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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat weapons did the brothers have?
And were any guns registered? Or not?
JohnnyBoots
(2,969 posts)Mass gun laws before you post flamebait.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)I've been wondering the same. They seem to me legitimate questions, and I am by no means a gun enthusiast.
It's entirely possible that the weapons were purchased in other states legally and brought to Mass. Further reason to expand the gun laws. Absolutely legitimate conversation.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Just a logical question, considering the current national discussion on guns bought/sold without any tracking.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)That crime scene is complicated by the explosion of the pressure cooker bomb which did go off in Watertown and seriously injured police trying to apprehend them. They did shoot at the police as well.
Initial reports on the bombs said they had blackpowder which some gun owners use. Nothing illegal under gun laws, but the domestic violence charge and record of Tamerlan's relatives calling the authorities when they suspected him to be up to no good a few years ago might have prevented their getting supplies.
As far as the know-how to make the bombs, it's on the internet.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts),,, all that has been said is that they had handguns, rifles, home-made hand grenades, and pressure cooker bombs.
Zax2me
(2,515 posts)Appears to be weapon of choice, used it against police as well.
JohnnyBoots
(2,969 posts)LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)and here's the best answer I got
11. Handguns, a rifle and at least six bombs -- three of which exploded - were found at the scene early"
"Handguns, a rifle and at least six bombs -- three of which exploded -- were found at the scene early Friday after officers first confronted the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects in the darkness of a residential street, the Watertown, Massachusetts, police chief told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Saturday.
A single officer was the first to encounter the two cars that Tamerlan and Dzhokar Tsarnaev were driving, just before 1 a.m. Friday, Chief Edward Deveau said.
Before the officer could get backup, the two cars stopped, and the brothers got out.
"They jump out of the car and unload on our police officer," Deveau said "They both came out shooting -- shooting guns, handguns. He's under direct fire, very close by. He has to jam it in reverse and try to get himself a little distance."
Five other police officers, including two who had just finished their shifts, then arrived at what Deveau called a "very tight area" in the middle of an intense shootout. One of the officers was wounded.
"We estimate there was over 200 shots fired in a five- to 10-minute period," Deveau said.
One of the brothers threw an explosive at the officers. They later discovered it was a pressure cooker bomb, similar to the ones used at the marathon Monday, the chief said.
CNN breaking news email...
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NickB79
(19,224 posts)Was the MIT officer with his police car, or on foot? If they looted his holster and whatever he had in his car after they killed him, that could have bolstered their arsenal.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Somehow we're missing something here. I know the police have those kinds of weapons, but the people who recorded the rapid fire were only recording the assholes outside shooting their guns.
bbinacan
(7,047 posts)I read this somewhere but can't find the article now.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Several thousand pounds of weaponry, capable of killing multiple people in a single swipe. It was stolen, so not registered to the murderer.