Posted February 22, 2018 12:59 am by Comments

By Carlos Garcia

CNN’s Chris Cuomo was assailed on social media by National Review’s Charles Cooke for pushing a false story about how easy it is to purchase an AR-15 rifle.

Here’s what happened

Cuomo retweeted a headline from an article where a 20-year-old with an expired license claimed to be able to buy an AR-15 at a gun store.

“I was able to buy an AR-15 in five minutes. I’m 20 and my ID is expired.
-Cody Davis #GunReformNow pic.twitter.com/TFd1dwCwHV

— Investigative Photog (@usaphotodude) February 19, 2018

But the story was inaccurate because the man didn’t buy the gun, he changed his mind before going through the background check.

“Two days after the worst mass shooting in American history,” he wrote, “and my local gun shop in Virginia showed no hesitation in selling me an AR-15.”

“In fact, they really wanted me to buy it,” he said. “And I was only there for five minutes.”

But later he admitted he didn’t buy the gun, and therefore didn’t go through the background check.

“After he walked me through the paperwork, all five pages of it, I told him I changed my mind and wanted to think more before I bought an AR-15. He told …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze

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