"What is the need?" asked Orange-Osceola's Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia, who autopsies the victims. "If you can shoot through the wall of a house, it's not for self-protection. . . . Why anybody has these types of rifles is probably not to do good."
many others with two or more military-style features
"On New Year's Eve in 2005, a bullet fired from an SKS killed an Orlando man more than a mile away."
Did they catch and convict the shooter? How did they know it was an SKS? Did they get a confession? They're counting on public ignorance; and if they had a few more credible technical details they might have pulled it off.
Man Arrested In New Year's 'Falling Bullet' Death
Bullet Traveled 1 Mile Before Piercing Man's Heart
POSTED: 5:51 pm EST January 14, 2005
UPDATED: 10:28 pm EST January 15, 2005
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orange County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 24-year-old man Friday who allegedly fired a bullet into the sky on New Year's Eve that later fell to earth and pierced a man's heart, according to Local 6 News.
One would think that a coroner would be particularly well aware of the fact that anything sufficient to kill an attacker is also going to go through multiple walls.
One would think that a coroner would be particularly well aware of the fact that anything sufficient to kill an attacker is also going to go through multiple walls.
Well, their War on Drugs hasn't done a thing but cost money. Let's all wait 30 years and see how their War on Guns goes. There can't possibly be a better way to solve this problem.
Any caliber suitable deer for hunting or self-defense will shoot through a house wall made of dry-wall, as they are very thin.If you can shoot through the wall of a house, it's not for self-protection
Were these 9mm pistols illegally acquired, and thus would not have been stopped by any ban?confiscations of 9 mm pistols