FireBirdDS
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Journalist from the New York Daily News tries shooting an AR-15 for the first time and says he's traumatized and left with PTSD from the whole experience!
Firing an AR-15 is horrifying, menacing and very very loud - NY Daily News
The piece went viral, and sparked an endless criticizing and mocking backlash. Journalist gets butt-hurt from the mocking and publishes a follow-up piece...
To gun lovers, you can't even have an opinion on assault rifles - NY Daily News
Firing an AR-15 is horrifying, menacing and very very loud - NY Daily News
The recoil bruised my shoulder, which can happen if you don’t know what you’re doing. The brass shell casings disoriented me as they flew past my face. The smell of sulfur and destruction made me sick. The explosions — loud like a bomb — gave me a temporary form of PTSD. For at least an hour after firing the gun just a few times, I was anxious and irritable.
The piece went viral, and sparked an endless criticizing and mocking backlash. Journalist gets butt-hurt from the mocking and publishes a follow-up piece...
To gun lovers, you can't even have an opinion on assault rifles - NY Daily News
In all my years in journalism — coming up on 30 (thanks) — I have never received so much angry mail as I did after yesterday's story