senor honda

[h=1]CNN Embarrassed While Trying to Give Viewers ‘Up-Close Look at AR-15'[/h]

By Randy Hall | February 28, 2018 6:00 PM EST
With all the tumult over gun control after the shooting on Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that killed 14 people, it comes as no surprise that hysteria levels at CNN would not only go through the roof, but they would try to promote the liberal view that guns are always deadly and often fatal.
However, CNN was so intent on slamming the AR-15 as a “full semi-automatic” rifle that a segment on Monday night's Anderson Cooper 360 contained inaccuracies from both CNN correspondent Gary Tuchman and retired military officer/CNN military analyst Mark Hertling.
According to an article from The Daily Wire's Ryan Saavedra, the men went to a shooting range for a demonstration of the weapon’s firing capacity.
After referring to the segment as “an embarrassing clip,” Saavedra stated:“Although that is akin to presenting a fully complete, partially finished home or totally full half-glass of water, they made their claims with straight faces,” Saavedra continued.
The staff writer then quoted Joseph Avery, who has more than 30 years of experience with the federal government in Army combat arms as an Air Force officer and in the Department of Defense:“The M16 has had two problems in the past,” Avery continued, such as “a cartridge with a projectile that is far too small ... and underpowered, and a weapon platform that is unreliable and prone to jamming because of basic design flaws.”
Back to the CNN segment, Hertling made this absurd clam to Tuchman: “Now those are single shots. If I wanted to fire this on full semi-automatic, all I do is keep firing.”
For those who actually know what they're talking about concerning guns, one would know that there's no such thing as a gun that's “full semi-automatic.” Only later did Hertling acknowledge as much in some tweets.
Tuchman commented that these weapons can more easily be rented since no electronic checks are necessary then. "All you have to do is prove that you're an American citizen with ID."
Saavedra also stated that “CNN's segment was thoroughly mocked on social media as the network once again proved why many Americans do not take the media's ‘expertise’ on firearms seriously.”
Some of the first comments were made by NRATV's Colion Noir, who responded: “All guns are loud;” Avery should stop “making up words” like “full semi-automatic;” A “gun doesn’t kick that hard;” and people should “throw the whole CNN away.”
Securites Studies Group president Jim Hanson later referred to the CNN segment as “journalistic malpractice and an object lesson in beta male submission.”
Cooper had begun the segment by stating:According to the NRA, he stated, “more than 15 million AR-15s are owned by Americans today.”
“Fans like the guns because they're lightweight, easy to handle,” Cooper added. “They also see them as a symbol of their Second Amendment rights. Its opponents question whether weapons so lethal should even be sold.”
Hopefully, the next time the people at CNN produce a report on guns, they’ll make sure they have accurate information first. With any luck, they won’t have to be embarrassed again.




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senor honda

BTW, the original AR15 was designed as a CIVILIAN rifle.

During Vietnam, the military started using AR15's after redesigning them into

fully automatic M16's.
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AR15's have been around since the 1960's without a rush to ban them.
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The leftists, liberals, democrats and Fake News have suddenly discovered

something that can be used emotionally to infringe on your Constitutionally

guaranteed right to keep and bear arms and if ONE gun can be banned, ALL

guns can be banned.
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leftists use the emotional term "assault" weapons to gain support, but ALL

guns in America shoot one bullet for ONE pull of a trigger.....just like the antique

guns of the colonies in the 1700's.
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But to turn America into a dictatorship, people must be disarmed first.

Any reason/excuse/lie is good enough, even if it requires fooling well meaning people to

voluntarily make themselves defenseless.
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