Assault rifles on our streets alarm police: Officers fear they could be outgunned by criminals.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) | September 23, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Robert Nolin, Leon Fooksman and Brian Haas

Sep. 23--Suddenly, it seems, assault rifles are everywhere: in the news, in music videos, on MySpace pages. They are found in the hands of criminals and now, as a consequence, in the trunks of South Florida police cars.

The result is an escalating war of weapons one-upmanship, as the men and women of law enforcement try to avoid being outgunned on the street by lawbreakers.

In Palm Beach County, where at least nine attacks with assault weapons in the past two years left at least six dead, Sheriff ...

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