Goodness gracious… what in the heck is going on here! USA Today has released an “alarming” video in the wake of the mass shooting in Texas last weekend attempting to scare people and warn them of AR-15 rifles.
Except… theirs has a chainsaw? In a related tweet, they stated: “A look at the gun used in the Texas church shooting.”
https://youtu.be/KydTB_EAdrM
I don’t know if this is a real attempt at trying to push for “gun control” or what but the internet certainly had a field date with it.
H/T to @Kaitain_FL for putting together this masterful reproduction of my patented rifle with rifle bayonet with rifle bayonet cc: @USATODAY pic.twitter.com/c1pZtZ9z2G
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 8, 2017
A CHAINSAW BAYONET?@USATODAY you are a disgrace. #DeleteYourAccount https://t.co/bQbyHsPH4r
— CRTV (@CRTV) November 8, 2017
Looks like @USATODAY consulted with @CNN on gun attachments pic.twitter.com/ehgcBmNf4i
— Alec Sears (@SearsAl) November 8, 2017
.@USATODAY fear-mongering with a “chainsaw bayonet” AR mount is as clear an example as you’ll find as to why conservatives distrust the media.
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) November 8, 2017
For the record, we already have gun control. What we need is for the government to do their jobs! Most federal gun laws are found in the following acts:
National Firearms Act (“NFA”) (1934): Taxes the manufacture and transfer of, and mandates the registration of Title II weapons such as machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, heavy weapons, explosive ordnance, silencers, and disguised or improvised firearms.
Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (“FFA”): Requires that gun manufacturers, importers, and persons in the business of selling firearms have a Federal Firearms License (FFL). Prohibits the transfer of firearms to certain classes of persons, such as convicted felons.
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (1968): Prohibited interstate trade in handguns, increased the minimum age to 21 for buying handguns.
Gun Control Act of 1968 (“GCA”): Focuses primarily on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except among licensed manufacturers, dealers and importers.
Firearm Owners Protection Act (“FOPA”) (1986): Revised and partially repealed the Gun Control Act of 1968. Prohibited the sale to civilians of automatic firearms manufactured after the date of the law’s passage. Required ATF approval of transfers of automatic firearms.
Undetectable Firearms Act (1988): Effectively criminalizes, with a few exceptions, the manufacture, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, possession, transfer, or receipt of firearms with less than 3.7 oz of metal content.
Gun-Free School Zones Act (1990): Prohibits unauthorized individuals from knowingly possessing a firearm at a place that the individual knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone.
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993): Requires background checks on most firearm purchasers, depending on seller and venue.
Federal Assault Weapons Ban (1994–2004): Banned semiautomatics that looked like assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices. The law expired in 2004.
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (2005): Prevent firearms manufacturers and licensed dealers from being held liable for negligence when crimes have been committed with their products.
As reported by Ryan Saavedra for The Daily Wire:
The video highlighted modifications and accessories that are in no way common on AR-15 rifles and exist primarily for novelty’s sake, like adding a 12-gauge shotgun to the AR-15. Modifications like a 12-gauge shotgun or a chainsaw (which no one uses, and are sold virtually nowhere) are expensive and add a significant amount of weight to the rifle, making it nearly unusable for many recreational shooters.