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In its haste to be a liberal hero the Boston Globe made a clumsy mistake.
On the front page of its Thursday edition, the paper had a picture of an AR-15 rifle with the headline “Make It Stop,” a reference to the Orlando massacre.
Running off the presses as we speak, stay tuned. #MakeItStop pic.twitter.com/o8KN8h9Msy
— Boston Globe Opinion (@GlobeOpinion) June 16, 2016
Just one problem.
The gun that Omar Mateen used to murder 49 Americans was a Sig Sauer MCX semiautomatic rifle, not the oft vilified AR-15.
Not such a minor detail when you are attempting to shift the focus from Islamic terrorism to an inanimate object.
Social media did not let it go unnoticed.
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@WNYT @Kimberly__Moore The @BostonGlobe has a research issue, unable to figure the difference between an AR-15 and a Sig Sauer MCX carbine
— Amora Bunny (@AmoraBunny) June 16, 2016
@GlobeOpinion @goddesslaney it wasn’t an AR15. It was a SIG MCX…I agree with gun control. But at least get the fucking gun right. Geez?
— Chris Atkins (@Caese_Rulez) June 16, 2016
@GlobeOpinion @BostonGlobe that’s not an AR-15 though.
— TheManInPink (@cincyrider) June 16, 2016
@BostonGlobe this is just ignorance it won’t stop nothing if you ban AR15 modern sporting rifles just punish law abiding citizens
— Brian Lilley (@Laterlaus_26) June 16, 2016
Case in point… Boston Globe’s cover piece shows a weapon that was not used by the shooter in Orlando. The AR15 is hated solely on looks.
— Hova (@SeanofCarter) June 16, 2016
@MikeMacck @SenWarren @BostonGlobe but the shooter didn’t use an ar15.
— joncary faubion (@jfaubion90) June 16, 2016
@mviser @jcmccaffrey @BostonGlobe by incorrectly picturing an AR15 as an assault weapon?
— Joe Rac (@joerac) June 16, 2016
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