Crimes involving assault weapons have become so common that police
officials across the nation are discussing how to contain the national
problem, Sheriff Kevin Beary said this week. "We need to have a round-table with the Police Executive Research Foundation to get some answers," he said.

Well, that's easy; just renew the ban on them!

An AK-47, providing that it is a semi-automatic, is no more dangerous than any other rifle.  In fact, the AK-47 is just not a very accurate weapon.  If the AK-47s were configured so that they are automatic, they can be quite formidable if for no other reason than they can spray a large area with lead.  However, unless you are a criminal and have obtained them illegally, you have to jump through some high hoops to own one.  They are considered Class III weapons.  They must be registered in the National Firearms Registry.  You must have a background check, pay a $200 fee, and wait about 4 months for authorization to take ownership.

Be that as it may, the criminals in the above case, by leaving the weapons behind, have left the police a treasure trove of forensics data including fingerprints, DNA, and ownership history of the weapon.  This makes the criminalist's job easier.  An added bonus is that these weapons are now out of the hands of criminals.

If all criminals left their weapons at the scene of the crime, it would make our policemens' jobs much easier.    

There is so much in this article that is either deliberately misleading, or just plain ignorance. Sadly, some of it is from the detectives.

"I guess, because they're so easy to get." Bad guess. Extremely difficult to get legally. If they're easily available illegally, Orlando has a big problem. One that has nothing to do with "gun control."

Having an arsenal like this available shows the actions of an organized criminal group. Maybe they can easily replace them. But leaving murder weapons at the scene is a sure-fire way to not get caught with the evidence that one is involved in that murder. Even if the guns are traced to a registered owner, a lawyer can handle that. Possessing the murder weapon is a lot harder to explain in court.

Throwing away such expensive weapons only indicates that the cost is not a concern to the criminals. I'd look at major drug rings for clues to the perps' identity.

"Crimes involving assault weapons have become so common that police officials across the nation are discussing how to contain the national problem, Sheriff Kevin Beary said this week." Most Sheriffs are politicians. They run for the office. "Assault weapons" is a misnomer; at least Curtis correctly identifies full-auto-capable rifles as "assault rifles." When an elected official uses the term "assault weapons," you know where he's going with it.

"One of the AK-47s shows likely signs of having been stolen because the serial number had been filed in an attempt to remove it, detectives said." That makes no sense. A stolen gun can only be traced to the point of theft, an investigative dead-end. A serial number allows tracing it to either the person who bought it, or to it's point of manufacture. Attempts to remove it indicate a desire to hide it's owner, or hide the means by which it got into the owner's hands. If, in fact, it means anything at all.

If this is an attempt to raise "gun control" as an issue in this election, I welcome it. The left is free to once more cut their own political throats on it. But it's probably more a case of an ignorant reporter quoting some mistaken detectives, and an anti-gun politician. 

Too bad. Embracing gun control would sink Obama quicker than the Lusitania. 

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The Democrat Party: Creating, Defending and Using Slavery, Jim Crow and Segregation for Over 150 Years... and Counting. 

"I mean, it's really unusual for people to leave stuff like this behind."

Yo, dummy, you should be HAPPY that they left "stuff like" that behind. Not only did you "discover" the weapons that were used in a crime (isn't that called EVIDENCE?), now those weapons can NOT be used in another crime. Would you be happier of they took the weapons with them and used them to kill someone else?

"They just disposed of them like disposable cigarette lighters, I guess, because they're so easy to get"

Humm, they discarded the weapons because "they're so easy to get?" I wonder if the fact that the cops arrived while the "gun battle" was occurring had any relevance on the decision to dispose of the weapons befor they "fled" the crime scene? I mean, really, how easy is it evade capture when you're carrying two AK-47's, two handguns, and a shotgun?

Obama: My job is above my pay grade

...for people to leave stuff like this behind."

Oh really?

Wow, I've NEVER heard of crooks trying to get rid of the evidence of their crime before...