[Red Badger]

the AR-15, a weapon of war

WRONG! The AR-15 has NEVER BEEN USED IN A WAR. An 'AR-15' is NOT AND ASSAULT RIFLE!......................

[onedoug]

Correct!

[ichabod1]

I know, right - caught that right away. I would have stopped there but I wanted to read about the moonies.

I think the writer was trying to create a dramatic tension between the firearm and it being featured in a church. It speaks more realistically about the weapon lower in the article.