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
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
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