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Sandy Hook Spree Killer Fired AR-15 79 Times Before Stovepipe

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TTAG has learned that spree killer Adam Lanza fired his mother’s Bushmaster AR-15 79 times inside the Sandy Hook Elementary school before experiencing a stovepipe. (An empty, fired cartridge failed to eject from the rifle and became stuck in the action, preventing another cartridge from firing.) Lanza did not clear the weapon. Investigators found the non-functional AR-15 at least five feet away from the killer’s body; he may have thrown the rifle after the malfunction before switching to a handgun. A source close to the investigation says Lanza killed himself within seconds of making eye contact with one of the first responders.

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. Someone tell Pierce Morgan that the reason I need an AR-15 is to give it to the shotgun Joe Biden told me to buy. Home security problem solved; time to go watch some TV….

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  2. Back in 2005 President Bush signed the gun protection law “To
    prohibit causes of action against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and
    importers of firearms or ammunition products, and their trade associations, for
    the harm caused solely by the criminal or unlawful misuse of firearm products
    or ammunition products by others when the product functioned as designed and
    intended.” There are some narrow exceptions for which liability is
    allowed, such as actions against transfers of firearms who knew the firearm would
    be used in drug trafficking or a violent crime by a party directly harmed by
    that conduct.

    So the law suit is a waste of time

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