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"High-Powered"?

There is no better way to announce "I know nothing about firearms" than putting the words "high-powered" to describe "assault" rifles, given that weapons such as the AK-47 fire intermediate-sized rounds developed to be more controllable than full-sized "high-power" rifle rounds.

Likewise, if these weapons are "automatic" then why wasn't Rodriguez charged with possession of a machine gun?

Instead we've got a drug dealer arrested for a couple semi-automatics and some cocaine. Fine. Good job, Westport Police.

You don't have try to turn this into an episode of Miami Vice by sprinkling in keywords you know nothing about.

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