A few posts back we helped to expose an article from the notoriously known UK newspaper The Sun, this article had been written in a way (a way that could only be the work of a anti gun activist) to attempt to get .22LR semi auto rifles under the spotlight and made them out to be ''The Same Weapon used in the Sandy Hook Massacre''
Here is a copy from the NRA Website News section:
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The Sun issues a clarificationIn an article published on
the 24th January 2013, The Sun newspaper printed the following clarification.
IN a story 'Massacre guns on sale in UK' we stated that lethal assault rifles
like the AR15 weapon used in America's Sandy Hook school massacre are being
legally sold in Britain.
A Welsh-based firm describes the Ruger SR22 semi-automatic as a 'clone of the
AR15'. We would like to clarify that these replica guns are scaled down versions
of the originals, requiring .22 ammunition rather than the more powerful .223
calibre.
Updated: 25-Jan-13 (Original posting: 25-Jan-13)___________________________________________________________________________________ They have issued a clarification but I suppose no apology, in my opinion the damage is done - I still strongly feel this newspaper has gone on for too long and published hundreds if not thousands of severely manipulated articles that bear almost no relation to the actual events that lead to the stories going into the interest of the media. They owe the shooting community in Britain an apology - but I feel they should also have their License Reviewed!
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