And the winner is…. (drum roll please) Reid J. Epstein for his outstanding screw up in his article:
Once you get into the article you find out that:
- Mr. Epstein confused Ammo with Clips.
- Confused Clips with Magazines.
- Said that High Capacity Magazines are illegal in Norway.
- The shooter bought Hi-Cap mags in USA because they are too expensive in Norway (Huh?)
- Said that the sale or transfer of high-capacity gun clips containing than more than 10 bullets was illegal in the United States under the 1994 assault weapons ban.
- Kept confusing ammo with magazines.
- Used Carolyn (Shoulder thing that goes up) McCarthy as expert in gun stuff.
Money Quote:
The Norwegian new media have reported extensively about how Breivik legally acquired his weapons and ammunition, but the mail-order purchase of his ammo from the United States has received little attention in the English-language press.
Maybe because even the dumbest of the dumbest knows the difference between ammo & magazine?
Actually, as a propaganda piece, it does suit it’s purpose of blaming America first.
Can you even mail order ammo from the US to other countrys? I think customs wouldn’t like that too much.
To take ammo for personal use out of the country (as in hunting or competition) I think you have to deal with US customs and ATF. Besides, we CONSUME ammunition like crazy and we need to import it. The only exports go to our guys in the sandbox.
“Purchasing the hight-capacity magazines in Sweden would have been cost more,” is that even correct english?
Remember, it is very important to never blame the bastard who kills dozens of people in cold-blood. It’s the source of the ammunition that is so very important.
Well, what if it was Russian ammo? Would the U.N. be imposing sanctions on them? Should Norway sue them? What a lame argument.
Seriously, the idiots in the media need to put the blame on the SOBs, not the nuances of the gun or the ammunition source. It is so transparent that the only reason for the fixation is to support some half-assed gun control measure.