Golf claps all around. That AR-15 used in the Washington Navy yard massacre? It doesn’t exist, according to CNN’s Pamela Brown’s FBI field office source.
https://twitter.com/PamelaBrownCNN/statuses/379960354841047040
Paging Piers Morgan.
Not only did @piersmorgan state that Alexis used an AR-15 in the shooting, but he had specific info that AA purchased it in VA. #ThisIsCNN
— G.R. Hall (@Garrett_R_Hall) September 17, 2013
Hi @piersmorgan, according to CNN and AR-15 wasn't used yesterday. We'll be patiently waiting for your retraction http://t.co/XpyddY99y1
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) September 17, 2013
Musket Morgan to the retraction desk.
The Wash Navy Yard shooter had 3 guns including AR-15 assault rifle – same killing machine used at Aurora and Sandy Hook.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 16, 2013
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/statuses/379744807167340544
We’re gonna need a bigger retraction section. And this isn’t the only thing the media may have gotten wrong about the shooting. The number of gunmen and the shooter’s name were also misreported.
Heckuva job on these reports, guys!
https://twitter.com/vplus/status/379786977547386880
The gun used today in the #NavyYardShooting was an AR-15, the same gun used to kill the children in Newtown and the movie-goers in Aurora.
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) September 16, 2013
Hilarious Mike Lupica column that basically needs to be retracted in its entirety. http://t.co/tO5e6MsFT1 What a clown.
— Matt Bramanti (@mattbramanti) September 17, 2013
Um.. about that. "@EricBoehlert: bottom line: another AR-15 mass shooting"
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) September 17, 2013
“@TPM: NY Daily News slams "made for murder" AR-15 after #NavyYardShooting (PHOTO): http://t.co/tn0VfOTN4g”
Epic fail. No AR-15 used.
— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) September 17, 2013
bottom line: another AR-15 mass shooting; http://t.co/gwmeg1Mwlg
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 16, 2013
Shot: https://t.co/11eo3k58Eb Chaser: https://t.co/Pxuel21RNK
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 17, 2013
If Pamela Brown’s report today is correct, then it seems suspected Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis wasn’t armed with an AR-15 rifle or a so-called “AR-15 shotgun.”
NO AR-15 USED IN NAVY YARD SHOOTING. 1. The press got it wrong b/c they're mendacious dopes. 2. Families are still mourning their losses.
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) September 17, 2013
Note the buried lede in linked CNN profile of the AR-15 – feds now think no AR-15 used in Navy Yard shooting. http://t.co/l7wIZM2mMx
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) September 17, 2013
Ban invisible AR15s now RT @PamelaBrownCNN FBI Washington field office just confirmed gunman was NOT armed with AR15.
— Matt Bramanti (@mattbramanti) September 17, 2013
But-but-but @PiersMorgan! MT @PamelaBrownCNN FBI confirmed gunman was NOT armed with AR15. Spokesperson says 1 shotgun, 2 pistols recovered
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) September 17, 2013
Starting to think the media has these AR-15 stories pre-written, like celebrity obituaries.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) September 17, 2013
LOL! Because, journalism & stuff RT @RobertGamble: @EdMorrissey I think you meant to say 'just AR-15 shotgun & 2 AR-15 handguns'
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) September 17, 2013
Any chance we’ll hear more on this revelation?
So, all @AP @BuzzFeed, etc will be offering a retracting saying they were burned by anonymous sources on AR-15, yes?
— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) September 17, 2013
Something tells me that tweet from the CNN reporter will be the extent of the "record correcting" regarding the non-existent AR-15.
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 17, 2013
Nah. The type of gun that mattered so much yesterday isn’t of interest today. Nothing to see here. Move along.
RWNJs think it does…; MT @saxmagc93 Does it really matter what kind of gun was used? The people are just as dead regardless.
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 17, 2013
Pivot!
now that it's confirmed the shooter did not have an AR-15, I see the left is making this a story about subcontracting #notragedyleftbehind
— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) September 17, 2013
Update:
Wait for it …
"It's cool if no AR-15 was used..I'll just photoshop one in there" – @piersmorgan #AskPiers
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 17, 2013
AR-15: Anti-Gun Narrative Blows Up In Face of CNN, Daily News http://t.co/feWpmEg8DZ via @BreitbartNews
— John Nolte (@NolteNC) September 17, 2013
Update:
The Associated Press also reports that the shooter “used a shotgun and two handguns, but not an AR-15 assault rifle.” An AR-15 was reportedly found at the scene, but law enforcement officials say it was not used by Aaron Alexis. The AP reports, “It was not immediately clear whether the rifle belonged to a law enforcement or security officer responding to the gun battle.”
