Posted June 8, 2015 2:04 pm by Comments

By Bob Owens

I’ll be quite frank: I have very little respect for the Associated Press and the quality of their reporting, which tends to range from mediocre to abysmal in terms of factual accuracy, and which seems to be far more interested in publishing propaganda in recent years than reflecting reality.

Their latest attempt to generate controversy, “Witnesses: Semi-automatic gunfire dominated biker shootout,” is perhaps the most dishonest and incompetent bit of reporting I’ve ever had the misfortune to read.

The premise for the article is to promote the recent biker-generated conspiracy theory that Waco law enforcement officers did almost all the shooting at the May 18 shootout at a Waco restaurant called Twin Peaks.

The article begins:

First came a few pistol shots, several witnesses said, then a barrage of rifle fire during the shootout last month at a Waco restaurant favored by bikers. But authorities still have not said how many of the dead and wounded were the result of police fire.

Police have identified only one assault weapon, a semi-automatic gun that fires high-powered ammunition, among the firearms confiscated from bikers, and that was found in a locked car after the shooting ended. But several witnesses — at least three of them …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms

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