Just sent an email to ABC15 about their disgusting piece. I suggest you guys do the same.
Hello,
I just finished watching your piece on the man carrying a rifle at Obama's speech at the VFW. This man was doing nothing wrong, was merely expressing his rights, and is an American just like you and I. You managed to vilify an upstanding American who works hard, and pays his bills. You also managed to call his rifle, a "machine gun", an "assault rifle", a "shoulder rifle", and also pointed out his "magazine clip". All of which are completely false, and sound down right stupid and ignorant to anyone who has the slightest clue about what you are referring to. It was a semi automatic rifle, and a magazine. Not a machine gun, not an assault rifle, not a "clip magazine". Saying "clip magazine" is like saying "spoon fork". Whoever wrote that piece obviously has no idea what they are talking about. Strange, I thought this was supposed to be informative news. I know 8 year old's who have a better comprehension of firearms. Do you guys even research what you are putting on TV? If you would have run that by even one person with an iota of firearm knowledge, it would have never made the final cut in it's current state. But, who needs editors right, it's not like you're making news or anything. You are really raising the bar ABC15...
Sincerely,
(never watching abc15 again)
Reid
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