In the liberal media’s crusade to eliminate gun rights, no complaint is too absurd to be presented to their viewers as a serious point. CBS Mornings was guilty of this on Thursday as co-anchor Tony Dokoupil singled out Alabama, Missouri, and Texas (the locations of recent mass shootings) for not requiring residents to obtain permits to buy rifles and shotguns. But only seven states out of 50 have that requirement.
Before getting to the ridiculous, Dokoupil tried to frame the segment as something rational. “Of course, gun laws are different in every state. But with all these shootings all across the country and the different circumstances of each, we did want to take a step back and assess some of the numbers,” he stated.
“In all three of those states, no permit is required to purchase a rifle, to purchase a shotgun, or to purchase a handgun,” he scolded them. When it comes to requiring permits to purchase rifles and shotguns, Alabama, Missouri, and Texas find themselves amongst the vast majority of states, even among blue states.
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