USA Today Thinks ‘Chainsaw Bayonets’ Are A Real, Common Thing

By Tom Knighton

The average journalist doesn’t really understand guns.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve known a few journalists in the past that were actual gun people. Yes, they really do exist and aren’t as rare as unicorns riding dragons while jousting with ogres. Not quite, anyway.

But the fact that they don’t understand guns doesn’t negate ridiculously bad reporting. As a journalist, you owe it to your readers to get the facts right. Over at USA Today? A complete and total fail.

A look at the gun used in the Texas church shooting. https://t.co/xdxIf5fR77 pic.twitter.com/sUY1mCCLZC

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 8, 2017

In this video, USA Today decided to inform their readers about the Ruger-556 rifle used by the gunman in Sutherland Springs. It was doing just fine for a little while…until it started getting into the modifications. While yes, you can get 100-round drum magazines for the AR platform, it kind of goes off the rails after that.

The very next option it claims can be added is an under-barrel 12-gauge shotgun.

Yes, this is a theoretical possibility, but their little video fails to note that doing so runs afoul of some specific laws that have to be adhered to. Basically, it …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms