Police released the tapes of the 911 emergency calls made after last week’s shootings at the Jewish community center in Los Angeles. “Please hurry. He’s got a huge machine gun,” cried the first woman to call 911. “I don’t know how many people are dead, but there’s hundreds of children. There’s a summer camp here.” After releasing the tapes, L.A. Police Chief Bernard Parks called for “total gun control,” including bans on assault weapons, “Saturday Night Special” handguns, gun shows as well as strict regulations on gun sales.
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