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Charles Marwick
JAMA Medical News & Perspectives Chicago, Ill

JAMA. 1992;268(21):3072.

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—The weapons that Dr Kleber had in mind during my interview with him¹ include guns such as the Tec-9 and the Tec-22, manufactured by Intratec (Miami, Fla). Other companies manufacture similar weapons. The Tec-9 carries a clip of 32 rounds, the Tec-22 carries a clip of 30. They are described as semiautomatic pistols. Thus, Dr Kohanski is correct in bringing me to task for describing such weapons as "machine guns." A semiautomatic weapon requires a pull of the trigger for each round to be fired; a machine gun will continue firing until the ammunition runs out, as long as the trigger is held back. However, the point may well be only a technical distinction. The March 10, 1992, issue of the New York Times quoted LeRoy Martin, Superintendent of Police in Chicago, Ill, commenting on these weapons: "They are designed to spray whole groups of people, and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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