British MP Murdered with "Homemade" Gun, Knife

Ammoland ^ | 16 June, 2016 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

A British Labor MP has been murdered when she intervened in an altercation between two men, on of whom has been reported to have mental issues.  Witnesses at the scene reported that the gun used appeared “homemade”.  A knife was also used.  The MP was reportedly shot three times and stabbed several times.  From uk.businessinsider.com:

An eyewitness report given to the BBC said that Cox was attacked after becoming involved in an altercation between two men.

“There was a guy who was being very brave and another guy with a white baseball cap who he was trying to control and the man in the baseball cap suddenly pulled a gun from his bag,” the witness said.

The gun was “homemade” and large, according to multiple reports.

From sky.com:

“It looked like a gun from, I don’t know, the First World War or a makeshift, handmade gun. It’s not sort of like the kind of gun you see normally.”

From spiderfinance.com:

 Another witness told Sky that a man in white, dirty baseball cap
had been jostling with the MP before pulling out a gun. The gun
was “homemade,” according to multiple reports. 

Given the  low level of firearms awareness in the U.K., I have doubts about the witnesses ability to discern whether the gun was homemade or not.  On the other hand, homemade guns are fairly common in the U.K. because factory made guns are so tightly controlled. 

[IncPen]

He shot her, so it’s an Assault Weapon.

[miss marmelstein]

Very sad. Politics kill. Which is why decent people - at least here in the USA - avoid it like the plague.

[uncitizen]

Homemade? Yeah right.

They just don’t want to admit gun bans don’t work.

[babble-on]

I’d go with an actual conservative newspaper version rather than a paste-job on “Ammoland” personally:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-leeds-witnesses-report/

[skimbell]

Three shots..;homemade...and a knife?

Must of been one of those 'salt' single shot semiautomatic revolvers with a high capacity clip that the Brits are so good at making.

Where there's a will there's a way...

[Snickering Hound]

[Reverend Wright]

"homemade" to people who only see guns on tv

[Ketill Frostbeard]

I’ll never go there. When they start burning people the US will be upwind.

[Sooth2222]

Google "U.S. Army Improvised Munitions Handbook"; it's available as a free download, courtesy of the United States government!

It shows you how to build a gun (and other munitions) from stuff you can buy at Home Depot. (Single shot firearms, IIRC.)

[Buckeye McFrog]

Quick, we need Homemade Gun Control. It should be illegal to make a gun if you’re on the No Fly List.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

...and the report earlier that the killer was a BREXIT supporter. Damned liars in the UK too these days.

[fortheDeclaration]

Quick-more gun control laws!!!!!

[marktwain]

I had trouble with that link as well, from shortly after I copied the material.

But the facts as stated are at several other places as well.

All of the ones that I read stated that she intervened in the altercation between two men.

The “homemade and large” is not repeated, but “looked homemade” is common.

[moose07]

Okay, So where did he obtain the Ammo from?
A firearms license is required to purchase factory made.

[marktwain]

Here is a link with the Guardian saying it was two argueing men:

Other witnesses said the attack was launched after the MP became involved in an altercation involving two men near where she held her weekly surgery. A Labour source confirmed Cox was shot and stabbed after she had concluded the drop-in session for constituents at about 1pm.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-west-yorkshire

[marktwain]

Update from breitbart.com:

Update 1830 — Widely quoted local admits he didn’t hear “Britain First”
Local restaurant owner Hicham Ben Abdallah, widely quoted across the media as having claimed Mr. Mair shouted, “Britain First” has told Breitbart London “No, no. I did not hear that”.

Update 17:45 — Eyewitness on “Britain First” — “Never heard that”

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/16/breaking-labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-stabbed-constituency-surgery-yorkshire/

[Fresh Wind]

Maybe it was an assault zip gun.

[cyclotic]

What has been made cannot be unmade. Of course, liberals are too stupid to understand that undeniable truth

[GunsAndBibles]

Bingo

[Red Badger]

Home made Zip Glock AR-15 with a multi clip..................