When a loser snapped and used a .45 to kill a former employer he\u2019d been accused of stalking, and then died in a shootout with NYPD officers in front of the Empire State Building, the media soon piled the BS almost as high as the iconic building before which the incident took place.\u00a0 When it looked as if one man had shot nine or ten people, the mainstream media was ready with another anti-gun blitz\u2026and with their embarrassment almost visible, backed off when it discovered the killer had shot a single victim, and the other victims had all sustained non-life-threatening wounds from fragments of police bullets.<\/p>\n
There was knee-jerk Kool-Aid regurgitation, such as this op-ed in HuffPost: \u00a0http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/sanjay-sanghoee\/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421.html<\/a>. Gee, maybe unarmed English bobbies would have talked the murderer out of shooting them, huh?<\/p>\n The New York Times described the killer\u2019s simple .45 auto as if it should be limited to nuclear arsenals. http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/25\/nyregion\/gun-used-in-shooting-at-empire-state-building-is-known-for-its-deadly-power.html?_r=1&smid=pl-share<\/a><\/p>\n According to this CNN account, none of the bystanders sustained straight-in gunshot wounds from direct bullet strikes, but all instead were hit with shrapnel fragments from shattered projectiles: \u201cPolice Commissioner Ray Kelly said the bystanders were not hit directly by police, but rather the officers’ struck \u2018flowerpots and other objects around, so … their bullets fragmented and, in essence, that’s what caused the wounds.\u2019\u201d http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/08\/24\/justice\/new-york-empire-state\/index.html?hpt=hp_t1<\/a>.<\/p>\n