I’m old enough to remember when being a journalist meant being committed to seeking out the truth and sharing it with your fellow citizens. But journalists today are more interested in pushing the gun control agenda than reporting facts.

In their rush to identify the firearms used in the Alexandria, VA shooting of Republican congressmen practicing on a YMCA baseball field, they showed their stupidity… and it’s pretty impressive.

Let’s see how many terms and or names they came up with, shall we?
WARNING: if this was a drinking game with ASSAULT as the buzzword, we’d all be drunk.

NOPE.

That's not a picture of an SKS, Jim. That's a picture of an AK-47. https://t.co/ixxkhHdsme

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 15, 2017

A 2 second google search dude
Seriously not that hard pic.twitter.com/GU8SuSbUtV

— PuckLuckBitch (@puckluckbitch) June 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/875392728967913473

That gun in your picture is an AK-47. Not the same

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) June 15, 2017

Rather than admit he was wrong, Jimbo doubled down, sending a message to ‘you gun experts’ who called him out:

You gun experts can quarrel all you like. Gun used in Scalise shooting was legally purchased assault rifle. https://t.co/5TQ6I3ONim

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 15, 2017

Just to help you educate yourself a little. https://t.co/DN9EBZMitw

— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) June 15, 2017

Define “assault weapon."

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 15, 2017

According to @nycjim? Long, pointy stick that makes loud noise

— Nick (@ndjs22) June 15, 2017

https://twitter.com/Melvin_Udall_/status/875401583273574404

Okay, let’s try this again:

DOH!

https://twitter.com/IMZATrauma/status/874997846109540353

Holy crap. I've only read about those in alt right, 3%, racist terrorist, recruitment propaganda magazines.

— Rossiyskiy bot-fermer (@JDub0311) June 14, 2017

https://twitter.com/Kenneth31737722/status/874993506921709568

One more time – you can do it!!

Oh well, perhaps it’s just Twitter, maybe they’re getting it right on cable news?

Dang.

It’s not like they don’t have access to, oh I don’t know, GOOGLE or the INTERNET, but I’m sure fellow journalists and firearms aficionados would be more than happy to answer any questions they may have about firearms before they report.

You know, it is possible to report on firearms without getting all of your facts and terms wrong. It just takes a small amount of research.

— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) June 15, 2017

Dear journals: wondering about firearms? Want to be objective and honest? Ask @StephenGutowski, @JennJacques or @MrColionNoir for help. kthx

— dubs (@mrbigdubya) June 15, 2017

Perhaps journalists should watch this historical documentary for future reference: