As you’ll remember, there was a would-be mass shooter at the Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana, where a 22-year-old carrying a concealed weapon took out the shooter in just 15 seconds, which earned him the designation of “vigilante” by gun control group Brady and “hero” by everyone else. WTHR sports director Dave Calabro reported that Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard had some “strong comments” about the shooting. Ballard, you see, can’t believe an 18-year-old can just walk into a gun store and buy an AK-15 automatic weapon.
At Training Camp @colts GM Chris Ballard w strong comments about the shooting at the greenwood mall. @WTHRcom pic.twitter.com/o5VIpGvyXe
— dave calabro (@calabro13sports) July 26, 2022
Strong comments indeed.
Where can I get one of these new AK-15 automatics at? I gotta have one!! All the guys at local gun shops look at me like I'm stupid when I ask if they have them in stock….
— John J (@TurfOsu) July 27, 2022
He's right, it doesn't make sense because nothing he said was right
— Adam (@Fergyferg5271) July 27, 2022
I have good news for Mr. Ballard, an 18-year-old can not just "walk in and by an AK-15 automatic weapon." In part because there aren't "AK-15s" and in part because new sales of automatic weapons have been banned since 1986. https://t.co/wKPKOfJsvO
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 27, 2022
Dumb comments like these would be easier to stomach if they weren't always delivered with such certainty about what the problem is and how to easily fix it.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 27, 2022
He most likely did misspeak but better look up AK 15 before saying there arent any
— HeisenbergFX4 (@HeisenbergFX4) July 27, 2022
He's obviously mistakenly combining AR-15 and AK-47, not opining about some obscure Russian military rifle variant.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 27, 2022
OK, there is an AK-15 used by the Russian military and “mainly aimed at elite units.” But no 18-year-old is going to find one here.
An 18 year-old can't walk in and buy a NFA item.
AK-15s exist, but I seriously doubt Ballard knows this and confused it with the AR-15. https://t.co/KtBofXXoHS
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) July 27, 2022
It's not something that's for sale in the United States. Ballad clearly wasn't talking about it and you didn't know it existed until you googled in and clicked on the first result about 5 minus ago.
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) July 27, 2022
More importantly: should anyone take advice from the National Felons League? Nope!
— Mhandisi (@Mhandisi84) July 27, 2022
Don't forget the tactical chainsaws they featured on the world news lol.
— Brandon P (@UnleadedPetro) July 27, 2022
Hope his player management skills are better than his policy guidance.
— JeSuis #MockingJay ❌ (@Jam1p) July 27, 2022
Stephen Gutowski is getting a lot of pushback for arguing over “semantics” when what Ballard said made sense. It made enough sense for the “ban assault weapons” crowd.
Even the AP is telling its reporters to stop using “assault weapon” when they mean “semi-automatic rifle.”
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If we didn’t know any better, we might think Shannon Watts was disappointed more people weren’t murdered in Greenwood mall shooting https://t.co/BM2eP7AUNf
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 18, 2022
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