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What, Exactly, Is a "Cop-Killer" Gun?

wired.com — News reports on the Fort Hood rampage say that the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, used an FN Herstal Five-Seven pistol — described in some reports as a “cop killer” gun. What, exactly, makes the Five-Seven different from other handguns?

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  • Dimensio, on 11/08/2009, -0/+5"Everyone else's safety seems like enough justification for me."

    Please explain this justification, then. Merely asserting a vague concept does not constitute a justification.
  • Dimensio, on 11/08/2009, -3/+7Your statement implies a tyrannical condition. Individuals are not "allowed" to possess firearms. Rather, individuals are, by right, able to possess firearms unless justification exists to prohibit such possession.
  • maxtangent, on 11/08/2009, -2/+4The Troll thinks people are safer when they can't defend themselves.
    Idiocy trying to disguise itself as wisdom but too stupid to pull it off.

    Why not tell all those people slaughtered in 'gun free zones' just how safe they were?
  • maxtangent, on 11/08/2009, -4/+4Wow.. Another police and military hater.
  • BerateBirthers, on 11/08/2009, -6/+3Everyone else's safety seems like enough justification for me.
  • BerateBirthers, on 11/08/2009, -10/+3Don't trust anybody. Equal opportunity hater if you want.
  • BerateBirthers, on 11/08/2009, -16/+3Why anyone is allowed a gun is beyond me.

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