From the article:
Admittedly, he was surprised at my interest in being strapped since it’s been a good minute since I was about the life, but when I explained I was simply curious to see how long it’d take for me to get a gat, he agreed to the idea.
I'd say that is probably why you think it's a bogus article. :)
Who the hell calls an AK a ‘gat’? Does this guy only speak single syllable words in his vocabulary also?