Gary Cook
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This event quickly became a political issue relating to gun-control. Both sides of the debate had a lot to say about the event and what reflection it had on the issue of gun control.On September 16, 2013, lone gunman Aaron Alexis fatally shot twelve people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) inside the Washington Navy Yard in SoutheastWashington, D.C.[6][7][8] The attack, which took place in the Navy Yard's Building 197, began around 8:20 a.m. EDT and ended when Alexis was killed by police around 9:20 a.m. EDT.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's opinion was made known in a public speech, the same day I believe. As part of the speech she claimed:
Although later it became known that the gun used was really a Remington 970 Express Tactical 12-gauge shotgun, at the time the information was that the gun was believed to have likely been an AR-15."This is one more event to add to the litany of massacres that occur when a deranged person or grievance killer is able to obtain multiple weapons -- including a military-style assault rifle -- and kill many people in a short amount of time."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/gun-control-debate_n_3937341.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/dc-navy-yard-gunshots/index.html
Both the AR-15 and the shotgun are not assault rifles. It could be argued that an AR-15 is an assault weapon [a definition I don't like personally] but it is certainly not an assault rifle. Nor of course the actual gun that was really the weapon - a shotgun.
Therefore, I declare this claim debunked, of course albeit pending on any proven rebuttals.
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