Posted September 27, 2016 3:35 am by Comments

By Jenn Jacques

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Gun sales. Sexism. Journalism. Ignorance. Well, those last two are becoming more and more intertwined these days, but let’s see what we can’t do about the rest of it, shall we?

Last week, I covered a story out of Green Bay, WI in which Mark Leland, a local reporter with WLUK Fox11, included the following information in his investigative report on the rise in Wisconsin gun sales:

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After Leland’s segment aired and his article posted to WLUK’s Facebook page, I followed up with Perry Sarto, the owner of Badger Gun Sales, to fact check Leland’s report after seeing viewers weren’t focused on gun sales or the impressive job gun owners in the Frozen Tundra are doing to mentor new gun owners, but instead, had their crosshairs sighted in on the man who allegedly made the sexist comment:

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I asked Sarto point blank if he ever told Mark Leland or anyone with WLUK Fox11 that he ‘will not sell a handgun to a woman without her first getting trained’.

No,he replied sternly. “Look, I promote gun safety, so everyone who comes through …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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