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Doubling Down on Anti-Gun News

Eric50 Wrote: Feb 08, 2013 12:01 PM

Try to get the terminology right. There is NO full automatic AR-15. Full auto weapons are M-16, M-4, etc (M-4s are what the DHS is buying), ie military issue. The AR-15 is NEVER issued to the military, It is a semi-automatic only, civilian weapon. Half the problem is people think, because they look the same, they are the same.

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Doubling Down on Anti-Gun News

Everyone can imagine the horror of a madman shooting up an elementary school, especially the horror of losing your six-year-old in the melee. But at some point, the news media's wallowing in Newtown reminds one of Don Henley's satirical song "Dirty Laundry," and how the anchors' eyes gleam through plane-crash news because "it's interesting when people die; we love dirty laundry."

The "O" word that defines the media at times like these isn't "objective." It's "opportunistic."

To be sure, the "news" manufacturers aren't hoping for a school shooting. But that doesn't mean they aren't ready to exploit it. Newsweek columnist...

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