Home / General / The .223 Used AgainThe .223 Used Again By Erik Loomis / On December 25, 2012 / At 2:10 pm / In General 2230 Views Another horrible massacre, another high-powered rifle supported by the NRA used for the killing. Chief Pickering also said that it was likely that the gunman used a semi-automatic rifle, one of three weapons recovered from the shooting scene, to kill the firefighters. He identifed the semi-automatic as a .223 Bushmaster rifle, the same weapon used in the school massacre in Newtown, Conn. At the very least, can we make the ownership of this gun illegal? gun control Post navigation Prev PostTonight, Thank God It’s Them Instead of You Next PostQOTD