Here is the video of Pete Williams going with the rumor of the handguns only as told to him by these federal officials.
Notice who he says is the source of the rumor — federal officials .............(and state officials under his breath).
Note that Pete Williams looks uncomfortable about saying that it was 4 handguns only.
http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50208495#50208495
“4 handguns” was the narrative until ME press conference when Lt Vance corrected it.
Federal officials were pushing the false information to ABCNNBCBS — not the locals or state.
One wonders if Vance’s warning to those pushing false information on social media wasn’t really directed at the feds and their media shills, and they finally backed off.