Hmm... unfortunately this is probably going to mean more gun control form Pelosi, Handgun Inc, etc etc...Sad that we will lose our 2A rights over armed hooligans. Gonna be rough when we will not be able to defend ourselves and have to rely on 1 police officer per 3000 citizens in this nation.

Nice attempt to bait them...but they are smarter than you.

Hmmmm,

Only $50K. And no reward offered by banks (or their insurance companies).

$800,000 stolen so far. Nobody killed (yet!)

Doesn't sound to me like they're too interested in catching these guys.

How bout we take take the FBI agents who are investigating BOGUS allegations of voter intimidation in Virgina, and instead ...

PUT THEM INSIDE SOME BANKS.

Who is running this freak show?

Bogus allegations of voter intimidation? Of course the repgugs never intimidate minority voters, of course they don't use robo-calls to harrass or try to confuse voters. Oh yeah, sorry, both cases are already well documented. Denying it only makes the right look more guilty. Keep investigating voter fraud commited by BOTH sides, dont let ANYONE off the hook for trying to subvert the democratic process. People who intimidate voters should be imprisoned, and as felons, loose their own right to vote.

I'm all for the right to own guns to protect myself and family, but NOBODY needs to have a legal AK-47. These machines are rightfully banned in this country for a reason...

AK-47s banned..? Get your facts straight, JT. They're not banned. And they are no more or less dangerous than any other weapon.

owlman has a point, an AK is just as dangerous as a 10-22. A gun is a gun is a gun, being pistol or rifle. Those robbers could just as eaily use mimi-14s or bolt action rifles.

We need to remember why we have the Second Amd. in the first place, it not just about personal defence, but also keeping the goverment in check.

the second amend.says that local militias have the right to bear arms,not ordinary citizens,i love guns but i am not stupid,i am insulted by these folks who all of a sudden are constitutional scholars.

Hey Rightiswrong, What are you talking about? You should keep focused on what the subject is. The elections are over we all know who won. Once again the subject, the subject!!!!!

Ok now let’s not get our panties in a wad over this. Local militias mean you and me Joe citizen. Now the founding fathers always meant for that to mean we can take on our government with arms just like they did. Now of course there is at some point a level of compromise here. We do not need missile launchers and armored tanks in the hands of the local citizens. But it is reasonable to assume that when you make it illegal to have a weapon only a criminal would have them correct?

Of course that’s correct. Honest citizens would not be able to defend themselves from the dishonest.

Name calling. You can count on it when a liberal is talking. They have little or no arguement to debate, thus the snarky name calling.

To all those who support people owning AK47 just in case its necessary to take up arms against the goverment, you guys make me laugh. If a group ever decided to go against their goverment they would get the A** kick. And I am sorry but American's don't question their goverment ie look at the mess your goverment got itself into in Iraq and how you all went happily together. The only reason for people to have AK 47 is to use them on other Americans.

Militia's are National Guard equivilents of their day. The current civilian population could not manage to "keep the government in check" with the weapons they have at their disposal. Try changing the mind of a tank operator with a 12 guage or a 30-06... its not going to happen... People who use the "guns keep our government in line" arguement often have a disproportionate belief in the effectiveness of small arms fire in combat...

On that note, I don't see a use for a combat rifle in the hands of the public, its magazine capacity and rate of fire are the differentiation for me. Just as many states limit the cartridge capacity of shotguns so that a spree shooter would have to take the time to reload (and if you need more than 5 shells to take out a partridge then you should take up a new hobby...)

1 - For further edification and enjoyment, rent the movie "Heat". These bank robbers are following Heat's story line down to the last detail of occasionally pistol whipping a recalcitrant bank employee.

2 - Its clear the FBI does not want to catch these guys. They are left alone for some political reason. I suspect that the FBI wants to assist the anti-gun rights crowd. There is a specific political reason that the headline of this story stipulates "assault gun". The specific type of gun used is unnecessary information. Politics is as ubiquitous as air. You are being brainwashed. Go study political psychology as I did. You’ll be terrified when you learn what is going on behind the scenes.

3 - I once lived in Japan. Over there ordinary people use hammers, knifes and samurai swords to accomplish extremely violent results. Guns are tightly controlled in Japan, yet criminals have guns and use them on a daily basis. You are a naïve child if you think that outlawing guns will make you safe. If you were a bank teller or guard would you care if robbers brandished a 2 foot long sword versus some specific model of assault rifle? “Hey I’m a bank guard, if a robber brandishes a legitimate Chinese made AK-47 then I’ll heed his threats, but if the robber threatens me with only a Smith & Wesson revolver, then I’ll just laugh at him”. Think about it.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."

What's well regulated about the world's largest arms producer (US of A) flooding the nation world with weapons, and allowing AK-47's to circulate? I say embrace the Bill of Rights to the letter and register all weapons.

Seems to me the FBI doesnt have the manpower to catch these juveniles.

$50k reward? Small potatoes!

The banks in S. Florida should pool together a $1,000,000 reward for the individual, or group that turns these gun-toting, villains over to the authorities, after they're caught, convicted, and put away for a very long time. Easy way for somebody to become a millionaire. A hefty reward is well worth saving lives put in danger from these madmen. What if they get bored robbing banks and start targeting people at random through the gun-sites. Remember the DC sniper murders? Not to mention the already talked about LA gunfight with police in 97.

booyah and others-
Are you aware that while Bill Clinton and Janet Reno pushed for the now expired "Assault Weapons Ban" legislation, they simultaneously cut a deal to import tens of thousands of Chinese made AK-47 assault rifles into the U.S. ahead of the ban's start date?

is it a fact the weapon is an AK-47? Really? FOr really sure? We are told this by FBI press releases. If the rifle is a semi automatic it is not an AK-47. If it is not an AK-47 then the facts are not correct. If the rifle is a semi automatic and the pess release stated that it is not as dangerous as an AK-47 would that have an influence on most persons who read this? It might make a difference. The way facts are stated makes all the difference between being told the truth and being strung along to get more support. The crime is bad enough with any firearm being used, using an innacurate term just for the hype is making it worse and will eventually lead to the public not paying any attention to the FBI. If it turns to be a real AK-47 the persons possessing it are in for long prison terms.

I am a 51 year old schoolteacher,
veteran, and an owner of a semi-
auto AK-47. I love my semi assault
weapon. And I am not a menance to
society.

Where's Horatio Cain?

I don't understand why we couldn't arm 'good people'. Some politician wanting to 'ban guns' is ignorant. You only 'ban guns' from 'good people', criminals will always have guns! And if you're a goodie2shoes and want to know why we need guns. It's the final check against any take over, it's allowed, criminals would think twice and good people can control it. All this is especially interesting because we now have electronic safety for guns.

The second ammendment is more than able to protect us from our govt. and any other invasion of despots.
If the people of south Florida were not cowed into the thought that gun ownership was something to be avoided - especially the right to carry concealed - many of the people of the bank would be ready to fight illegal forces with legal force, and few criminals intent on robbing a bank would enter a bank that might have a number of employees armed and ready to resist them!
On the other end of this argument, I would suggest the viewing of the film, "Red Dawn"; the story line is the invasion of the west coast by Cuban soldiers and other mercenaries. The hero is a young highschool boy and his friends (with their own hunting rifles and handguns) who persist in killing and causing the invading "immigrants" to fail in their mission to take over western USA.
The story makes a good case for teaching young people to shoot, and the reason for the second ammendment.

small arms and ieds seem to be doing a good job in iraq. lets enforce the laws on the books for using a gun illegally. how many rich people get off and don't do time.?

Maybe if the FBI and law enforcement were dealing with 88 year old black women instead of well armed 'thugs' they wouldnt have to post a reward to catch them.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."

Thomas Jefferson.

I love liberals and thier annoying views of world peace without firearms in the hands of citizens... when the goverment gets out of control perhaps they will be the first to the concentration camps....just ask the jews what happened to them less than 100 years ago..

"small arms and ieds seem to be doing a good job in iraq."

Right, and numerous other places for that matter. Tanks are not required to win a civil war.

As for the militia comments, you people have no idea what you are talking about.

Read these quotes:
"No Free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." (Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, 1 T. Jefferson Papers, 334,[C.J.Boyd, Ed., 1950])

"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms." (Richard Henry Lee, Additional Letters from the Federal Farmer (1788) at 169)

"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for few public officials." (George Mason, 3 Elliot, Debates at 425-426)

"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms, and be taught alike especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, 1788, Initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights, Walter Bennett, ed., Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican, at 21,22,124 (Univ. of Alabama Press,1975)..)

"The provision in the Constitution granting the right to all persons to bear arms is a limitation upon the power of the Legislature to enact any law to the contrary. The exercise of a right guaranteed by the Constitution cannot be made subject to the will of the sheriff." [People vs. Zerillo, 219 Mich. 635, 189 N.W. 927, at 928 (1922)]