Pretty crappy Photoshop job.
Editor: “Quick! We need a photo of the evil military firing weapons for an article we are running.”
Editor 10 minutes later: “No, that sucks. It needs to be more dramatic. Show me a lot of fire coming out of the killing machine.”
Editor 5 minutes later: “Yeah, that’s it. Perfect. Shows what a death machine it is. I like it. Run it.”
Read and learn from the multiple posts about the Blank Firing Adapter. Everything is not a conspiracy, fake news, or a Photoshop job, despite your fevered imagination. Have a great Sunday!