Now, this is only a guess, but I'm thinking neither the author or the editor ever had a gun in their hands.
+1
Ya know, that thought crossed my mind but I immediately dismissed it. After all the MSM tells us they’re professionals and I’m sure they’d never make a mistake. LOL!!!!! It seems the press has this mental block when it comes to guns. They consistently get it wrong in such silly ways. That and they seems completely uninterested in ever getting it right.
BING! We have a winner!