AR-15 Was Used in Navy Yard Shooting ... by Police to Stop Aaron Alexis

Townhall.com ^ | 9/18/2013 | Katie Pavlich

[Servant of the Cross]

It turns out an AR-15 was used after all in the Navy Yard shooting....by police to stop Aaron Alexis from continuing his rampage. From the New York Times:

On Monday, Mr. Alexis entered the Navy Yard, a secure military facility near the Capitol, killing at least 12 people before he was fatally shot by the authorities. The police say Mr. Alexis, 34, acted alone. On Tuesday, the authorities said it had taken only two minutes for officers armed with AR-15s to arrive at the navy yard once they received the first of many 911 emergency calls.

In case you're wondering, CNN's Piers Morgan and other major media outlets have failed to apologize for their hysteria surrounding early reports an AR-15 was used by Alexis to kill innocent victims when in fact, he used a shotgun and two handguns stolen from police. After dedicating an entire show to berating Americans for owning the AR-15 "killing machine" Monday night (and now that he's been proven wrong), Morgan says the type of firearm used just "doesn't matter." You could say Morgan doesn't think the type of firearm matters because the AR-15 narrative is shattered, but that would be dishonest. The reason he thinks it doesn't matter is because Morgan wants an all-out gun ban, he just won't admit it.

As a reminder, handguns, not the AR-15, are the choice of crazed mass shooters.

[Servant of the Cross]

AR-15 Was Used in Navy Yard Shooting ... by Police to Stop Aaron Alexis

I love Irony .... it's so ironic!

[Diogenesis]

[Travis McGee]

[Mr. K]

So... once again a bad guy with a gun is stopped by good guys with guns

Too bad there was not more good guys with guns nearby...

[Servant of the Cross]

CNN's Piers Morgan ... failed to apologize for their hysteria surrounding early reports an AR-15 was used by Alexis to kill innocent victims ...

[muir_redwoods]

You’re wrong. Once an AR-15 is used by the police it become a My Little Pony Magic Fairy Dust dispenser and is no longer an evil assault weapon. Only when a civilian uses or even owns one does it become the scourge if humanity.

[reg45]

Was the police/security weapon an AR-15, an M-16, or an M-4?

[Sir Napsalot]

Can we trust NYT reporting?

Do they even know AR-15 vs ‘scary looking assault weapon’?

[Kenny Bunk]

Travis,I take it the Washington Navy Yard is a military installation.How can it possibly be that there were no armed men on duty? Ditto Fort Hood.

Where was the Shore Patrol? The Officer of the Day, or Deck? The Marines?

[muir_redwoods]

Well, you could wait for the MSM to report factually on the precise weapon but my guess is that unless it has a ramrod and a powder horn nearby, they’ll call it an AR-15.

[Mouton]

According to an interview with a Marine, they had firearms, no ammo.

I recall instances during riots when the national guard was called out some time ago. They too had rifles at the ready but no ammo.

[KarlInOhio]

but my guess is that unless it has a ramrod and a powder horn nearby, they’ll call it an AR-15.

Only because then they'll clearly recognize that as an AK-47.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I read he killed himself.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Sir Napsalot :" Can we trust NYT reporting?
Do they even know AR-15 vs ‘scary looking assault weapon’?"

The really scarey part isn't Piers Morgan or the New York Times talking heads.
To me, the threat is idiot legislators, like Fienstiene (D, Cal)
who came out with her anti-gun rhetoric
before the bodies began to get cold.
She proved last year that she talks before she engaged her brain , voiceing concerns on AR-15's,
but she couldn't even identify illegal weapons for which she was writing legislation.
According to her , its all about whether they ' look ' scarey !!
And this idiot writes legislation on firearms control !

[Kenny Bunk]

If the present recumbent of the WH, the gay community organizer from God knows where, were not the CiC, an order would have gone out to all Armed Forces by now to be ... well ... you know ...armed.

[Texas Eagle]

We've demilitarized our military and militarized the bureaucracies.

As this story from Chicken, Alaska will attest.

70 Armed Fed Agencies Choke Chicken, Alaska

[Wonder Warthog]

Liberal.....means never admitting you were wrong.

[Sir Napsalot]

Feinstein and NYT (as example) build on one another.

One side gin up the 90 - 95% public support, the other of course has to ‘do something about’ it according to the will of the people.

[olezip]

Where was the Shore Patrol? The Officer of the Day, or Deck? The Marines?

Ask Hillary and Bill Clinton. They disarmed our Armed Forces, so our military bases became "no gun" zones and easy targets.

[ken in texas]

How can it possibly be that there were no armed men on duty?

Our rules of engagement seem to be something like:

1. Weapons discharge is forbidden lest you wound an innocent bystander.

2. When being fired upon, see rule #1.