Sheriff Says AK-47 Was Used in Nevada Shooting

[SecularMotion]

Source: NY Times

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A gunman wielding an AK-47 opened fire on a table of uniformed National Guard members at an IHOP restaurant on Tuesday in an outburst of violence that killed four people, wounded eight others and put Nevada's capital city on high alert as the shooter unloaded his assault rifle in a bustling business district.

The shooter's motive was unclear, but family members said he had mental issues. He had never been in the military and had no known affiliation with anyone inside the restaurant.

Five Nevada National Guard troops sitting together at the back of the restaurant were shot — two of them fatally. Another woman was also killed, and the gunman, 32-year-old Eduardo Sencion of Carson City, shot himself in the head and died at a hospital.

Witnesses and authorities described a frantic scene, in which the shooter pulled into the large complex of retail stores and shops just before 9 a.m. in a blue minivan with a yellow "Support Our Troops" sticker on the back. He got out and immediately shot a woman by a motorcycle, a witness said.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/09/06/us/AP-US-IHOP-Shooting.html?_r=1&hp

[ixion]

1. funny how the RW whackos prefer Russian arms

just sayin'...

[hlthe2b]

2. ? I don't even know what that means...

relevence?

[ixion]

3. AK-47 is Russian made

[Tesha]

4. Actualy, the AK47 is just a Russian design. It's made worldwide by merchants of cheap death. (NT)

[TheWraith]

9. And technically, this wasn't really an AK-47.

The name AK-47 means "Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947," or Automatic rifle Kalashnikov, model of 1947. A "real" AK is capable of fully automatic fire. This is more than likely a knockoff built for the civilian market, meaning it's one-trigger-pull-one-shot.

A real AK-47 in the US would be worth either $20,000 (if it were legally transferable) or 10 years in federal prison (if it was owned illegally).

[hlthe2b]

5. yes... I am aware of the AK-47 (Kalashnikov.) roots...

but what point are you trying to make by inferring it is the gun of choice of RWer murderers? :shrug:

[Bladian]

6. Don't get it either. n/t

[WheelWalker]

8. I think the poster is invoking irony? 'RW's' often rail against

communists and socialists.

[ixion]

10. exactly

[WheelWalker]

12. I think the responders question what 'RW's' have to do with the incident? No apparent connection?

[ixion]

13. A 'Support the Troops' sticker on the car says it all

in my opinion.

[jberryhill]

14. It wasn't his car, Inspector Gadget

It was his brother's car.

"The minivan he drove to the shooting was registered to his brother."

[WheelWalker]

15. All persons who "Support the Troops" are 'RW's'? Nyet.

[X_Digger]

7. And Venezuela, Egypt, Yugoslavia, China, Albania, Germany, India..

Poland, Romania, Hungary, Cambodia, Israel, Finland, South Africa.. I'm sure there are a few more I've missed.

[jberryhill]

11. What were his politics, then?

It was his brother's van, btw, but I haven't seen boo about his motivation.