[Rivothead]

You ever try to make a 100 yard shot with a handgun? Appearantly you are ignorant to the use of firearms.

[Robert_Paulson2]

apparently I am not ignorant....

we have several at the shooting range who target with .223 single shot handguns all the time at 100 yards...

all it takes is a scope to shoot a five inch spread the first day out... I watched my son do it.

[toddst]

You ever try to make a 100 yard shot with a handgun? Apparently you are ignorant to the use of firearms.

No I'm not ignorant about handguns and yes I have made football field length shots and you don't want to be the target at 100 yards.

I don't believe the shooters in this situation are using handguns, but they could be. Some are chambered for the .223 cartridge and can (in the right hands) hit man-size targets well past 100 yards.

Check some of the other threads on this subject. It's been discussed by some who are definitely NOT ignorant about long-range handgun use.

[talkswowls]

Rivothead,

Be carful who you call an idiot. You can make 100+ yard shots all day long with this handgun, and it comes in .223 straight from the factory.

http://www.tcarms.com/contpistol/index.html

Now I'm not saying that they are using a Contender, just that it is a possibility.

I agree with the more than one person theory.

I also suspect that the firearm being used is not an AR-15, or even a semi-auto. My reason for this is that the police have a pretty good idea what TYPE (more info than just it is a .223) it is from the shell casing as well as the bullet markings. You can tell that kind of thing, or at least eliminate certain possibilities, by the dimensions of the grooves, twist rates, etc. They could match it up to "ruger" or "colt" or aftermarket this and that. They could see if it is a semi-automatic or not by the extractor marks on the casing. The dimentions of the casing after it has expanded.
These cops on the east coast HATE assult rifles. Did you see them lay them all out on the table for the cameras after like the first shooting? They KNOW that it is not a semi-automatic rifle, because if it was, they could not RESIST the chance to tell everyone that it IS a semi-automatic this, or an assult rifle that. Their silence tells me it is a bolt action long rifle, or a single shot handgun, such as the Contender.
But that is just my theory. I have been wrong before.