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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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guns; mediabias; usatoday
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To: sima_yi
Belt drive is the common way to harness steam engines.
To: Professional Engineer
Right. I forgot about that. But then, you would need to buy the optional backpack steam engine, which I understand is a very common add-on.
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posted on
11/09/2017 7:45:33 AM PST
by
sima_yi
( Reporting live from the far North)
To: sima_yi
...”belt-driven chainsaw”...? Yeah - they know almost as much about power equipment as they do about firearms.
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posted on
11/09/2017 8:55:05 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: sima_yi
optional backpack steam engine That must've been what powered the man-portable Minigun in Predator. Mystery solved.
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11/09/2017 8:56:38 AM PST
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: Zakeet
I thought their clarification that the shooter did not use a chainsaw bayonet was quite helpful. /s
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11/09/2017 9:01:46 AM PST
by
Bob
(Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
To: Zakeet
Fake Nuke
Real Nuke.
We made a couple thousand of these in the early 50s.
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posted on
11/09/2017 9:29:45 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
To: itsahoot
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11/09/2017 10:22:23 AM PST
by
chaosagent
(Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
To: Zakeet
Multi-use tools. Cool beans.
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11/09/2017 10:26:56 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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