An AR-15 was surrendered to police during an NYPD Buyback event Saturday.
Here was their headline: “Firepower frenzy! Semi-automatic weapon surrendered at NYPD buyback event”
Of course, sometime ago they didn’t say “semi-automatic weapons” but “machine gun,” thanks to the people leaving comments, they fixed that mistake.
Here’s the story Thomas Tracy wrote:
An AR-15, the same deadly weapon used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School and Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacres, was anonymously surrendered to authorities Saturday for a $200 bank card during an NYPD gun buyback event, officials said.
Isn’t the NYPD great? When they’re not confiscating guns from law-abiding gun owners, they’re rewarding possible criminals for their stolen guns.
The frightening piece of firepower was one of 96 weapons collected at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Castleton Ave. in Staten Island that included 33 semi-automatic pistols,40 revolvers and 13 rifles. Eight B.B. guns were also collected.The NYPD handed out $200 bank cards for all working firearms, as well as $20 for B.B. guns.
Thomas, part of being a JOURNALIST is telling the TRUTH. How do you know that piece of firepower is “frightening?” Fear is subjective! I’ve shot the AR-15, it is a fine weapon, a fun weapon, but if you must use an adjective, then call it a popular weapon.
Here’s an idea, if you’re going to write about guns, go to a gun range so you know what you’re writing about.
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Gregory Smith