High-Capacity Semiautomatic Handguns: The Weapon of Choice for US Mass Shooters

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2012-08-07

<div class='node-body'><p>Wade Michael Page, the Wisconsin gunman who opened fire inside a Sikh Temple during Sunday services this weekend, joins a string of men in recent US history -- guided by rage, insanity, or some combination of both -- who acted alone to with murderous results. But Page had more in common with those men than just the urge and capacity to execute such a hideous act: he had the same perfectly designed weapon they had, too.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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