What guns were really used at Sandy Hook?

[rightsideout]

I have a right wing-nut friend on FaceBook saying today that there were four "hand guns" used in the school based on an MSNBC news video

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495.

This appears to be a news report on December 15 so I think it's dated. The video does say there is an update to the story but I can't link to it for some reason.

I originally heard a Bushmaster rifle was one of the weapons used in the school along with two hand guns and a shotgun was left in the trunk.

Does anyone really know?

[JaneyVee]

1. You're exactly right. A Bushmaster and 2 9mm hand guns.

ETA: Only the Bushmaster was used but 3 guns were removed from the school.

[Lugnut]

5. Wrong.

All by automatic weapon per the CT state police.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014379730

[JaneyVee]

10. I was naming the guns found inside of the school.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

31. No, semi automatic...

[ProgressiveProfessor]

32. Actually it was a 9mm and 10mm handgun

Picky point that does not really matter.

[madokie]

2. Only the bushmaster was used

there's a post on this very thing just a short time ago

[rightsideout]

6. Thanks!!

I'll look for it. I'm just now getting on DU today so I have some catching up.

[Fresh_Start]

3. todays news story

http://www.greenwichtime.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4220548.php#ixzz2IvrbOHhC

[PoliticAverse]

9. Also see...

http://www.ct.gov/despp/cwp/view.asp?Q=517284&A=4226

[Fresh_Start]

14. thank you. nt

nt

[rightsideout]

18. Thank you for that link

That's official and puts the BS to rest.

[PoliticAverse]

21. Also here is video of police finding the gun in the trunk...

It's clearly not an AR-15, it was the shotgun...

[Soundman]

4. There is a fresh article on the front page

About half way down. I am pretty sure it says all were shot with a Bushmaster .223.

[WilliamPitt]

7. For the third time today

http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/your_comprehensive_answer_to_every_sandy_hook_conspiracy_theory/

and

http://www.greenwichtime.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4220548.php#ixzz2IvrbOHhC

[rightsideout]

15. Thanks William

That Greenwich Times article seems to nail it.

[MrSlayer]

8. The medical examiner knows.

That's their new talking point and an old tactic, revisionist history.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/medical-examiner-sandy-hook-victims-died-multiple-gunshot-211722237.html


"The veteran medical examiner told reporters that the victims had all been identified and their bodies released. In what appeared to be an uncomfortable moment for Carver, he said all of the victims he had examined had all been shot by a Bushmaster .223 caliber assault rifle, one of at least two weapons Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old suspected shooter, used to commit one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history."

[legaleagle_45]

11. 4 guns on the scene

An AR-15 Bushmaster and two handgus were used in the shooting. A shotgun was found in the trunk of his car, but was not used. The story on MSNBC was later changed. Snopes has a full accounting debunking several myths about Sandy Hook here:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/newtown.asp

[Wait Wut]

12. It seems you've gotten your answer, but...

...it still doesn't matter. They were all murdered with bullets.

Handgun, rifle, assault rifle, shotgun, whatever. They're all dead.

My support for the 2nd Amendment is waning to the point of near invisibility. At least until both sides stop flinging poo at each other and start discussing serious regulations, restrictions, punishments and training requirements.

[rightsideout]

13. I agree. It doesn't matter in the long run

I'm just trying to counter misinformation being spewed from some of my right-wing friends. It seems they create their own reality to fit the outcome they want to believe. Unfortunately, I can't cut them off completely since I work with them.

But I agree on "they're all dead".

Since 1968, 1,348,000 people have been killed by guns. That's insane. It seems like the 2 Amendment is backfiring on it own citizens.

[Wait Wut]

17. I'm going through the same thing.

My RW friends all have tunnel vision. But, with a little patience, I've been able to get them to discuss things logically. Once you scrape away the irrational fear and paranoia, they agree that more needs to be done. But, they'll only say that 'off the record'.

[rightsideout]

20. Glad you getting through

These right-wingers are intelligent engineers I work with. I'm confounded at their belief in these conspiracy theories.

[Kalidurga]

27. Mine is gone.

It wasn't the pro regulation crowd that made it go away either. It was the digging their feet in crowd that keeps explaining why this regulation or that regulation won't work and the ones that want to argue about clip size and how quick they can be changed. They convinced me that limiting clip capacity won't work, that gun manufacturers will find a way around bans, and that guns really are still more dangerous than video games. So, the only solution is a near total ban.

[kenny blankenship]

16. Who cares?

Assault rifle? Glock? Who the fuck cares. I say we "grab" them all and let God sort them out. Until America commits to reducing -drastically - the numbers of guns in circulation - in all hands - we will continue to slaughter each other.

[jeff47]

24. Right-wing tools do

And they use the erroneous news reports as proof that the whole thing was a massive conspiracy designed to take their guns.

[zappaman]

19. The kind that kill people.

In this case, 26 people including 20 children.

Does that answer the question?

[azxsqw]

22. The truth

The news reported a lot of misinformation. They are at fault.

[Berserker]

25. Why does it

Matter what kind or how many? It just shows the Idiocy of the question.
Adam Lanza (you know the one who did the shooting) KILLED 26 people.

[d_r]

26. npr just said

He had the bushmaster and 2 handguns in the school, left 12guage shotgun in the car trunk. Shot people w bushmaster' shot self w handgun.

[Agnosticsherbet]

28. State Police: All 26 Newtown victims shot with assault rifle Neil Vigdor Updated 5:38 pm, Thursday,

http://www.greenwichtime.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4220548.php#ixzz2IvrbOHhC

There is another link to this on the front.

Tell your "truther" he is a "liar."

[Duckhunter935]

29. another misleading headline

All 26 of Lanza's victims were shot with the .223 caliber semi-automatic rifle, said Vance

Read more: http://www.greenwichtime.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4220548.php#ixzz2Iwo05WE5

It was not an assault rifle or assault weapon per Connecticut law. The law enforcement official was correct in his description.

[Agnosticsherbet]

30. Ahh, a gun dictionary cop.

I am sure that matters to six year olds with their brains blown out.

Just before they died, I'll bet they laughed and said, that 'moran' probably thinks it's an assault rifle.