Talk:North Hollywood shootout

Acquisition of AR-15s
Hello,

I am not a common editor of Wikipedia but I've noticed an inaccuracy with this article. It it stated "Several officers additionally equipped themselves with AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles from a nearby firearms dealer."

This is a misconception that stems from the movie 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out. This movie is based on the incident this article is about but erroneously shows police officers procuring AR-15s from a local gun store. This event occurred during the Federal Assault Weapons Ban which lasted from 1994 until it expired in 2004. No civilian gun stores carried AR-15s during this period and there is no record of police acquiring AR-15s from local gun stores. Shep Besky (talk) 15:29, 21 May 2023 (UTC)


 * The Assault Weapons ban of 1994 banned sale of the Colt AR-15, but did not restrict the sale of the Colt Sporter and other AR-15 style weapons. Ollie.The.Rat (talk) 17:38, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Search Following Shootout
The subsequent door to door search in North Hollywood is not mentioned in this article. As police believed there could be as many as 6 suspects, they continued to receive false calls of new suspects and as a result, SWAT teams went door to door searching for a possible third suspect. Ollie.The.Rat (talk) 17:56, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Influence of Hollywood movie "HEAT"
The movie Heat_(1995_film) came out in 1995 with huge directorial name, mega-blockbuster actors. Is it conceivable that the movie played some role in instigating this crime? Did the perps see the movie in 95, plan their own version in 96, and then carry it out in 97? No doubt the movie and subsequently this crime were responsible in some part for the 'militarization' of the local police forces nationwide in the aftermath.

range an distance
the article states that " This was compounded by the fact that most of the LAPD officers' service pistols had insufficient range at longer distances," I am very tempted to exchange "range" wirh "stopping power" but I am no expert on guns. could someone check this sentence and maybe change the wording? 84.215.194.129 (talk) 09:10, 11 February 2024 (UTC)