October 29, 2007

WTF? AFP Uses Military Photo for Gun Article

Check out this photo used in a story about some states stopping lawsuits from burglars against the homeowners who shot them. The image shows a guy in the military with his .50 cal M2 machine gun.

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A US airman with a machine gun in Indian Springs. Burglars in the United States could once sue homeowners if they were shot, but now a growing number of states have made it legal to shoot to kill when somebody breaks into a house(AFP/Getty Images/File/Ethan Millar)

The story the photo was supposed to illustrate.

Just your ordinary average homeowner with his typical firearm.

H/T: Paul

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 02:39 PM | |