Reply #25: Yeah, I WOULD ask what the hell the police chief knows.

[TheWraith]

Take two pistols to a shooting range. Try to fire 98 rounds through them in one minute. You simply can't.

Second, don't cite grossly inaccurate news stories to back up the opinions that are formed by grossly inaccurate news stories. The media is famous getting information about guns completely wrong. For starters, the dictionary definition of "assault rifle" is a FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPON. Those are only available as collectors items in the US. And this is an SKS:



Could you please point out to me what makes it an "assault weapon"?

Try reading the FBI statistics. You'll find out that "assault weapons" are used in less than 3% of all gun deaths. The paranoia about them is completely unjustified by facts. Most gun deaths, including most mass shootings like the one in Binghamton, are committed using pistols.