Did Lanza use an AR15 type rifle or not? I thought that the media said he did?
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495
It sure would be nice if Pete Williams would tell us who those “federal officials” were who gave him that “information”. Note that the rumor came from “federal” officials not state police.
Why are federal officials saying anything??? This was a state and local investigation — not federal. What would federal officials know about what weapons were used if they weren’t there or in on the initial investigation???
I suspect that the official narrative from the feds and media was going to be those bad handguns not rifles — until that ME press conference when Lt Vance quashed the rumor and pointed out that it was the rifle that did the damage.
For those who remember the early days of gun control legislation, it was always aimed at handguns not rifles or shotguns — mainly because handguns are concealable and more easily pulled out and used. That appears to be where the media was heading until the ME press conference.