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After the nation saw two North Hollywood bank robbers
terrorize scores of police officers and civilians with a seemingly endless
spray of assault rifle bullets, Times staff writers Jeff Brazil and Steve
Berry set out to answer this
question:
Why, years
after federal and state laws were passed to restrict these lethal
semiautomatic guns, do they continue to proliferate, felling innocent
people from coast to coast? Through documents obtained under public
records laws and interviews with victims, gun makers and law enforcement
officials, the reporters found that the country's assault weapon statutes
have been circumvented and
undermined.
The law has
been outgunned.
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Crackdown
Has Missed the Mark
California and the
U.S. restricted military-style guns several years ago. But they
remain widely available because of loopholes, politics and industry
ingenuity.
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A
Question of Commitment
Attorney general
says he has enforced '89 ban on sales. But assault guns continue to
flood the state.
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Blaming
the Weapon
A stranger wielding an
assault rifle tore apart his body and crushed his dreams. Now, Kent
Wingerd is convinced such weapons should be
illegal.
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