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By Aric JenkinsFebruary 15, 2018 12:51 PM ESTSix of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. over the past decade have used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle. The latest instance was Wednesdayrsquo high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead and 14 other stanley cup s injured. The gun used in the shooting was a Smith and Wesson MP AR-15, federal law enforcement officials told the Associated P stanley cup ress. The same model weapon was used in previous mass shootings, including the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting that claimed 12 lives and the rampage in San Bernardino, Calif., that claimed 14.These rifles and other versions of the AR-15 are the civilian equivalent of fully-automatic M16 rifles used by the U.S. military since the Vietnam War. They are fancied by gun owners because they are typically easy to purchase mdash; often for less than $1,000 mdash; and can be customized with a number of accessories, such as bump stocks, which essent stanley cup ially convert the semi-automatic weapons into fully-automatics. A bump stock was deployed by the assailant in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 dead, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.Up until that point, the country deadliest mass shooting had occurred just a year prior at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where the perpetrator used an SIG MCX semi-automatic rifle mdash; highly similar to AR-15s in aesthetic and purpose mdash; to kill 49 people. Comparable weapons were also used a Cdll Kiev Rocked by Violence
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC in National Harbor, Md., on March 4, 2016.Carolyn Kaster鈥擜PBy Zeke J MillerApril 3, 2016 9:46 AM EDTDonald Trump reversal on a pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee could have consequences, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday.In appearances on all five Sunday news shows, Priebus sought to reassure Republicans that the party is preparing for the likelihood of a contested convention, while rebutting criticism of the arcane delegate selection rules leveled by the front-runner. Trump has called the system unfair and has said he should be awarded the nomination even if he falls nike dunk short of the 1,237 delegatesmdash;a majoritymdash;required to win the nomination at the party convention in Cleveland in July.Responding to Trump decision to abandon his loyalty pledge on ABC This Week, Priebus said the decision could deepen Trump delegate troubles. Those kinds of comments I think ha salomon ve consequences, Priebus said. And so when you make those kinds of comments, and you want people to fall in line for you, it makes it more d hoka ifficult.If you were running for president of the Kiwanis Club or the Boy Scouts and you said you donrsquo;t know if you like the Kiwanis or the Boy Scouts, I think that makes your challenge even greater to ultimately win th
By Aric JenkinsFebruary 15, 2018 12:51 PM ESTSix of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. over the past decade have used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle. The latest instance was Wednesdayrsquo high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead and 14 other stanley cup s injured. The gun used in the shooting was a Smith and Wesson MP AR-15, federal law enforcement officials told the Associated P stanley cup ress. The same model weapon was used in previous mass shootings, including the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting that claimed 12 lives and the rampage in San Bernardino, Calif., that claimed 14.These rifles and other versions of the AR-15 are the civilian equivalent of fully-automatic M16 rifles used by the U.S. military since the Vietnam War. They are fancied by gun owners because they are typically easy to purchase mdash; often for less than $1,000 mdash; and can be customized with a number of accessories, such as bump stocks, which essent stanley cup ially convert the semi-automatic weapons into fully-automatics. A bump stock was deployed by the assailant in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, which left 58 dead, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.Up until that point, the country deadliest mass shooting had occurred just a year prior at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where the perpetrator used an SIG MCX semi-automatic rifle mdash; highly similar to AR-15s in aesthetic and purpose mdash; to kill 49 people. Comparable weapons were also used a Cdll Kiev Rocked by Violence
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC in National Harbor, Md., on March 4, 2016.Carolyn Kaster鈥擜PBy Zeke J MillerApril 3, 2016 9:46 AM EDTDonald Trump reversal on a pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee could have consequences, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday.In appearances on all five Sunday news shows, Priebus sought to reassure Republicans that the party is preparing for the likelihood of a contested convention, while rebutting criticism of the arcane delegate selection rules leveled by the front-runner. Trump has called the system unfair and has said he should be awarded the nomination even if he falls nike dunk short of the 1,237 delegatesmdash;a majoritymdash;required to win the nomination at the party convention in Cleveland in July.Responding to Trump decision to abandon his loyalty pledge on ABC This Week, Priebus said the decision could deepen Trump delegate troubles. Those kinds of comments I think ha salomon ve consequences, Priebus said. And so when you make those kinds of comments, and you want people to fall in line for you, it makes it more d hoka ifficult.If you were running for president of the Kiwanis Club or the Boy Scouts and you said you donrsquo;t know if you like the Kiwanis or the Boy Scouts, I think that makes your challenge even greater to ultimately win th