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Rep. McCarthy: Lax American gun laws helped arm Norwegian shooter
By Mike Lillis - 07/28/11 04:56 PM ET
Lax U.S. gun laws helped a Norwegian man pull off the deadliest attack in that country since World War II, a House Democrat charged Thursday.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) said Anders Behring Breivik the suspect in last week's shooting rampage outside Oslo that left 68 dead exploited weak American weapons laws to arm himself for the attack.
"The easy availability of high-capacity ammo magazines in the U.S. has once again helped enable a large-scale massacre," McCarthy said in a statement.
Breivik left behind a 1,518-page manifesto providing some glimpse into what motivated his alleged attacks. Portions of the manifesto detail Breivik's gun and ammunition purchases, including a passage describing his mail-order purchase of 30-round ammunition magazines from an unnamed U.S. supplier, McCarthy noted.
10 x 30 round magazines .223 cal at 34 USD per mag," Breivik wrote. "Had to buy through a smaller U.S. supplier (who again ordered from other suppliers) as most suppliers have export limitations Total cost: 550 USD.
In another passage, Breivik hammers Norway's gun laws, which bar purchase of assault weapons like the AR-15 a semiautomatic rifle readily available in the U.S.
I have now sent an application for a Ruger Mini 14 semi-automatic rifle (5.56)," Breivik wrote. "It is the most 'army like' rifle allowed in Norway, although it is considered a poor mans AR-15.
"I envy our European American brothers as the gun laws in Europe sucks [expletive] in comparison, he added.
"This is another tragic example of our lack of common-sense gun laws failing us with deadly consequences, allowing a cold-blooded killer to easily acquire the tools of mass murder even from another country," said McCarthy, whose husband was killed and son seriously injured in a 1993 shooting on a Long Island commuter train.
"How many more innocent people need to die before we realize that some simple, common-sense gun safety laws in the United States could actually save lives?
McCarthy is the author of several gun reform bills this Congress, including a proposal to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines and another requiring all gun sellers not only licensed dealers to perform background checks on potential buyers.
Republicans have slammed those proposals as an erosion of Second Amendment rights, leaving them little chance of moving this Congress.
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Rep. McCarthy: Lax American gun laws helped arm Norwegian shooter - TheHill.com
By Mike Lillis - 07/28/11 04:56 PM ET
Lax U.S. gun laws helped a Norwegian man pull off the deadliest attack in that country since World War II, a House Democrat charged Thursday.
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) said Anders Behring Breivik the suspect in last week's shooting rampage outside Oslo that left 68 dead exploited weak American weapons laws to arm himself for the attack.
"The easy availability of high-capacity ammo magazines in the U.S. has once again helped enable a large-scale massacre," McCarthy said in a statement.
Breivik left behind a 1,518-page manifesto providing some glimpse into what motivated his alleged attacks. Portions of the manifesto detail Breivik's gun and ammunition purchases, including a passage describing his mail-order purchase of 30-round ammunition magazines from an unnamed U.S. supplier, McCarthy noted.
10 x 30 round magazines .223 cal at 34 USD per mag," Breivik wrote. "Had to buy through a smaller U.S. supplier (who again ordered from other suppliers) as most suppliers have export limitations Total cost: 550 USD.
In another passage, Breivik hammers Norway's gun laws, which bar purchase of assault weapons like the AR-15 a semiautomatic rifle readily available in the U.S.
I have now sent an application for a Ruger Mini 14 semi-automatic rifle (5.56)," Breivik wrote. "It is the most 'army like' rifle allowed in Norway, although it is considered a poor mans AR-15.
"I envy our European American brothers as the gun laws in Europe sucks [expletive] in comparison, he added.
"This is another tragic example of our lack of common-sense gun laws failing us with deadly consequences, allowing a cold-blooded killer to easily acquire the tools of mass murder even from another country," said McCarthy, whose husband was killed and son seriously injured in a 1993 shooting on a Long Island commuter train.
"How many more innocent people need to die before we realize that some simple, common-sense gun safety laws in the United States could actually save lives?
McCarthy is the author of several gun reform bills this Congress, including a proposal to ban high-capacity ammunition magazines and another requiring all gun sellers not only licensed dealers to perform background checks on potential buyers.
Republicans have slammed those proposals as an erosion of Second Amendment rights, leaving them little chance of moving this Congress.
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Rep. McCarthy: Lax American gun laws helped arm Norwegian shooter - TheHill.com
