Notice that they didn’t specify the type of ‘rifle’ that’s in question. It could have been a bolt-action Marlin .22 or the like. If this were a Trump supporter, they’d have probably massaged it into a fire-breathing, belt-fed, full auto .50 cal BMG with swastikas painted on the ammo cans.
Funny you should mention that , you’re right. Any long gun to the liberal media might as well be an M16 or an M1 Garand. Not that they would know the difference.
Earlier today I was thinking that if you really wanted to keep Antifa off the streets the weapon to use would be the German made MG 42.
By God, now there was a machine gun! A 1,000 rounds a minute, 20 rounds a second.