Battle Creek teen shot in leg by Police
July 5th, 2008
Teen with assault rifle shot by Battle Creek police
Thursday in Michigan:
A 15-year-old with a 9mm assault rifle was shot by a Battle Creek police officer just after 1 a.m. Thursday.
Police responded to reports of a man with a gun and shots fired in the 100 block of Hubbard Street. When they arrived, they saw the person with the gun.
Police shot the gun-toting person. Later, they found out he was 15.
The officers shot when the boy pointed his weapon at them. He will recover.
The “9mm assault rifle” is likely something along the lines of a Hi-Point carbine.
Although ARs and other actual assault rifle-based weapons are available in 9mm, they aren’t terribly common. And they’re fairly expensive. Those Hi Point carbines can be found for under $200. For much more info, see Mr. Completely.
Even if this thing were a fully-atuo 9mm AR, something that some law enforcement agencies use, it would really be a submachine gun, not an assault rifle.
Although I’m sure someone has cooked something up, I’m not aware of any AK-based 9mm rifles.
Tags: MI
July 5th, 2008 at 9:17 am
You ever notice how, when a law enforcement officer gets shot by a civilian, many times in the media account it seems to be the gun doing the shooting, but when a civilian gets shot by an LEO, it’s always the LEO doing the shooting?
July 8th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
the news media never calls anything a gun anymore- it has to be a SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL or an ASSAULT RIFLE, or a HIGH CAPACITY SEMI AUTOMATIC 9MM HANDGUN or some such description. do you think that there trying to make a point or using there soap box as the unbiased news media to put forth anti-gun propaganda. gordo