WHOOPS! Intrepid CBS News reporter told who to call if undercover gun purchase backfires

LoL. In trying to make a case for gun-grabbing @CBSThisMorning instead makes a case for liberal stupidity. https://t.co/oJmv88bIar

— Bob Miller (@writerbob5) June 17, 2016

As we told you yesterday, a CBS News producer with no criminal record who bought a legal product has been the big “scoop” among the anti-gun Left.

As it turns out, in addition to helping pad the AR-15 sales numbers, the CBS News purchase ended up raising eyebrows at the gun store and has been reported:

https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/743783846043353088

From Stephen Gutowski at the Free Beacon:

The gun store where a CBS News employee purchased a gun for a segment that aired Thursday on “CBS This Morning” has filed a report with the Virginia State Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives over concerns the purchase was unlawful.
[…]
The store said they contacted the ATF after viewing the report because they feared the misdirection used by the CBS reporter constituted a straw purchase, which would be a federal crime.

Can you say “backfire”?

#Whoops https://t.co/0P6l4OJ3aq

— Sen. Frank Niceley (@SenFrankNiceley) June 17, 2016

@seanmdav I thought straw purchases involve buying it for someone who can’t legally own it, no?

— Jim Duyck (@jimduyck) June 17, 2016

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/743796728143437824
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/743796870707843072

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I love all these journalists breaking the law to buy guns. You'd think the law would stop that. Weird. https://t.co/oLSMZ4MSOs

— Dr. Ramirez ?? ??? (@cybr_gk) June 17, 2016

What say you, Justice Department?

Went to @katiecouric school of journalism.
Still, won't be prosecuted.
The "correct" people can break the law. https://t.co/NnAuA5Wexb

— Armatus Rebellio (@ArmatusRebellio) June 17, 2016

@seanmdav
If any law broken, we can be sure that the DOJ will prosecute to the full… Hahahahahaha!@StephenGutowski @CBSNews

— aThirdOfDuane (@aThirdOfDuane) June 17, 2016

That’s what we’d expect.

But on the off chance CBS News has any legal trouble over the gun purchase, they were informed who to call:

@JGreenDC @StephenGutowski @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/RaiWrtlGJq

— Mark Jaeger (@10thivi) June 17, 2016