kidnaping) should be a FEDERAL hanging offense ... period.

And there really is no such thing as a "illegal" firearm. Every citizen should be able to own a full-auto M2 or M60 if they want (and can afford to feed the thing).

[holymoly]

Sullivan showed what an assault rifle, illegally converted into a machine gun capable of firing as many as 400 rounds per minute, can do

For those who don't know much about firearms, this statmenet is B.S.

What Sullivan showed was a semi-automatic rifle, illegally converted into an assault rifle*

Of course, the leftist-liberal media likes to exaggerate everything in regards to firearms. Semi-automatic only rifles become "assault rifles". True "assault rifles" become "machine guns". Don't ask me what they call a "machine gun"; probably a "high-powered fully-automatic armor-piercing rapid-fire nuclear-tipped weapon of mass destuction".

*Assault Rifle - Encyclopedia Brittanica
Military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and that has the capacity to switch between semiautomatic and fully automatic fire.

[isthisnickcool]

We have a mailbox crisis in America. Our mailboxes are substandard and do not have the armor needed to withstand assault weapon attacks!

But there is a solution!

[Grut]

The guy put 75 rounds through a, what, three square foot target "in one continuous spray?" Sure he did....

[showme_the_Glory]

Isn't it against the law to shoot mail boxes?

[x1stcav]

Hey! Where can I get one of those 75 round clips? I'll take ten. And an assistant gunner to carry them.

I'll repeat what someone else has said here...where do they come up with this crap?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

This in a paper using the name "Republican"?
Oh, Hell, no telling what passes for Republican in Massachusetts!

[Sam Cree]

"The firepower has enormous potential for danger. It's what police officers face every day," he said. "In some cases, police officers are out-gunned by these weapons."

Our founding fathers clearly wanted lots of "real firepowwer in the streets." They specifically did not want all "firepower" concentrated in the hands of the police and rulers. Of course they expected that the people would be responsible citizens. But that kind of thinking is repugnant to the Left and to liberals. They disagree on both points - they want both firearms and responsibility restricted to central authority.

[yarddog]

I do not know exactly how to do it, but have read that semi auto AK47 look alikes are among the most difficult to convert to full auto.

I guess it is possible that is what they were shooting but I would bet it is a real one which didn't require conversion.

[Joe Brower]

"It's a scary weapon to face, and scary knowing there are people out there who have them," said Sullivan, a member of the police Street Crimes Unit.

Then hand in your badge and get another job.

[TXnMA]

... an assault rifle, illegally converted into a machine gun capable of firing as many as 400 rounds per minute

Proving what? Breaking the law is bad? Sorry, Bozo -- we alrady knew that...

[popdonnelly]

To be honest, I don't see any reason assault weapons should be sold to the public.

[theBuckwheat]

So, let me get this straight.

This illegally converted machine gun, was er, excuse me, not converted legally? And how long has it been a federal felony to convert or possess a machine gun? From way before the perp who did this was born.

So how exactly will making more guns illegal stop perps like this from doing this in the future?

We have been through this with Columbine. A new law today will be just as effective as the old law the perps ignored.

[Centurion2000]

"It's a scary weapon to face, and scary knowing there are people out there who have them," said Sullivan, a member of the police Street Crimes Unit.

Oh no, you might actually have to be a light infantryman for a few minutes ..... boo hoo.