Everytown uses Chris Dorner incident to rail against suppressors

By Chris Eger

Undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department in 2013 shows suspect Christopher Dorner in his naval uniform (Photo: LAPD)
The nation’s largest gun control group used the fifth anniversary of a fired Los Angeles police officer’s actions to stump against partial suppressor deregulation.
The group this week cited the use of a suppressor by Christopher Dorner — a former LAPD officer and Naval reservist — in a series of shootings, as a talking point against the legislation that could ease restrictions on the devices.
“Five years ago, our nation saw what can happen when silencers end up in the wrong hands, yet Congress is trying to pass a bill that would roll back gun silencer safety laws and make it easy for people with dangerous histories to buy silencers without a background check,” said John Feinblatt, Everytown president, in a statement. “Congress needs to listen to law enforcement officials who say this legislation endangers public safety, and reject this bill for good.”
The two-page highlight of the Dornier shootings is drawn from a much larger report by The Police Foundation on the events of February 2013 that left Dornier dead along with four others.
“Silencers gave the gunman a tactical advantage at every

Source: Guns.com