Emily Miller learns from police chief that 'high capacity magazines' cause of DC homicide spike

Brett T. | 10:21 PM on August 19, 2015

As Twitchy reported, the City of Baltimore has by mid-August racked up as many homicides as it had during the entirety of 2014 — a mind-blowing 211. Washington, D.C. has also seen a 35 percent rise in homicides this year. Emily Miller, chief investigative reporter at FOX 5 News in Washington and author of “Emily Gets Her Gun,” learned a surprising fact from Police Chief Cathy Lanier about the recent spike in crimes.

DC police chief Lanier that "illegal firearms" and "high-capacity" magazines cause of homicide spike and shooting today.

— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) August 18, 2015

@EmilyMiller Wow–the gun and the magazine caused a shooting? No human being did? Now THAT'S a news story!

— Robert Woolley (@RandomlyBob) August 18, 2015

@EmilyMiller I'm sure it's comforting to not have to back up anything you say with facts.

— jack curtis (@oldguy53) August 19, 2015

@EmilyMiller to them, a one cartridge magazine is high capacity

— Mc fan (@Mcfan2011) August 18, 2015

@EmilyMiller she is a joke. Illegal firearms yes… High cap mags have NOTHING to do with this! I hope u call her on that!

— Rick (@shershot99) August 18, 2015

DC Police Chief Lanier "we need to confiscate the illegal firearms."
(Note- any gun not registered with DC police is illegal.)

— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) August 18, 2015

We don’t doubt that guns obtained illegally are used in the majority of crimes, but what’s this about “high capacity” guns?

I asked police chief Lanier how she tracks "high capacity" guns that she says cause of homicides. She couldn't answer.

— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) August 19, 2015