Notice they said he had a “bag filled with high capacity magazines”.
High capacity magazines? I don’t think so. I wonder what the reporter thinks that means. When reporters use that term they’re usually doing a story on “assault rifles” with mags of 30 or more.
He probably already had the “report” written based on the presence of an “assult rifle” when he found out there was no “assault rifle.” The shooter only had two ordinary handguns and some standard capacity spare mags. So he believed that the reporting “needed” to be sensationalized with hyperbole.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but if they’re talking about a .45 wouldn’t it be “clips”, or are they still “magazines”? And, “High Capacity”? It’s not like a .45 can hold what, more than 7-9 rounds at a time, at the most? (I’m trying to remember the firearm my Dad had when I was growing up — his 1911A). I guess 9 rounds is a bigger number than say a “6-shot” revolver, but it’s not what I would consider “High Capacity”...
This has to be fake. New York has:
1. High capacity magazine ban.
2. Permit required to purchase.
3. License required to possess.
4. Mandated registration.
5. Permit required to carry.
This can’t have happened! They have strict gun control! /sarc