SKS Assault Rifles: A Menace to Public Safety

SKS Assault Rifles: A Menace to Public Safety SKS Assault Rifles: A Menace to Public Safety The SKS assault rifle is the predecessor to the AK-47 assault rifle and uses the same 7.62 x 39mm ammunition as the AK-47. [...] As documented in the table on the following page, from 1998 through 2021, 27 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty with SKS assault rifles. [...] In six of those incidents, bullets fired from the SKS rifles were known to have penetrated the officers’ vests.1 In a 2002 report issued by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the SKS was described at the time as “the rifle model most frequently encountered by law enforcement officers.”2 1 Information obtained from the FBI through Freedom of Information Act reque. [...] Violence Policy Center www.vpc.org Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty by SKS Assault Rifles, 1998 Through 2021 as Reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Year State Manufacturer Model Caliber Vest Penetrated? 1998 Oregon Norinco SKS 7.62mm Yes Florida Unknown SKS 7.62mm Colorado Unknown SKS 7.62mm Indiana Norinco SKS 7.62mm 1999 Indiana Norinco SKS 7.62mm 2001 Michigan Unk. [...] 3 The 1994 Paladin Press book Full-Auto Conversion of the SKS Rifle states, “Basically, all you need to create a full-auto-only SKS rifle is to grind a spot off the hammer and place some metal shims in the bottom of the trigger housing using a little epoxy.