Posted: 2/29/2008 9:54:38 AM EDT
I grow so tired of this.

In this image made available in London, Thursday Feb. 28, 2008, Britain's Prince Harry mans a 50mm machinegun, at an observation post close to Forward Operating Base Delhi, in Afghanistan, on Wednesday Jan. 2, 2008. Prince Harry has been serving on the front line in Afghanistan with the British Army, according to an announcement by Britain's Ministry of Defence. The Prince, who is third in line to the throne, and is still deployed in the country, has been in Afghanistan since December. The deployment was not reported due to an agreement between the Ministry of Defense and news organizations, including The Associated Press. The story was leaked by an Australian magazine and a German newspaper. (AP Photo/John Stillwell, pool) Photo Credit: AP
That's from today's Washington Post. Wow! That's a huge freakin' gun! It has a bore that's nearly 2" in diameter! Between their complete ignorance of firearms and the Metric System the media keeps boning this one. During the Dope Wars of the 80's, the WP frequently wrote of .9mm pistols and I still see .12 gauge get printed occasionally.
Now there's a fine young man, third in line for the throne and possibly possessing the last pair of testicles in the British Isles. He demanded to be sent into combat. He's killing hadji's with his Browning and loving every minute of it. Can they at least honor him by describing his weapon correctly?
I don't know if the blurb is also the AP's or the fault of the WP but somebody out there should correct them. It is so intuitive to a gun owner that a projectile in 50mm would be a freakin' cannon. To a commie libtard newspaper editor, not so obvious.
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