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Figliuzzi: The AR-15 ‘Is By Far The Weapon Of Choice In America For Active Shooters’

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Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi joins Andrea Mitchell to break down the key facts in the Tulsa hospital shooting. “We heard today that this was an AR-15, one of the two guns that this shooter had on him,” says Figliuzzi. “Why is that significant? It is by far the weapon on choice in America for active shooters. It is the same style of weapon used in that Texas classroom.” 

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30 COMMENTS

  1. Why did MSNBC not cover the story of woman legal carrying a handgun who stopped a mass shooting in Charleston the day after the Texas school shooting by killing the mass shooter with rifle at a birthday party? Police say she saved 20 or 30 lives.

  2. White men. That’s the problem. We put too much pressure on them. They need to know we love them. Stop using words like INCEL and let’s get some universal mental health care!

  3. Republicans are owned by the NRA and will do nothing to stop the murders. They are too good for business. We might as well start a national lottery to pick the location of the next mass murder. The closest guess wins the jackpot, 2nd and 3rd win lesser amounts. Sell tickets everywhere, advertise on TV, websites, social media, google, and the NRA. Victims can go down knowing they made someone happy. With the Republicans, your human rights, Rule of Law, and Democracy mean nothing. Might as well make some money from it.

  4. MSNBC, please ask Andrea Mitchell to retire! I'm not trying to be mean, but she can't even get her questions out anymore! It's so frustrating to watch her.

  5. "Four innocent victims; one shooter"

    Wow … so the 51 innocent BLACK victims in Chicago over the holiday weekend were not segment-worthy to MSDNC, but the 3 WHITE victims and one black doctor in Tulsa is a major headline. GOT IT! Thanks Dems!

  6. Um … hey MSDNC … where's your coverage of the two mass shootings in Chicago that happened over the holiday weekend that killed 9 and wounded 42?

    Or are you like "NAH" because they're black people who were shot under Democrat rule?

  7. Most of those of us that own modular rifles like the ar, m4 and AK. Agree with training and mental health flagging dangerous people before buying any gun. But not without due processes. And holding gun manufacturers responsible for death of any kind? Are you going to hold knife, bat, karate instructor's and auto manufacturers responsible also? Also why are most democrats against hardening schools? Is it because eventually children will grow up and see that one or two trained law abiding citizens guarding them is a good thing. And tall fences and security protocol that may be scary at first is a comfort after you drop the naritive and fear tactics. Fact is if you hate guns you don't actually want to do "everything" to stop violence. And look at the many criminals that are released on low bail that are the perpetrators of these crimes. Also how did a punk kid that works a part time job like the uvalde shooter afford two of the most expensive rifles on the market. The daniel defense rifle alone was 2000 dollars. What's the whole story? Drop the naritive and find a solution instead of politicization of things you know won't work. For God sakes even we support most of the bipartisan bill that is mentioned in June 2nd presidential address on this. But going after manufacturers of any product just is insane. Comparing tobacco laws to every other "right" its just not going to happen.

  8. TRUMP TO AMERICANS: The difference between REPUBLICANS and DEMOCRATS is that REPUBLICANS know that death is inevitable. Whether you are old or young, or die from NATURAL CAUSES or an AK-15 riffle. As well REPUBLICANS have no CONSCIENCE. SPONSORED and SUPPORTED by the NRA.

  9. What I feel is that we have a group of unrealistic, immature adults out of HS and with NNOOOO COPING SKILLS.
    Grow up please.
    If your thoughts are that DARK then go talk to someone at a HOSPITAL.

  10. The cops in this situation performed as perfectly as could be possibly expected. The timeline was just a few minutes from the time they were notified of the shooter to when they entered the building and confronted the shooter, in fact if this was a drill and the practiced dozens of times they probably couldn't have performed better…yet five people still died before they got their. So even ignoring the incompetence of the guy roleplaying as the Police Chief of a school district in Texas, when you do everything perfectly and so many people still die, you need to start focusing on prevention of the event itself, not a better reaction to it after it happens, and the easiest way to prevent this event is if this guy couldn't grab a weapon of war the same day he wanted to go on a killing spree.

  11. Yep the AR-15 is the weapon of choice for insurrectionists & homicidal maniacs everywhere. Why? Well not only does it make wannabe soldiers look Cool but it has a muzzle velocity of 2000 mph (3X the speed of sound), can be fitted with a nightscope, a bump stock (making it fully automatic) and carry a 100 round magazine clip not only for maximum damage but apparently "home protection" as well. And the most recent estimate is that there are at least 10 million of them in the hands of US civilians. So it's no wonder the NRA calls it "America's Rifle". More like America's Nightmare.

  12. Republicans Response: It's evil and mental health

    Also Republicans: No need to Legislate too make it harder for Evil or mentally unfit people access to these weapons. In fact we're going to loosen gun law's.

  13. Put the blame where it belongs:
    Anyone can buy an assault weapon?
    – The NRA, gun-nuts, and republicans did nothing to stop assault weapons…and are responsible for the murders of Americans
    REPEAL the 2nd Amendment

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