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u/Batsinvic888 Bats888 on YouTube May 26 '22 edited May 26 '22

CBC just aired this on national TV. They did interview Rod Giltaca for once, but they actually said AR's "can include a feature to prevent jams" referring to the charging handle or the forward assist... holy fuck I just lost brain cells.

Edit: This also wasn't just an aside, it was them trying to demonize the AR. Basically insinuating that it's only there so you can clear jams to keep shooting people.

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u/RadiantWings May 26 '22

Just watched it as well. I especially liked when they brought up Call of Duty... as if that had some sort of relevance to the issue in question. That video has to be among the most idiotic, pointless videos I've ever seen. All it was trying to do was REALLY insinuate that the AR-15 is some sort of human killing death machine.

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u/Batsinvic888 Bats888 on YouTube May 26 '22

I'm not normally a hardcore defund the CBC type but this shit pushes me ever closer.

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u/jsurprenan May 26 '22

What's awful about this propaganda is that all of us paid for it through our taxes🤦‍♂️

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u/AlmostUnpleasant69 May 26 '22

So their messaging is right in line with that of the LPC? Shocking.

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u/The_Killerb Gucci gear connoisseur May 26 '22

I would pay money to watch them try and clear a jam with the forward assist.

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u/AlmostUnpleasant69 May 26 '22

There’s not enough soy milk in the world to convince them to touch a gun...

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u/AlmostUnpleasant69 May 26 '22

I love how the utility of the forward assist is so hotly debated that it’s become a meme, then the firearms experts at CBC come in and say it’s a magic button that will fix a double feed instantly like magic. Then they’ll bitch non stop about how fake news is subverting democracy or something.

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u/Amaterasu127 May 26 '22

At some point the news also called it an automatic rifle