EDITORS NOTE: While the Kel-Tec (Sub200) sic Sub2000 is mentioned at the press conference it is unclear if it was part of this shooting event. An early version of this article indicated its use and that has not been verified.
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-— The Lake City Task Force on the Highland Park mass murder has released some information about the firearms used during the crime. Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli of the Lake City Sheriff Department announced during a press conference on July 6, 2022, a list of weapons identified as being in possession of the suspect.
Embed of the BS.org video of the press conference. Weapons are mentioned at about 4:30 into the video.
Chief Deputy Covelli said four firearms were purchased. The Sub2000 (sic), a Remington 700 bolt action rifle, and a shotgun were purchased in 2020. A Glock 43X 9mm pistol was purchased after the suspect turned 21, in 2021.
The Glock 43X is a 9mm pistol. The Kel-Tec may have been a 9mm rifle.
The Kel-Tec Sub 2000 is available in models which use Glock magazines. The rifle may have been able to use Glock magazines. There may have been some interchangeability in ammunition and magazines between the pistol and the rifle.
The caliber of the Remington 700 rifle or the gauge of the shotgun were not mentioned in the press briefing.
Correction:
With additional reports, it is clear Chief Deputy Christopher Covelli was separating the firearm used in the attack from the Kel-Tec Sub 2000, which was purchased by the suspect in 2020.
There is no evidence the Kel-Tec rifle was used in the attack in Highland Park, Illinois.
AmmoLand regrets the error.
About Dean Weingarten:
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30-year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
Does it matter the weapon used it is the the person behind the weapon that should trouble the country. One look at that person tells volumes about the killer. Stick to the real story the person not the object used. Who are his peers who else knew what did the fbi atf really know about this crazed killer.
I could care less about the weapons I care more about the history behind the killer and his family, That should be the news story and the real agenda. Expose this person’s social history tear it apart for all to see,
I guess it is a AR type, kind of high powered rifle thingy.
So we were lied to again when they said it was a high powered rifle? You can’t trust anyone any more!
Not saying they’re correct, but the NYT and Daily Mail are reporting he had an S&W MP-15.
Mac – I dont believe that the reporter(s) lied. I believe that they just do not know what all this “gun” stuff is. And when offered a chance to learn, refuse. That’s how we end up with hysterical “in-laws, friends and acquaintances who freak out at the sight of a magazine (loaded or not) screaming that it is an assault rifle. Bullets are the same thing. They are either big or small but all are “High Power” and can penetrate an engine block. They also believe that the police are the best trained in the nation on how to use… Read more »
I find it interesting that none of the news org’s. Have retracted their “high powered” statements. True the Remington bolt action could be “high powered” but could not have been the gun used for rapid fire, that was obvious in the news videos.
It is telling that the, ominous, gun shown on the roof, on the tripod, in the news videos is not one in the shooters stated inventory, so I assume it is a police sniper rifle, But is shown immediately after news personalities stated the shooter was on the roof.
Hummmmmm, can you say misleading?
You can bte he will.
This TERRORIST ACTIONS — IS — ANOTHER FAILURE of the “authorities” to implement the RED-FLAG-LAW! This TERRORIST SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE RED-FLAG-LAW BANNED LIST!
GUN FREE ZONES —- MUST BE ELIMINATED! American Citizens MUST be able to DEFEND THEMSELVES in TERRORIST ACTIONS such as this.
WHERE IS THE NATIONWIDE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY WITH QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. .
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“politicians” have immunity when they stand before American Citizens and BLATANTLY state PROVABLE LIES !!! IE: Schiff (I have proof Trump has Russian connections), Biden (I drove 18 wheelers), American A.G.(the Southern Border is closed and secure).
The interview is a little confusing If one listens really close there is a slight pause between, the weapon he used Kel Tek sub200
Drats, foiled again. So the fabled ‘Assault Weapons Ban’ of Feinstein fame was…………….not so much. Back to the drawing boards.
It is not the tool that makes the craftsman nor does the tool make the artist. It is not the gun that makes the gunfighter. It is the heart. Fill your heart with the Holy Spirit and you can accomplish great things for humanity. Fill your heart with satanic garbage and you accomplish great evil. It is just that simple.