Some folks are misinterpreting police statements, and claiming the weapon used in the attack was a Kel-Tec SUB2000.
The Kel-Tec SUB2000; is a pistol caliber carbine chambered in either 9mm or .40 S&W; both pistol cartridges. The SUB2000 was never an “assault weapon” even under the federal 1994-2004 ban; production of the SUB2000 began during the federal ban.
It is in no way an AR-pattern rifle, using a blowback action, rather the the AR- direct gas-impingement rotating bolt system.
But…
The weapon used in the July 4th attack, a Kel-Tec Sub200 [sic], …
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The Kel-Tec Sub200 is what he had in Madison.
In the linked video “C. Covelli” is speaking a list, not saying the weapon used was the Kel-Tec. During the press conference, he very specific states that the parade weapon was left behind at the shooting scene, while he had the Kel-Tec in Madison, Wisconsin afterwards.
This information is consistent with reported ISP claims that the weapon used was a Smith & Wesson M&P15, purchased in February 2020 nearly two and a half years before the parade shooting. So much for waiting periods.
The next month, he bought the Smith & Wesson M&P15 semiautomatic rifle authorities say he used in the Independence Day mass shooting, Brandon Kelly, director of the Illinois State Police, said Wednesday.
I wish it had not been an AR-pattern weapon. But we need to strive for accuracy, even if our victim-disarming opponents won’t.
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