These are police only rifles ?
And I thought they closed down the Connecticut gun store where they claimed the rifles came from ? (After an air rifle was stolen from the store)
It’s all just crazy. The idea is still to confiscate all firearms, everywhere. Lets not lose sight of their goal.
From the CT state Police Public Affairs Officer:
January 18, 2013
** UPDATE **
STATE POLICE IDENTIFY WEAPONS USED IN SANDY HOOK INVESTIGATION;
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
Seized inside the school:
#1. Bushmaster .223 caliber-- model XM15-E2S rifle with high capacity 30 round clips
#2. Glock 10 mm handgun
#3. Sig-Sauer P226 9mm handgun
Seized from suspect’s car in parking lot: #4. Izhmash Canta-12 12 gauge Shotgun (seized from car in parking lot)
This case remains under investigation. Lt. J. Paul Vance
When one searches “Izhmash Canta” the results are countless pages of articles, discussion board posts and blog reports referencing the CT State Police press release I’ve cited above; however if you are looking for information about or even a gun store selling a firearm called “Izhmash Canta” only a handful exist.
In my search I found a Saiga-12 message forum and a thread from January 2009 asking “what is a Canta 12?”
The answer: “Canta” is the Russian spelling of Saiga.
The Saiga 12 is classified in many articles as a “semi-automatic smooth bore shotgun”. It was VERY weird when I searched the Izhmash company itself I discovered the company DOES NOT and has not previously manufactured a firearm model called the Canta.
Why would the CT State Police go out of their way to mislead the public by calling a Saiga-12 a Canta-12???
Oh yeah, one last thing about the Saiga 12 and why it might have been identified as a Canta in the CT Police press release, I think that this might interest many folks:
From January 31, 2012:
U.S. Police to Buy Izhmash Shotguns
Izhmash, the manufacturer of the legendary Kalashnikov AK-47, will supply Saiga-12 semi-automatic smooth bore shotguns to a number of police forces in the U.S., Izhmash reported on its web site on Tuesday.
From the article:
At the exhibition, Izhmash also signed an agreement on exclusive imports to the U.S. market with Russian Weapon Company and an agreement with Fime Group as Izhmash’s partner for manufacturing classic firearm models. Shot Show also provided an opportunity for buyers from Central American countries to sign contracts on direct delivery of Izhmash sporting and hunting weapons for the first time. Previously they had only been able to buy Izhmash products via intermediaries in the U.S.
“The results of the exhibition are inspiring. The American market in non-military weapons is booming. We project a 20 percent increase in deliveries this year,” Kuzyuk said.