Mass shooting at California garlic festival

[arthwollipot]

Not that it really matters.

Right.

 

[TurkeysGhost]

The LA Times is reporting that the rifle was a WASR-10 - an AK variant:



The SF Chronicle is apparently the origin of that claim, but it is behind a paywall.

That would make much more sense, as a WASR is fairly described as an AK. The reporting from the link you provided cites back to the police as the source, but this is also the same police that gave prior confusing statements about an SKS/AK rifle, so it's probably best just to wait for better info.

A betting man would guess that the WASR ends up being the weapon used. There was a time when SKS rifles were dirt cheap, but nowadays cheap AK imports are only a few hundred more than a cheap SKS rifles, and the AK are more modern. I would imagine someone going on a suicide mission probably isn't worried about blowing up their credit card. Both are equally easy and legal to acquire in Nevada.

 

[Dr. Keith]

That would make much more sense, as a WASR is fairly described as an AK. The reporting from the link you provided cites back to the police as the source, but this is also the same police that gave prior confusing statements about an SKS/AK rifle, so it's probably best just to wait for better info.

A betting man would guess that the WASR ends up being the weapon used. There was a time when SKS rifles were dirt cheap, but nowadays cheap AK imports are only a few hundred more than a cheap SKS rifles, and the AK are more modern. I would imagine someone going on a suicide mission probably isn't worried about blowing up their credit card. Both are equally easy and legal to acquire in Nevada.

Agreed.

Also, one of the witnesses mentioned him reloading, which would be pretty damn slow with an internal magazine. Even if you take early witness statements with a grain of salt and all.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Agreed.

Also, one of the witnesses mentioned him reloading, which would be pretty damn slow with an internal magazine. Even if you take early witness statements with a grain of salt and all.

He could be using actual clips instead of detachable magazines. But that seems pretty out of fashion.

 

[TurkeysGhost]

He could be using actual clips instead of detachable magazines. But that seems pretty out of fashion.

Hard to imagine someone choosing to use such a system for what amounts to a suicide mission. If you care enough about white supremacy to throw your life away killing strangers at a festival, you probably won't trust the success of your grand moment to a 50 cent stripper clip from eBay.

 

[Ranb]

'Erroneous reporting' on Garlic Festival shooting suspect's ideology: FBI
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/err...oting-suspects-ideology-fbi/story?id=64706955

"I can tell you there has been no determination on ideology. There's reports out there has been information found and books referenced on that, we are not in a position at this stage of the investigation to make a call on ideology," John Bennett told reporters on Wednesday.

"The information that's out there, it's being reported that there's white nationalism or any type of those ideologies," Special Agent John Bennett, said. "That has not been determined and I wanted to knock that down."