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USA Today issues a clarification after depicting a rifle with a 'chainsaw bayonet'
Business Insider ^ | November 9, 2017 | David Choi

Posted on 11/09/2017 5:11:43 AM PST by Zakeet

A video posted by USA Today was criticized by firearm aficionados for its portrayal of the Ruger AR-556, the rifle that was reportedly used by a gunman to kill 26 people at a church in rural Texas.

In the brief video, USA Today identified components of the rifle and attachments that the assault-style rifle can be equipped with, some of them rare and ineffectual, including what appeared to be a belt-driven chainsaw.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guns; mediabias; usatoday
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I would like to comment on this article ... but I'm too scared to do that after seeing all of these terrible things people can attach to an assault rifle ...!

1 posted on 11/09/2017 5:11:43 AM PST by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Let us not forget that any rifle they depict is black, “that’s rayshist”


2 posted on 11/09/2017 5:13:15 AM PST by ronnie raygun (Trump plays chess the rest are still playing checkers)
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To: Zakeet

Criticized by firearm aficionados?

More like firearm aficionados were doubled-over laughing.

I’m currently in the market for a cruise missile rail for my AR.


3 posted on 11/09/2017 5:16:37 AM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Zakeet

Saw a video making fun of this story - had a number of other modifications. One of the “modifications” as a cigar with an Old Hill logo on it. LOL!


4 posted on 11/09/2017 5:19:44 AM PST by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspiration)
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To: Zakeet

So, who’s going to be the first one to paint their AR-15 USAToday Blue?


5 posted on 11/09/2017 5:20:07 AM PST by cyclotic (Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
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To: Zakeet

Now THAT would be a cool Christmas gift!!!!


6 posted on 11/09/2017 5:22:28 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: ronnie raygun

No clarification needed! They’re idiots!


7 posted on 11/09/2017 5:27:10 AM PST by gr8eman (Facts and evidence are bourgeois constructs weaponized by patriarchal penis-people)
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To: Arm_Bears

I’ve amped up my red dot sight into a 500-kilowatt laser that can penetrate tank armor.

And I understand there’s a steam catapult attachment that will allow you to launch fighter jets from your picatinny rail. I want one!


8 posted on 11/09/2017 5:27:36 AM PST by IronJack
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To: gr8eman

Bruce Campbell and Evil Dead sprang to mind.


9 posted on 11/09/2017 5:31:35 AM PST by relictele
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To: cyclotic
I liked the yellow one in "Chappie".

I think the female gangster had one in various primary and secondary colors. Very Sesame-Street-ish.

☺☻☺☻☺☻

10 posted on 11/09/2017 5:34:55 AM PST by ChicagahAl (Stay safe out there. The Haters™ are dangerous. Very dangerous.)
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To: IronJack

“And I understand there’s a steam catapult attachment that will allow you to launch fighter jets from your picatinny rail. I want one!”

Go ahead. I’ll just shoot them down with the rail gun mounted on mine.


11 posted on 11/09/2017 5:44:45 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Honk If You've Been Sexually Assaulted By Harvey Weinstein.)
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To: Zakeet

the article fails to understand that it is the anti-mater bullets that are being sold that are the real problem. one hit from one of theses bullets and we get an anilation of the target. there is no wounding with these bullets there is only a few atoms left of the target,


12 posted on 11/09/2017 5:55:10 AM PST by PCPOET7
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To: Zakeet
I would like to comment on this article, but the link you posted requires me to disable adblocker.

Ain't gonna happen.

13 posted on 11/09/2017 5:55:33 AM PST by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: LouAvul
...but the link you posted requires me to disable adblocker.

Yeah...amazing...while they were "asking" me to disable mine, it racked up 48 blocks.

I absolutely refuse to disable my adblocker.

I assume that sooner or later, we'll have no alternative, but my hope is that they will at least learn to do away with the truly irritating crap that they put up.

But, probably not, too.

14 posted on 11/09/2017 6:04:46 AM PST by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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To: Zakeet

This author was playing way to much “Gears of War”.


15 posted on 11/09/2017 6:12:27 AM PST by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: OldSmaj

I have tried disabling my ad blocker in the past. It lasts less than an hour. Almost every site not only has a lot of ads, but many are video. So I go to read a news article, get blasted with video ads, and my Internet slows to a crawl.

I would be willing to go without an ad blocker if the ads didn’t overwhelm the Internet. But 90% video ads with 10% text news? No thanks.


16 posted on 11/09/2017 6:18:27 AM PST by Mr Rogers (Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
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To: Zakeet

I like the Corgi attachment too. If you want a less-lethal stop, you can overcome your adversary with cuteness. Urban Police may soon be required to deploy the Corgi before resorting to ordinary bullets.


17 posted on 11/09/2017 6:19:47 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Jay Thomas
"This author was playing way to much “Gears of War”.

Or perhaps he thinks "Gears of War" is real? He's waiting for an "emergence hole" to open up near him.

18 posted on 11/09/2017 6:24:17 AM PST by Waryone (2 Chronicles 7:14; praise God for His great mercy!)
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To: Zakeet
USA Today left out the important info that the chainsaw bayonet is used to sneak up on people from behind and then behead them.

19 posted on 11/09/2017 6:24:40 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: NFL, Hollywood, NBA, BLM, CAIR, Antifa, SPLC, CNN, ESPN, NPR, TWITTER, FACEBOOK)
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To: Zakeet

...”belt-driven chainsaw”...?


20 posted on 11/09/2017 7:15:30 AM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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