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USA Today issues a clarification after depicting a rifle with a 'chainsaw bayonet'
Business Insider ^ | November 9, 2017 | David Choi

Posted on 11/09/2017 5:11:43 AM PST by Zakeet

A video posted by USA Today was criticized by firearm aficionados for its portrayal of the Ruger AR-556, the rifle that was reportedly used by a gunman to kill 26 people at a church in rural Texas.

In the brief video, USA Today identified components of the rifle and attachments that the assault-style rifle can be equipped with, some of them rare and ineffectual, including what appeared to be a belt-driven chainsaw.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; guns; mediabias; usatoday
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To: sima_yi

Belt drive is the common way to harness steam engines.


21 posted on 11/09/2017 7:19:31 AM PST by Professional Engineer (This account has been banned or suspended.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Right. I forgot about that. But then, you would need to buy the optional backpack steam engine, which I understand is a very common add-on.


22 posted on 11/09/2017 7:45:33 AM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: sima_yi
...”belt-driven chainsaw”...?

Yeah - they know almost as much about power equipment as they do about firearms.

23 posted on 11/09/2017 8:55:05 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: sima_yi
optional backpack steam engine

That must've been what powered the man-portable Minigun in Predator. Mystery solved.

24 posted on 11/09/2017 8:56:38 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Zakeet

I thought their clarification that the shooter did not use a chainsaw bayonet was quite helpful. /s


25 posted on 11/09/2017 9:01:46 AM PST by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: Zakeet
Fake Nuke


Real Nuke.


We made a couple thousand of these in the early 50s.

26 posted on 11/09/2017 9:29:45 AM PST by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: itsahoot

Davy, Davy Crockett.


27 posted on 11/09/2017 10:22:23 AM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Zakeet
Multi-use tools. Cool beans.


28 posted on 11/09/2017 10:26:56 AM PST by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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