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02-13-2013, 09:50 AM
Yes he did.
State Police: All 26 Newtown victims shot with assault rifle - Connecticut Post (http://www.ctpost.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4222299.php)
Lt. J. Paul Vance (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22J.+Paul+Vance%22), the face of an ongoing Connecticut State Police (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Connecticut+State+Police%22) investigation into worst grade-school shooting in U.S. history, Thursday debunked media and Internet reports that Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza killed his victims with handguns and not the Bushmaster XM-15 E2S rifle that has been a focus of a proposed federal assault-weapons ban.
All 26 of Lanza's victims were shot with the .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle, said Vance, who bristled at claims to the contrary during an interview with Hearst Connecticut Newspapers.
"It's all these conspiracy theorists that are trying to mucky up the waters," said Vance, the longtime state police spokesman.
Multiple Second Amendment and gun-owner websites have attempted to cast doubt on whether the Bushmaster XM-15, a type of AR-15 rifle that is currently legal, was used in the Dec. 14 carnage done by Lanza.
Some have cited a Dec. 15 "Today" show video clip from the day after the shooting, in which NBC News Justice Department (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22NBC+News+Justice+Department%22) correspondent Pete Williams (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Pete+Williams%22) said that four handguns were recovered inside Sandy Hook Elementary School (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Sandy+Hook+Elementary+School%22) and that the Bushmaster rifle was found in the trunk of a car owned by Lanza's slain mother, Nancy Lanza (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Nancy+Lanza%22).
"There's no doubt that the rifle was used solely to kill 26 people in that school," Vance said.
Twenty children ages 7 and under and six female educators were killed when Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and sprayed the occupants with bullets before turning a gun on himself.
Vance said he made it abundantly clear during his media briefings since the tragedy that Lanza carried out the shooting with the Bushmaster.
"I personally articulated that probably a dozen times in Newtown," Vance said.
The only time Lanza used a handgun at the school was to commit suicide, according to Vance.
The state police went so far as a to issue a news release on Jan. 18 listing the weapons recovered from inside the school, which included the Bushmaster, a Glock 10mm handgun and a Sig-Sauer P226 9mm handgun. An Izhmash Canta-12 12-gauge shotgun was taken from the trunk of the suspect's car.
Sales of AR-15 assault rifles would be banned under the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, a federal measure that was proposed Thursday and is being sponsored by Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Richard+Blumenthal%22) and Chris Murphy (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Chris+Murphy%22), as well as Newtown's new U.S. representative, Elizabeth Esty (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Elizabeth+Esty%22).
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jim+Himes%22), whose district immediately borders Newtown, is also a co-sponsor.
Read more: State Police: All 26 Newtown victims shot with assault rifle - Connecticut Post (http://www.ctpost.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4222299.php#ixzz2KllW7hbP)
We all ready know that but he did not have on a bullet proof vest as you stated. Lots of bad info went around with that event.
State Police: All 26 Newtown victims shot with assault rifle - Connecticut Post (http://www.ctpost.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4222299.php)
Lt. J. Paul Vance (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22J.+Paul+Vance%22), the face of an ongoing Connecticut State Police (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Connecticut+State+Police%22) investigation into worst grade-school shooting in U.S. history, Thursday debunked media and Internet reports that Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza killed his victims with handguns and not the Bushmaster XM-15 E2S rifle that has been a focus of a proposed federal assault-weapons ban.
All 26 of Lanza's victims were shot with the .223-caliber semi-automatic rifle, said Vance, who bristled at claims to the contrary during an interview with Hearst Connecticut Newspapers.
"It's all these conspiracy theorists that are trying to mucky up the waters," said Vance, the longtime state police spokesman.
Multiple Second Amendment and gun-owner websites have attempted to cast doubt on whether the Bushmaster XM-15, a type of AR-15 rifle that is currently legal, was used in the Dec. 14 carnage done by Lanza.
Some have cited a Dec. 15 "Today" show video clip from the day after the shooting, in which NBC News Justice Department (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22NBC+News+Justice+Department%22) correspondent Pete Williams (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Pete+Williams%22) said that four handguns were recovered inside Sandy Hook Elementary School (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Sandy+Hook+Elementary+School%22) and that the Bushmaster rifle was found in the trunk of a car owned by Lanza's slain mother, Nancy Lanza (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Nancy+Lanza%22).
"There's no doubt that the rifle was used solely to kill 26 people in that school," Vance said.
Twenty children ages 7 and under and six female educators were killed when Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and sprayed the occupants with bullets before turning a gun on himself.
Vance said he made it abundantly clear during his media briefings since the tragedy that Lanza carried out the shooting with the Bushmaster.
"I personally articulated that probably a dozen times in Newtown," Vance said.
The only time Lanza used a handgun at the school was to commit suicide, according to Vance.
The state police went so far as a to issue a news release on Jan. 18 listing the weapons recovered from inside the school, which included the Bushmaster, a Glock 10mm handgun and a Sig-Sauer P226 9mm handgun. An Izhmash Canta-12 12-gauge shotgun was taken from the trunk of the suspect's car.
Sales of AR-15 assault rifles would be banned under the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, a federal measure that was proposed Thursday and is being sponsored by Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Richard+Blumenthal%22) and Chris Murphy (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Chris+Murphy%22), as well as Newtown's new U.S. representative, Elizabeth Esty (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Elizabeth+Esty%22).
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes (http://www.ctpost.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=newtownshooting&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jim+Himes%22), whose district immediately borders Newtown, is also a co-sponsor.
Read more: State Police: All 26 Newtown victims shot with assault rifle - Connecticut Post (http://www.ctpost.com/newtownshooting/article/State-Police-All-26-Newtown-victims-shot-with-4222299.php#ixzz2KllW7hbP)
We all ready know that but he did not have on a bullet proof vest as you stated. Lots of bad info went around with that event.