CBS News is the latest mainstream media outlet to be caught lying about guns and gun ownership in America. Read the report below:
The store, SpecDive Tactical in Alexandria, Virginia, said that when CBS News’ Paula Reid purchased the rifle she told the store’s general manager the gun was for her own use. However, when CBS reported on the story they revealed the gun was purchased for the story and transferred to a third party a few hours later. “The rifle we purchased was legally transferred to a federally licensed firearms dealer and weapons instructor in Virginia, just hours after we bought it,” the report said.
The store said they contacted the ATF after viewing the report because they feared the misdirection used by the CBS reporter constituted a straw purchase, which would be a federal crime.
“Ms. Paula Reid came into the shop with cash, claiming she wished to purchase an AR-15 to, ‘undergo training,’” Ryan Lamke, SpecDive’s general manager, told the Washington Free Beacon. “She refused basic, free instruction of firearms safety under the pretense that she was using the firearm for training with a NRA certified instructor.”
“Due to the information provided in the CBS News report filed today, I suspect Ms. Reid committed a straw purchase and procurement of a firearm under false pretenses.”
SpecDive owner Jerry Rapp said that Reid misleading the store about her intention to give the gun over to a third party was a clear violation of the law.
“The law is very clear. When you knowingly attempt to purchase a firearm with the intent of giving it to another person, you are trying to bypass the legal pathway to firearms ownership,” he said. “This, in itself, is a very serious crime. I do not see how any member of the press can get away with potentially committing a felony just to boost their ratings and mislead the general public.”
This goes to show the lengths these mainstream “news” outlets will take in order to fake a story. This wasn’t journalism, it was a hit piece serving the overarching war on guns that has obsessed the media in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack.
Source: Free Beacon
Sure looks to be a straw purchase… If she told the FFL and signed the 4473 that it was for her, but intended all along to give the firearm to someone else? She’s in trouble.
And have been remember the Guns of Autumn.
We really need some ethics laws for journalist! If its not true and they publish it there should be fines! This is way out of control when you dont even know who to believe anymore!
More lies
Lock them up
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They’re trying for second place
CAN’T TRUST ANY OF THE NEWS CHANNELS IT SEEMS!
Boycott them. When the money runs out they’ll run out.
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