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News item:
Rochester police are investigating a burglary in which a Rochester man used an assault weapon to chase two burglars from his home.
...two male suspects entered the home at 442 Congress Avenue just after midnight Tuesday morning.
(A resident) heard a noise, observed the suspects inside his house and notified his roommate of the break-in.
Moments later, one of the alleged burglars noticed the roommate and pointed a weapon, which was later determined to be a BB gun, at him.
One of the roommates retrieved his legally-owned AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle, and once confronted, the suspects ran out of the house.
...AR-15’s are considered assault weapons.
The crime comes at a time when the issue of assault weapon ownership is under hot debate. There was some public outcry questioning why Sheppard did not release this information earlier, and whether it was politically motivated because it could support private ownership of assault weapons.
“As long as the homeowner’s weapons are legally owned - if it’s a handgun they have a permit to possess it - I think their ability to protect their property is their right,” Sheppard said.
At the press briefing Wednesday, Sheppard said that previous non-reporting of the incident is not politically motivated. It was more because the crime ended peacefully - no shots were fired, no one was injured - and didn’t rise to the level of public reporting, he said.
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My comment: It almost sounds as if they're investigating the "crime" of using an AR-15 to deter a crime. Note: "...no shots were fired..." At least they correctly identified the AR-15 as a semiautomatic rifle.
Here's the link:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130123/NEWS01/301230042?nclick_check=1
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Rochester police are investigating a burglary in which a Rochester man used an assault weapon to chase two burglars from his home.
...two male suspects entered the home at 442 Congress Avenue just after midnight Tuesday morning.
(A resident) heard a noise, observed the suspects inside his house and notified his roommate of the break-in.
Moments later, one of the alleged burglars noticed the roommate and pointed a weapon, which was later determined to be a BB gun, at him.
One of the roommates retrieved his legally-owned AR-15, a semi-automatic rifle, and once confronted, the suspects ran out of the house.
...AR-15’s are considered assault weapons.
The crime comes at a time when the issue of assault weapon ownership is under hot debate. There was some public outcry questioning why Sheppard did not release this information earlier, and whether it was politically motivated because it could support private ownership of assault weapons.
“As long as the homeowner’s weapons are legally owned - if it’s a handgun they have a permit to possess it - I think their ability to protect their property is their right,” Sheppard said.
At the press briefing Wednesday, Sheppard said that previous non-reporting of the incident is not politically motivated. It was more because the crime ended peacefully - no shots were fired, no one was injured - and didn’t rise to the level of public reporting, he said.
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My comment: It almost sounds as if they're investigating the "crime" of using an AR-15 to deter a crime. Note: "...no shots were fired..." At least they correctly identified the AR-15 as a semiautomatic rifle.
Here's the link:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130123/NEWS01/301230042?nclick_check=1
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