Go home USA Today, you’re drunk … at best:
Two details set the Santa Fe shooting apart from other recent deadly attacks: explosives and the use of less-lethal weapons. https://t.co/F0rJZQydMa
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 18, 2018
The opener:
The attack at a Texas high school Friday echoed the all-too-familiar horrors Americans are accustomed to seeing on the news. But two details set it apart from the list of other recent deadly attacks: explosives and the less-lethal weapons used.
Now, this isn’t just a hot take:
WTF?
Hottest take: “The guns were a less lethal weapon than firearms used in other recent mass shootings, such as the AR-15.”https://t.co/BVlTzqJN23
— Law, Politics, & Football (@IReadAboutStuff) May 18, 2018
This is “the hottest f*cking take of all time”:
This is the hottest fucking take of all time. There are media ghouls crying tonight it wasn’t an AR-15. ??♂️? #HotTake ➡️ Guns used in Texas killings were less lethal than in other mass shootings https://t.co/j7PrmvEBuN via @USATODAY
— Allan Bourdius (@UnrealAllan) May 18, 2018
Aside from the grammatical errors, what a stupid thing to say:
"The guns were a less lethal weapon than firearms used in other recent mass shootings, such as the AR-15"
A. got some plural /singular messiness here
B. Oh you're wrong, they're plenty lethal
Other than that good job
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) May 19, 2018
Does USA Today not have a single writer on staff who knows about guns? Because to say a shotgun is “less-lethal” is inane:
The idea that shotguns aren’t especially lethal is . . . well.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) May 19, 2018
Something tells us this article won’t be up long:
WTF
Less lethal? Ten innocent souls are gone. That IS lethal.
There is no less lethal! What a rag USA Today is.
Guns used in Texas killings were less lethal than in other mass shootings https://t.co/nXOKxRzCYf via @usatoday— ?????? (@edz1) May 19, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 19, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 18, 2018
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 18, 2018