We find ourselves, once gain, being subjected to very serious opinions on guns from people who lack the most basic understanding of guns. This round is coming in hot from The New York Times in an opinion piece titled ‘America’s Toxic Gun Culture’.
The highlighted ‘assault rifle’ was the AR-15. Of course.
How did The New York Times choose to drive home their expertise on the firearm the Left incessantly complains about?
They presented their lament of the AR-15 with an image of shotgun shells. LOL!
I am once again begging the MSM journalists to take just a couple of basic firearms class to avoid dumbassery like this pic.twitter.com/9KuNGoR2E0
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) December 10, 2022
As you might have guessed, Twitter users chose to educate The New York Times.
Honestly. If you don't know WTF you're talking about, how can you expect to be taken seriously. https://t.co/DT6D1mUyyy
— Occam's Stubble (@TXOdysseus) December 11, 2022
Mockery is the correct course of action here.
I find it amusing https://t.co/k9FjN8dUOT
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 11, 2022
Yes.
Does the entire NYT really not have one editor that can review gun-related articles to notice something as basic as using a picture of shotgun shells for an article about AR-15s?
Definitely inspires confidence about the contents of the article. https://t.co/FWFA0307BE
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 11, 2022
Frankly, it’s doing a service for anyone who has even the slightest clue about the topic.
It’s a perfect red flag that you’re dealing with an unreliable source on the topic.
Ooh! Ooh! Where can I buy a 12-gauge AR-15? It's been on my Christmas list for years!!!!
— BowTiedEagle (@PeteWaters15) December 10, 2022
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Please, Santa?! LOL.
https://twitter.com/BaconOutlaw/status/1601725868564676608?s=20&t=M50R36MtmL7HH2PciHd-aQ
This should be the default reaction to all NYT opinion articles, frankly.
AR-15 stands for automatic rifle that fires 15 shotgun shells per second.
— 𝕃𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔 (@logicbot3000) December 11, 2022
It’s hilariously ridiculous, right? How difficult should it be to picture the correct ammo, or even the weapon itself with an article that highlights it as the ‘choice’ of mass murderers?
That 24-hour strike was way too short.
Nah. It’s better and more fun this way
— Lewis Amselem (@TheDiplomad) December 10, 2022
He has a point. HAHA!
— Son of the Covenant (@FiverMacGyver) December 10, 2022
LOL. One of the classics of gun control Twitter.
Every time you post a story or opinion piece about guns and mess up the graphics or pictures because you don’t understand guns, your credibility drops. One would think you’d hit rock bottom eventually, but maybe not.
— Brian Jackson (@brianjackson502) December 11, 2022
Nah. We’re reasonably certain they can get worse.
The AR-15 (Assault Rifle 15th generation) is 69 times more powerful than the AR-1 used by George Washington's troops at Valley Forge.
— Skid Willie (@SkidWillie) December 11, 2022
Someone’s going to believe this. LOL.
Your photo editor had one job…
— Dianny 🇺🇸 (@DiannyRants) December 10, 2022
We’d suggest they learn to code, but if they can’t even select a logical image for an article, they don’t stand a chance of becoming a programmer.
Print journalism may be dying, but as it moves online the quality is noticably less. https://t.co/GksPPOWZyF pic.twitter.com/Vcvrc2DhyD
— UM LeatherAl (@AllanKirkhart) December 11, 2022
See, this guy chose an appropriate image! LOL!
NYT’s stormtroopers spent better part of 2020 burning US cities down but the AR sitting in your safe is the real danger here. https://t.co/anNE6iFIoX
— Matthew D. Dempster (@dempstermd) December 11, 2022
Yes, the gist of the article is that the ‘toxic gun culture’ is linked to rising right wing political violence, which is still extremely rare.
Leftist political violence, as occurred throughout all of 2020, was ignored, downplayed, and even implicitly condoned by left wing media. Remember ‘fiery, but mostly peaceful’ protest?
https://t.co/Z2T6jkRATV pic.twitter.com/nFXLh88dE4
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 10, 2022
Maybe The New York Times opinion writers should have written about President Biden trading a center for a Russian shooting guard known as ‘The Merchant of Death‘, instead of taking aim at American citizens who own guns.
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