CNN Felony Gunswarm!

Since CNN aired a story on hw "easy" it is to legally purchase a .50 caliber rifle, and in the process appears to have violated the Gun Control Act of 1968 at least once and possibly more than once, the blogosphere has been in a rage. This post serves to collect all the links in one place. I had some problems editting this post earlier, so if I am missing any posts on this issue, please put them in trackbacks, or comments, or email.

It all started on The Claire Files and The High Road
From there, I picked up the story on TriggerFInger
... and cited the laws that were broken
... and noted that the original poster was making straw purchase noises, although that remains unclear
Later that morning, FreedomSight picked it up
Shortly thereafter, The Smallest Minority posted...
... and got Instapundit involved.
The War on Guns weighs in (twice)
Since people were having trouble viewing, I posted a summary
... and a letter to CNN
My View of the World
Say Anything
Denise, of The Ten Ring, is an FFL and weighs in
XLRQ analyzes the law and dubs CNN The Most Busted Name In News
The View from the Bunker
Carnaby Fudge notes that the media is manufacturing outrage... perhaps this time, they are manufacturing the wrong kind.
The Smallest Minority weighs in with comments on the substance of the .50 story
... and a transcript, too
Stop The Bleating is, well, bleating...
Michael Bane isn't sure about the felony
FreedomSight has more info on the .50 and airplanes
Heartless Libertarian joins the swarm
So does Les Jones
Publicola has some unconventional thoughts
The Geek with a .45 belatedly joins the swarm
Say Uncle says uncle... and finally comments
Lay Line comments...
... and so does Confederate Yankee
Michael Silence breaks his silence
Bloodletting sheds some
Alphecca has a brief comment
Another post up at The Ten Ring
TriggerFinger identifies a loophole
SaysUncle has a response from the ATF
TriggerFinger defines a straw Texan
FreedomSight summarizes
The Smallest Minority sums it up
Michael Bane: NSSF lawyers say at least one felony, possibly two
Posse Incitus has another post up
TriggerFinger posts about Michael Bane's scoop
... and gets some linky loveliness from Instapundit
Conservative Contrarian weighs in
The Geek muses further
There's a thread on ProtestWarrior
And on ar15.com
Carnaby fudges again
In No Particular Order
David Codrea weighs in again with a pessimistic outlook
Countertop Chronicles says that intent doesn't matter
Hell in a Handbasket turns in his decoder ring
falfiles.com has a thread
And a curios and relics forum

Posted on 2005-02-20 12:43:52.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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CNN and the .50 Caliber story

by TFS Magnum

CNN should not have special privileges because they are a news organization. They broke the law. They should suffer the consequence.

FYI

The silence from the media has been pretty bad. However, a local reporter has linked it on his blog:

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2005/02/another_cnn_mis.shtml

Posted by SayUncle on 2005-02-21 16:47:23.0

The silence of the BATF

One of four things happened:

1. The reporter, Drew Griffin, bought a gun in Texas. Since he's not a Texas resident, that's a felony.

2. One of Drew Griffin's crew, who's a Texas resident, bought the rifle and let Griffin take it back to Atlanta. That's a straw sale.

3. The Texas resident who was the actual buyer--probably one of Griffin's crew--took actual possession of the rifle and transported it with him back to Atlanta. That's not illegal.

4. The rifle never left Texas.

#'s 1 and 2 make Drew Griffin a federal felon. #'s 3 and 4 make Griffin out to be just another lying media whore.

This story is huge, yet the media is ignoring it. Keep making the phone calls. CNN has to be called on the carpet for this.

Posted by Monkeyleg on 2005-02-22 22:15:40.0