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Originally Posted by MAB32
Not to sound inconsiderate or uncarrying but what is the big deal with the North Hollywood Robbery? On May 9, 1980, a Militia backed group of guys did a heck of allot more damage and even fired more rounds than those two idiots. The Norco Bank Robbery was many times worse and lasted almost 10 hours from the time they left the bank till the time they (what was left of them) were caught in the mountains outside of Riverside. One LEO was killed, a few wounded, and a Police helicopter was shot down. Years later, we still haven't learned that rifles are better than shotguns, at least on the East Coast anyways.
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I concur the Norco Robbery was much worse. But we are into reality TV and the Norco Robbery lacked what the North Hollywood Robbery had, an entire video account of the incident. It brought it into the living room.
This should have been the incident that started the change over to rifles in LE, but it didn't. Maybe it was a money issue. Remember the Newhall incident was fresh and departments were expending large amounts of money for body armor and semi-auto pistols. It was take a couple more decades before the next incident (north Hollywood) revolutionized police work.