Fact-check: Sen. Dianne Feinstein pulling her AR-15 expertise from Rolling Stone now

Brett T. | 8:27 PM on February 26, 2018

Late last week, Rolling Stone — the magazine sued for publishing a campus rape hoax — published a piece called, “All-American Killer: How the AR-15 Became Mass Shooters’ Weapon of Choice.”

The piece was written by Tim Dickenson, who admits in the piece he never shot a gun before last August. Nevertheless, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is taking talking points from his piece.

"A handgun [wound] is simply a stabbing with a bullet. It goes in like a nail." With the high-velocity rounds of the AR-15, "it’s as if you shot somebody with a Coke can." https://t.co/xkyw3pEtjn #BanAssaultWeapons

— Senator Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) February 26, 2018

Wow, being shot with a handgun is like being stabbed with a nail? If that’s all, let’s do away with the background check to get one, OK?

https://twitter.com/Bennettruth/status/968283262379610113

They Know Nothing About Them, But Want To Write Federal Laws About Them – Part MCLXVIII https://t.co/WT7bUBr6Wy

— Tom (@BoreGuru) February 27, 2018

#2Amendment #2A #NRA

Today's entry for:
"I don't know anything about ballistics or guns, so I read an article written by someone else who also doesn't know and will parrot what they said"#StabbedByBullets #ShootThemWithCocaCola https://t.co/eCE1PKUNEQ

— PSEUDONONYMOUS (@CIAMemeEngineer) February 27, 2018

Do these anti-gun idiots who think an AR-15 is a "high powered" "assault weapon" or some such nonsense know that "grandpa's huntin' rifle" is really just a high-powered sniper rifle that gets aimed at paper and 4-legged mammals? https://t.co/pBCvazyULK

— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) February 26, 2018

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