I actually received a reply back from a news reporter. Now I admit my email wasnt the greatest drinking boubon at the time I wrote it and sent it.
Mr. Newland -- Thanks very much for writing, and for sharing your
thoughts.
You make some excellent points, which I'll be sure to incorporate into
my
next story on the topic.
Sincerely,
Sam Skolnik
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Sam Skolnik
Reporter
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Newland [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 2:57 PM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Please Sam
if you are going to write about guns do yourself and
your paper a favor and learn something about them.
"Maldonado fired a semi-automatic assault rifle that
used 7.62 mm bullets, Sorensen said -- possibly an
AK-47 -- as well as a high-capacity, semi-automatic
machine pistol. Neither weapon, unless it has been
converted to fully automatic, would be inherently
illegal to own, he said." There is no such thing as a
semi-automatic assault weapon. An assualt weapon
shoots both semi and full auto. Maldonado carried a
CZ-75 semi-automatic 9mm pistol. There are only two
companies that currently make full auto machine
pistols and that is Glock in Thier model 18 and
Beretta that makes a full auto version of their model
92. Rick
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