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To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (183935)	9/19/2001 10:32:23 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Gordon you pose the question ..."You don't believe this do you?" And this is based on the NRA stating the following in the link you offer for posing this question. The NRA states the following..."Use of the sensational "cop killer bullet" is dishonest and misleading.....There has never been any bullet invented for the purpose of killing police officers...no law enforcement officer has ever been killed or even injured because of armor piercing bullet.." That is what the NRA said and you ask if I believed it. Well Gordon, I don't know, but let me make this suggestion. Why don't you contact the POLICE OFFICERS mentioned in the following. Ask them if the NRA is right or if they merely had a bad nightmare one afternoon in Los Angeles.. "In February 1997, a series of bank robberies culminated in quite possibly the most violent shootout in modern American police history. The lives of 36 patrons and 12 employees were endangered when two heavily armed men wearing body armor decided to rob the Bank of America in North Hollywood. Seen entering the bank by Los Angeles police officers, the two men intimidated employees and patrons by firing shots inside while not realizing that Los Angeles police officers were surrounding the building. As they left the bank, the robbers became aware of their predicament and began shooting at police and civilians. Three civilians and nine officers were shot within the first five minutes of the shootout, and a total of 350 officers were called to the scene. As police bullets bounced off the suspects, it became evident that the two men were wearing body armor and had out-gunned the police with their armor piercing bullets and semiautomatic weapons. A total of seven civilians and eleven LAPD officers were injured. Despite the overwhelming odds, many heroic officers, while in grave danger, initiated officer and citizen rescues as the suspects continued to exchange shots with other officers. The suspects fired more than 1,100 rounds from their semiautomatic assault rifles. Eventually, one suspect committed suicide and members of the LAPD SWAT team shot and killed the other. Officer Don Anderson, Detective Vincent Bancroft, Jr., Officer Edward Brentlinger, Officer John Caprarelli, Sergeant Steven Gomez, Detective Kevin A. Harley, Officer Richard A. Massa, Officer Dean R. Schram, Officer Conrado Torrez, and Officer Richard Zielinski are just ten of the many heroes present that day who stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their fellow law enforcement officers in the face of danger.