Security forces also have seized tens of thousands of venerable assault rifles such as the AK-47 and its American cousin, the AR-15. U.S. and Mexican experts say 90 percent of such semi-automatic rifles are smuggled from the United States. [More]
No, not under oath they don't say that. "Authorized Journalist" Tim Johnson.
But I know we can't expect to bother you with independent fact-checking or government watchdogging when there's so much talking points parroting to be done.
[Via JR in Kansas]
The AJs are still quoting the Kellermann "study" saying a gun in the home is 43 times more likely to be used against the resident than to prevent a crime, even though it has been years since Kellermann himself admitted he rigged his research to the point of worthlessness. It all depends on whether the Bradys have sent an update to the newsroom. They're a little slow when it's not in their favor. Come someplace like WoD for facts? They won't sully their browsers.
ReplyDeleteSaw it from the inside, for 30 years. Sometimes they don't even bother to merely rewrite whole paragraphs of press releases, they just run them verbatim. All they know is fire hot, tree pretty, guns bad.