Campus Police and Semi-automatic Rifles

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There’s a wide difference between campus officers carrying handguns and semi-automatic rifles with greater range and power to penetrate building structures/vehicles/bystanders not near the scene.

Especially in a densely populated urban area as the neighborhoods where NEU is located.

Yes. There is a difference. Just not the difference you’re implying. The article doesn’t specify the type of rifles the Northeastern Campus Police will be using, but they are almost certainly .223 caliber rifles. The .223 caliber round has less problems with “over-penetration” than most pistol rounds.