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NEWS ABOUT: automatic weapons

automatic weapons stories: 6 news summaries
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 Guns Failed 
 US Troops in 
 Afghan Firefight 

M-4, built for extreme conditions, jammed repeatedly in heavy fire

Oct 11, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(AP) - As militants surrounded the remote Afghanistan base of Wanat on July 13, 2008, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M-4 carbine quit firing. The machine gun he grabbed in desperation didn't work, either. When the battle ended, nine US soldiers lay dead and 27 more were wounded. A detailed study of the... More »

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NY Gunman Fired 98 Shots
in a Minute

Barrage from Wong's 2 handguns killed most of 13 victims instantly

Apr 8, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jiverly Wong unleashed 98 shots within a little more than a minute in his shooting spree last week at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, NY, police said today. The Vietnamese immigrant carried a 9mm Beretta and a .45-caliber handgun, and a bag of full ammunition clips. Nearly all of... More »

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immigrant • gunman • shooting • automatic weapons • guns • Binghamton, NY • Jiverly Wong

 German Gunman Was 
 Calm, Ruthless: Witnesses 

Witnesses describe student's rampage

Mar 11, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Kretschmer was calm and silent as he gunned down his former classmates today in southern Germany, witnesses tell the Telegraph. Kretschmer, 17, moved between classrooms dispatching his victims—mainly girls—with a weapon he’d brought from home. The only words survivors heard him say were “Aren’t... More »

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Germany • murder • school shooting • massacre • shooting • automatic weapons • shootout • Tim Kretschmer

New York Cops to Get Machine Gun Training

Academy recruits prepare for Mumbai copycat attacks

Dec 8, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Police Department is preparing for the possibility of a Mumbai-style terrorist attack on multiple targets by training all 1,000 of its latest recruits to use M4 automatic machine guns, the New York Post reports. The 2,000 officers in the Organized Crime Control Bureau will... More »

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terrorism • NYPD • New York City • police • counterterrorism • automatic weapons • Mumbai attacks

T.I. Will Get Jail Sentence in Weapons Rap

Community service first for rapper, who faces year behind bars

Mar 27, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rapper T.I.—aka Clifford Harris—pleaded guilty today in Atlanta to weapons charges, the AP reports. Harris will have to spend about a year in jail but must complete 1,500 hours of community service first; he also faces three years' house arrest and a $100,000 fine.... More »

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prison • Atlanta • community service • plea bargain • hip-hop • rap music • automatic weapons • TI • personal arsenals • guns

Gunman Shoots 8 at LA Bus Stop

5 kids hit as thug sprays crowd with semiautomatic

Feb 28, 08 7:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Five children and three adults were wounded yesterday when a gunman opened fire on a crowded South Los Angeles bus stop minutes after classes ended at a nearby middle school. The school was locked down as police hunted for the shooter, who fired some 15 rounds into the crowd with... More »

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crime • Los Angeles • shooting • mass shootings • automatic weapons • guns

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