For balance: A report I heard on the evening of the 21st of June said that according to then-current information all his firearms had been bought legally. It was later confirmed separately. However, as Decius notes below, it is unlikely that he used a fully automatic firearm, as the difficulty in acquiring one makes it more likely that if the man used a fully automatic weapon, it was an illegally modified semi-automatic.
Disinformation is NOT noise. I included 4 adjective phrases in my claim, and I know that the claim is false considering any combination of only three of them. The sources you linked choose explicitly to not state if the firearms in question are fully-automatic, but the shops listed typically don’t make five-figure sales, like a fully-auto AR-15.
For reference, the least expensive firearm matching the ‘fully-automatic’ and ‘legal in the US’ qualifiers are around $2500 each if the seller needs to sell them within hours, and $4000 if the you want to buy one in a reasonable amount of time.
Thanks for looking into it more thoroughly. If there are any other updates besides the sources I linked to (which were the only ones available at the time) please inform me—I normally do not follow those organizations’ news coverage either. I’m not sure why you mention the costs of the firearms, but it might be worthwhile to know that I heard on the evening of the 21st of June on All Things Considered that he bought the firearms in May and June.
Why is it disinformation? Those were the only sources available at the time, and they both quoted Oates, who I believe is a sheriff who initially worked the case before the FBI took over. If this is still disinformation, then please correct me so I may better find my news.
It’s disinformation because I made a specific claim, and you responded by refuting a claim different from the claim I made.
The costs are relevant because they are one of the reasons why legally acquired FA firearms are not used in crimes. They typically cost about 10 times as much as illegally modified semi-auto firearms of the same model, and involve a more significant background check to acquire than firearms in general.
If there was a legally acquired FA firearm used, the serial number and ownership history would be available within minutes of the time the name and DOB (or DOB and zipcode) of the owner was known.
For balance:
A report I heard on the evening of the 21st of June said that according to then-current information all his firearms had been bought legally. It was later confirmed separately. However, as Decius notes below, it is unlikely that he used a fully automatic firearm, as the difficulty in acquiring one makes it more likely that if the man used a fully automatic weapon, it was an illegally modified semi-automatic.
Disinformation is NOT noise. I included 4 adjective phrases in my claim, and I know that the claim is false considering any combination of only three of them. The sources you linked choose explicitly to not state if the firearms in question are fully-automatic, but the shops listed typically don’t make five-figure sales, like a fully-auto AR-15.
For reference, the least expensive firearm matching the ‘fully-automatic’ and ‘legal in the US’ qualifiers are around $2500 each if the seller needs to sell them within hours, and $4000 if the you want to buy one in a reasonable amount of time.
Thanks for looking into it more thoroughly. If there are any other updates besides the sources I linked to (which were the only ones available at the time) please inform me—I normally do not follow those organizations’ news coverage either. I’m not sure why you mention the costs of the firearms, but it might be worthwhile to know that I heard on the evening of the 21st of June on All Things Considered that he bought the firearms in May and June.
Why is it disinformation? Those were the only sources available at the time, and they both quoted Oates, who I believe is a sheriff who initially worked the case before the FBI took over. If this is still disinformation, then please correct me so I may better find my news.
It’s disinformation because I made a specific claim, and you responded by refuting a claim different from the claim I made.
The costs are relevant because they are one of the reasons why legally acquired FA firearms are not used in crimes. They typically cost about 10 times as much as illegally modified semi-auto firearms of the same model, and involve a more significant background check to acquire than firearms in general.
If there was a legally acquired FA firearm used, the serial number and ownership history would be available within minutes of the time the name and DOB (or DOB and zipcode) of the owner was known.