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Video: California School District Buys Semi-Automatic Weapons
The Fontana Unified School District in Fontana, Calif., bought 14 Colt 6940 rifles, at $1,000 each, to be issued to school police officers, reports KTLA-TV (video below).
The semi-automatic weapons are used by both law enforcement and U.S. Special Forces.
The gun purchase was approved by district Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks last October. School officers received the guns last month and received 40 hours of training, reports the Fontana Herald News.
School officials said the rifles will be stored in safes on campuses and will only be used to respond to attacks.
School Police Chief Billy Green told the Fontana Herald News: “We know that criminals wear bullet proof vests. Our guns are not able to penetrate these vests from long distance, so we need shoulder weapons to defend innocent people. This is a decision I made, and I have no regrets.”
School board member Sophia Green told KCAL-TV: “They did have meetings. But at no point [did anyone say], ‘Semi-automatic guns will be bought,’ ‘We have semi-automatic guns,’ or ‘Semi-automatic guns are being stored on school property.’”
Fontana Mayor Acquanetta Warren and Police Chief Rodney Jones endorsed the gun purchase.
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Criminals rarely wear kevlar
Criminals rarely wear kevlar vests. Yes, on those exceptions cops need to put down their handguns and switch to rifles. The rifles do not need to be semi-automatic to penetrate -- grampa's lever-action 1894 in .30-30 will do just fine.
The only reason cops are choosing this military-style rifle is because nowadays there are more veterans than hunters in the police force, so it's a rifle that is similar to one that the veterans have already used (but minus the full-auto capability).
Police don't need weapons of war that are too destructive for private citizens to own. But these do not fall into that category, regardless of what California's lying senators claim.
They do not need to be semi
They do not need to be semi auto to penetrate but when dealing with criminals who have semi automatic handguns, why would you ever opt DOWN from semi auto? I've never understood the whole, "semi-autos are far too dangerous to have around" argument. Semi auto is simply a convenience. It is nice that when you have a shot lined up on something but end up an inch or so off mark, that you don't have to unshoulder your weapon and sacrifice your line up to get your next shot. Simple as that.
Actuallly, the reason cops
Actuallly, the reason cops are choosing that style rifle is that the design is extremely ergonomic and accurate. I learned that when I bought mine back in 1989 just to see what all the fuss was about. I was in love with it within fifteen minutes of getting it home. They mount and point instinctively, are ridiculously easy to field strip and maintain, and mine at least was more accurate than my heavy-barreled bolt-action varmint rifle in the same caliber. The rifle was designed around the shooter's anatomy rather than requiring the shooter to contort to fit the rifle.
Yet another instance of
Yet another instance of governmental "Only Ones" buying weapons denied to ordinary citizens. It's too bad Colt didn't have the stones to do as Ronnie Barrett has done and refuse to sell guns to the government which are denied to regular citizens.
Still, kudos to the officials who recognize that the only way to stop an active shooter is to be able to confront him then and there with effective arms of your own.
Civilians can buy the 6940.
Civilians can buy the 6940. It has a legal length barrel and is semiauto only. It is neither short barreled, nor capable of automatic fire, which would make it restricted. Nor is it used by Special Forces in that format. Their rifles are select fire, capable of full auto or burst.
You are correct, civilians in
You are correct, civilians in the United States can legally purchase and own that rifle. Just not those citizens who are also subjects of the People's Democratic Repubics of California, Illinois, and now New York.
According to http://www.colt.com/ColtLawEnforcement/Products/ColtAdvancedLawEnforcementCarbine.aspx and http://www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2324&cid=4 it has a 20rd or 30rd detachable magazine, a bayonet lug, pistol grip, collapsible stock, and flash hider. Any two of those along with the detachable magazine make it illegal in California and the magazines, at over 10rds each, are illegal by themselves in California.