And the Beat Goes On

From the Google news scoop:

Gunman Kills Officer in Idaho Courthouse
New York Times - 39 minutes ago
By BILL LOFTUS. MOSCOW, Idaho, May 20 -
A gunman went on a shooting rampage in this quiet college town late Saturday night, killing a police officer and wounding a sheriff’s deputy and a civilian before taking refuge in a church.

Chief Duke said the gunman used an assault rifle, which was found with four empty magazines near his body.


Assault rifle. From Wikipedia:
In a strict definition, a firearm must have all of the following five characteristics to qualify as an assault rifle:

• Is a carbine sized individual weapon with provision to be fired from a shouldered position.
• Barrel length is usually 400 mm to 500 mm (16” to 20”)
• Is capable of selective fire.
• Fires from a locked breech.
• Utilizes an intermediate powered-cartridge.
• Ammunition is supplied from a large capacity detachable box magazine.

Those damn deer -- if they wouldn't shoot back, this kind of thing wouldn't be needed.