A semiautomatic rifle is shown to the viewer...
then a fully automatic gun is demonstrated being fired at body armor
Video: CNN faking gun demonstrations
CNN is back to their old tricks, once again faking gun demonstrations and misleading their viewers to further their anti-gun agenda. On March 27th, 2009 CNN released this video featuring reporter Drew Griffin in which he describes how "high-power" firearms from the United States are fueling the drug cartel violence in Mexico. Griffin parrots the information given to him by the ATF agents and Mexican police, without any fact-checking, and proceeds to paint a picture of straw purchases...
On the March 15th, 2009 edition of Fox New's "Geraldo at Large" guest General Wesley Clark appeared and blamed the recent Mexican drug cartel violence on "machine guns" from the United States flowing into Mexico. When Geraldo briefly tried to place the focus on corruption with the police of the border towns, Gen Clark quickly shifted the focus back to gun ownership in the United States and called for the renewal of the "Assault Weapons Ban".
Video of Gen Wesley Clark on Geraldo
Clark: "The real problem here in the Mexican government, the people I have talked to in the Mexican government...