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‘It's physics’: Bearing Arms' Bob Owens fact-checks the Washington Post on M855 ammo

Well, this isn’t going well for the Washington Post’s Stephen Stromberg who has a piece today on the NRA and its opposition to the proposed ATF ban on M855 ammunition.

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Here’s Bob Owens from our sister outlet Bearing Arms with what’s turned into an epic fact-check of Stromberg’s entire story. First up, the caption on the photo accompanying the article was wrong:

But so is much of the rest of what Stromberg wrote:

As in, the concealable nature of an AR-15 handgun:

Or the specs of the ammunition in question:

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And here comes the science:

Facts matter, too:

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Heck, it’s not even about gravitas — it’s about understanding the basics. Can’t the Washington Post find a single writer that knows guns just a little big better?

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