NBC Article On Guns Fails A Basic Fact Check

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NBC News published a piece on firearms Friday that fails even the most basic of fact checks.

Kevin Janson Neal, the California gunman who killed five people after a domestic dispute this week, used two handmade semi-automatic rifles and two handguns that were not registered in his name.

The handmade rifles were the subject of the NBC article written by Andrew Blankstein and Corky Siemaszko, who immediately demonstrated their firearm ignorance in the first paragraph by writing “multi-round magazines,” an obvious redundancy. 

The writers then incorrectly claimed that there is a “legal loophole” that allows people to own illegal guns as long as they are assembled at home.

“Experts say Neal apparently exploited a legal loophole that enabled him to get around California’s tough gun laws by ordering the parts for a weapon that is illegal in that state — and putting it together at home,” they state.

However, their cited “expert” immediately contradicts their own claim, as he explains that you can only legally assemble guns that are not restricted in the state.

“‘As long as it’s not restricted in the state of their residence and the person is not prohibited, anyone can manufacture a sporting firearm for person use,’ Rick Vasquez, a retired technical expert with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” told the writers.

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