l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 January 31, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
Rocket launchers roaming our city streets and being turned in at gun buyback
programs is a fake story the Old Media establishment has repeatedly
promulgated as real and I am getting a bit sick and tired of it.
Early in January I noted an instance where the media went gaga over “
missile launchers” that were turned in at a gun buyback program in Los
Angeles. Then I noted that the so-called “rocket launchers” where really
nothing of the kind.
As it happens the items scarily reported as “rocket launchers” were really
just useless and harmless plastic tubes from which no “rocket” could be
launched. Some were one-use tubes that had already been used by the military
–and could never be loaded with another rocket– but, worse, some were
training devices that never could have launched a rocket in the first place
and were just visual aides for new soldiers. Essentially these so-called “
rocket launchers” were just danger-free plastic relics.
A baseball bat is more dangerous than these so-called “rocket launchers.”
Absurdly, the incident above wasn’t the only time the news media lied about
scary rocket launchers being turned in to L.A. police.
Well, this week we have yet another example of this lie being pushed to the
public with the sole goal of scaring everyone into thinking that people are
roaming the streets with evil, evil “rocket launchers.”
This time it is Seattle Police making the false claim and the media
mindlessly helping them push the tall tale.
CBS Seattle reports,
Seattle police worked with Army officials Monday to track down the
history of a nonfunctional missile launcher that showed up at a weapons
buyback program and determine whether it was legal or possibly stolen from
the military.
A man standing outside the event Saturday bought the military weapon for
$100 from another person there, according to Detective Mark Jamieson.
Once again, what was in play here is a SINGLE-USE rocket tube that HAD
ALREADY BEEN USED and is now just a plastic relic.
This story is a NON STORY. This tube is just useless garbage that has only
one use: as a wall hanger to look cool. It is no longer a weapon and could
not be made into one.
The police and the media are simply lying with these stories. The devices
they keep reporting on are just harmless hunks of plastic. | b****r
发帖数: 1395 | 2 个人觉得我们人类天天都在这样，我们每一个人都这样'撒谎'过，即只说
部分事实，回避另外一部分事实。
当然另一方面，个人觉得这些新闻的另外一个重点是即便是废弃不能用的
武器，但仍然落到了平民老百姓的手上，难免大家要问，这东西他怎么搞
来的？
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: January 31, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
: Rocket launchers roaming our city streets and being turned in at gun buyback
: programs is a fake story the Old Media establishment has repeatedly
: promulgated as real and I am getting a bit sick and tired of it.
: Early in January I noted an instance where the media went gaga over “
: missile launchers” that were turned in at a gun buyback program in Los
: Angeles. Then I noted that the so-called “rocket launchers” where really
: nothing of the kind.
: As it happens the items scarily reported as “rocket launchers” were really
: just useless and harmless plastic tubes from which no “rocket” could be
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