CNN gets reality checked after attributing gun sales spike in US to 'Capitol Hill insurrection'

This won’t exactly be breaking news to many people, but there’s been a spike in the sale of guns and ammunition lately, and CNN would like everybody to believe there’s a singular cause:

such garbage pic.twitter.com/yKhDJlNX9C

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) February 5, 2021

CNN couldn’t think of any other possibilities? Well, maybe they could, but they weren’t about to wreck the narrative they were clearly going for.

Weird. I've read this story three times and can find no evidence to support its opening claim that the Capitol Hill insurrection led to an increase in gun sales in January. https://t.co/cjZx8kVsb3 pic.twitter.com/rWt0ljRvWk

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 3, 2021

“Evidence”? CNN doesn’t need any evidence! We’ve now reached the point in “journalism” where time didn’t begin until January 6th of this year.

Connecting the gun spike — going for a year — with riot.

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) February 5, 2021

Pandemic + BLM riots + Capitol riots + Biden taking office = a year-long run of record gun sales peaking in January. https://t.co/KU2HE17mhx pic.twitter.com/0gX7Cu8T6H

— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) February 5, 2021

Nice try though, CNN!