Posted on 07/22/2006 12:13:33 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Police confiscate 'cop killer' gun in Far rockaway
By:Stephen Stirling 07/21/2006
Police in Far Rockaway arrested and charged three youths with criminal possession of a weapon Wednesday after a search of their home yielded a powerful type of handgun that has been responsible for more than two-thirds of police officer deaths since 1994, according to the Queens district attorney.
Police executed a court-authorized raid of the home of William Davis, 21, brother Clarence Davis, 18, and friend Gquan Lloyd, 18, Wednesday morning and found a notoriously powerful Fabrique Nationale 5.7 handgun along with another less-powerful handgun and a bag of cocaine, according to DA Richard Brown. The gun, called a "cop killer" by many for its ability to pierce 48 layers of bullet-proof Kevlar, is the first of its type to be recovered by authorities in New York City.
"The FN 5.7 is a lethal handgun imported from Belgium and capable of easily penetrating most police vets and plates," Brown said. "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." Since 1994, 425 of the 616 police officers killed in the line of duty have been killed with a FN 5.7, the DA said.
The three Far Rockaway residents, all of the Hammel Houses on 81-10 Rockaway Beach Blvd., were arraigned Thursday on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and a controlled substance at Queens Criminal Court in Kew Gardens. If convicted, each could spend up to 15 years in prison.
.224 inches - these cartriges look to be about the same size as a .22 magnum rimfire round.
At 50 cents a shot they could play Klein bottle [an antillectual way of saying "they could go into their own derrieres"]. 20 cents a pop max, more if with specialty bullets.
Gquan? Named after St. Gquan, the patron saint of muggers?
LOL.
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Yes, but it's still one of those "although the facts behind the release are now seen to be totally bogus, the main thrust of our argument remains completely correct" corrections.
I suppose they don't know how to write any other type of correction.
Jack
I stopped somebody from shooting at the sun with it.
He'd have put it out.
He's an idiotic Liar
The cop killer thing is way over blown-the ammunition avaiable to the public will not penetrate a vest. The Milspec ammo can get on the black market, but the average scumbag carries a Lorcin or highpoint or similar cheap piece of crap. They have higher end stuff when they steal it.
Vests are not a panacea. They only increase the odds of survival. Tactics and common sense are what really bring people through. I worry more about a little piece of crap carrying a piece of crap gun, than I do about the 5.7
To understand the hype around this gun, go back to the 80's when the Glock first came on the market. It was "The Terrorist dream weapon, a plastic gun that could pass through metal detectors without setting them off."
Anyone with a room temperature IQ could see the lie there. But they beat that drum for years and occasionally trot it out now.
Add to that that this story was about the DA acknowledging inaccurate information that was presented in their press release - yet the details of the original crime were recapped, and in such a way as to infer that the questioning of those same false facts was, in some way, a show of support for the cop-killing-gun wielding criminals.
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