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Glock semiautomatic pistol links recent mass shootings
Virginia Tech. Gabby Giffords. Now Aurora, Colo.
The names and places are linked by tragedy, death and the Glock
semiautomatic handgun.
The young men who carried out these mass shootings — and analysis says such
killers are almost always male and most often young — all counted at least
one of these versatile, easy-to-fire pistols in their arsenals.
In Aurora, James Holmes carried a .40-caliber Glock along with a shotgun and
an assault rifle into the movie theater where he killed 12 people and
wounded dozens more, according to federal and Colorado authorities. A second
.40-caliber Glock was discovered in his car outside the theater.
Federal authorities said Holmes purchased all four weapons legally in May at
two Colorado stores.
When Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a Tucson suburb on Jan. 8, 2011, he
killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Rep. Giffords (D), with a
9mm Glock 19. And Seung Hui Cho used a Glock 19 along with a .22-caliber
semiautomatic pistol to kill 32 people and wound 17 at Virginia Tech on
April 16, 2007, before killing himself.
“Certain guns have a reputation of being especially deadly,” James Alan
Fox, a professor at Northeastern University and an expert in mass shootings,
said in reference to the Glock semiautomatic. “They would be the weapons
of choice. Contrary to popular belief that these are guys who go berserk,
they tend to be well-planned executions. They plan what they are going to
wear and what weapons to bring.”
Police said that Holmes was clad from head to toe in black body armor. Cho
and Loughner also wore all black when they carried out their shootings.
Law enforcement sources said Holmes purchased his guns at two local branches
of nationwide sporting goods chains — Gander Mountain and Bass Pro Shops.
Larry Whiteley, a spokesman for Bass Pro, said that Holmes bought one
shotgun and one handgun legally from the company’s Denver outlet.
“Background checks, as required by federal law, were properly conducted,
and he was approved,” Whiteley said.
A spokesman for Gander Mountain said it was “fully cooperating with this
ongoing investigation.” A spokesman for Glock Inc., the Austrian company’s
U.S. subsidiary, could not be reached.
Daniel Webster, co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and
Research, said Glocks are popular because they are reliable and relatively
easy to use. He said that the .40-caliber Glock is one of the largest-
caliber handguns available. “The bullets it fires are larger,” he said. “
They put bigger holes in things.”
Like other mass shootings, Friday’s attack sparked calls for more gun
control.
“In America today, where virtually anyone with a credit card and a grudge
can outfit their own personal army, mass shootings are as predictable as
they are tragic,” the Violence Policy Center said in a statement.
Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association, said, “
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the
community.” He declined to further comment on the Colorado shooting “until
all the facts are known.”
Julie Tate contributed to this report. | r*********e
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: Glock semiautomatic pistol links recent mass shootings
: Virginia Tech. Gabby Giffords. Now Aurora, Colo.
: The names and places are linked by tragedy, death and the Glock
: semiautomatic handgun.
: The young men who carried out these mass shootings — and analysis says such
: killers are almost always male and most often young — all counted at least
: one of these versatile, easy-to-fire pistols in their arsenals.
: In Aurora, James Holmes carried a .40-caliber Glock along with a shotgun and
: an assault rifle into the movie theater where he killed 12 people and
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