Please help me collect news stories that show Law Enforcement carrying AR-15s

[Byron]

We all know the classic complaints against the AR-15:

"It's only designed for killing!"
"It's only good for spray and pray!"
"It was designed to be fired from the hip!"
"It has no legitimate purpose outside of a battlefield!"


Etc :rolleyes:

But we also know that the AR-15, in addition to being one of the most popular civilian rifles, is one of the most popular Law Enforcement rifles.

Partially for the sake of a polite argument I'm having with an acquaintance, and partially just to add to my vault of handy links, I'm looking for links that fit the following criteria:

News story from a major news outlet (i.e. not MyBlogIsCool.tumblr.wikipedia.whatever.com) - don't want my acquaintance to focus on the source, rather than the content
Shows NON-SWAT* personnel holding AR-15s - want to preemptively head off any claims of "Well, those are just for special/tactical/SWAT teams"
Preferably is a somewhat "average" story - want to preemptively head off claims of "Well, that's only in the really extreme cases"



I list the last one as preferable because at the end of the day, a patrol officer carrying an AR-15 is a patrol officer carrying an AR-15. I'm hoping, however, that by highlighting everyday cases, I can better show that AR-15s are indeed everyday weapons for some departments.

*The non-SWAT thing is a little trickier, perhaps. I'm just trying to avoid photos in which the LEOs are decked out in gear that has a military appearance and can therefore be dismissed as outliers.

Some examples of what I'm looking for:
While certainly not an "everyday case," the photos in this article show Sherrifs and Officers in patrol uniforms carrying AR-15s. Yes, SWAT officers are also shown, but they clearly aren't the only ones carrying carbines:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285162/Two-police-officers-shot-dead-Santa-Cruz-shoot-sex-attack-suspect--officers-killed-duty-California-city.html

Again, far from an everyday case, but the Dorner coverage produced countless such photos:


http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130212215608-dorner-manhunt-0212-horizontal-gallery.jpg

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130209112855-02-dorner-manhunt-0209-horizontal-gallery.jpg

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130207195612-05-california-manhunt-0207-horizontal-gallery.jpg

An example of something that I DON'T find particularly useful would be this one, as the average person is more likely to believe this is a photo of troops rather than domestic LE:


http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130209112627-01-dorner-manhunt-0209-horizontal-gallery.jpg

[tmoore912]

Georgia State Patrol guarding the State Capitol Building in Atlanta during a 2nd Amendment Rally

http://gapundit.com/2013/02/08/second-amendment-armed-rally-at-the-georgia-state-capitol-february-8-2013/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8455780265_51e3e62d46_b.jpg

[NEPAKevin]

Stroudsburg schools on modified lockdown (http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/NEWS/80313012)

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=PR&Date=20080313&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=80313012&Ref=AR&maxH=230&maxW=370&border=0&Q=80

[tmoore912]

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jan/17/nashville-joins-memphis-area-officers-semiautomati/?news


http://media.timesfreepress.com/img/photos/2013/01/17/webcrop_0117_malo_police_rifles11_t350_233_t618.jp g?ba5b5b122dd3d37cc13d83e92a6a0ec0d5bfa32a

http://www.southerncomposites.com/Motor_Officers.html

http://www.southerncomposites.com/image/47731106.jpg

http://newyork.newsday.com/westchester/rye-police-investigate-home-invasion-hoax-1.3809602

http://www.officer.com/news/10854785/semiautomatic-rifles-become-more-common-in-le

[Drang]

Just about every cop car in Western Washington has an AR where they had scatterguns in the good old days.

[Kyle Reese]

Just about every cop car in Western Washington has an AR where they had scatterguns in the good old days.

Are they employed from balconies?:cool:

[Dropkick]

Crap... I had a couple more but my first post was eaten.

http://d2om8tvz4lgco4.cloudfront.net/archive/x536355095/g12c000000000000000f267e752b59ad8426e7cea1ec688451 0b204f8b8.jpg
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x795735337/Manhunt-in-Framingham-after-arrest-of-Marlborough-man


A Marlborough man was arrested yesterday afternoon on multiple charges after police said he threatened relatives at Richardson Court, and police continued into the night to search for a second man who was involved.
...

[Dropkick]

http://lapd.com/news/headlines/LocalPoliceOnAlertForPossibleReprisals_LAT_050211_ 400.jpg
http://lapd.com/news/headlines/local_police_on_alert_for_possible_reprisals/


Law enforcement agencies in and around Los Angeles on Monday boosted patrols of locations that are potentially attractive to terrorists, sent bomb-sniffing dogs into train stations, and monitored local sales of ammunition and chemicals in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces.
...

[Dropkick]

http://binaryapi.ap.org/c87f01da270246b1914cc752954be86e/460x.jpg
2nd picture in the slide show.

http://bigstory.ap.org/content/ind-man-releases-hostages-fatally-shoots-self

VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — A gunman looking for someone he believed owed him money shot himself inside an Indiana real estate office several hours after releasing hostages Friday, and he died after being rushed to a hospital, police said.
...

Direct link to just picture and caption, but no story:
http://bigstory.ap.org/content/indiana-police-standoff-1