{"id":486,"date":"2013-03-01T13:24:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lionspeak.asinglelion.com\/?p=486"},"modified":"2013-11-06T12:07:02","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T19:07:02","slug":"hello-kitty-gun-used-to-spread-misinformation-by-houston-chronicle-and-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/?p=486","title":{"rendered":"Hello Kitty Gun Used to Spread Gun Story Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a CNN I report\u00a0 ( a site to check up on leads) “Toy “Hello Kitty”AR-15, results in a 3 year old child’s death”\u00a0\u00a0The problem is the story is a lie.<\/p>\n

“In an article dated February 10, 2013 in the Houston Chronicle, states in an instance this month regarding the attached picture of a “Hello Kitty” AR-15 toy Assault Rifle was mistaken for the real thing, as a result, there was a shooting death of a 3 year old child in Greenville, SC.It’s this I-Reporters opinion that this kind of manufacturing of a toy AR-15 crosses the line. Something like this should not be happening, but yet it did. These type of manufacturers should be ashamed of themselves for making such a toy weapon.”<\/p>\n

In a popup the story refers to a Greenville story of a three why killed by a gun by his sister who found a pink handgun gun unsecured in her grandmas home not a Hello Kitty AR-15 .<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2013302040072&nclick_check=1<\/a><\/p>\n

While sad and tragic, Houston Chronicle had pick up the story for its hit piece on gun ownership Marketing assault: Selling women on guns the original post shows a Pink Hello Kitty AR-15 with the caption \u201cIn one instance, a weapon like this ‘Hello Kitty’ AR-15 assault rifle was mistaken for a toy, which resulted in a death.\u201d \u00a0This story was picked up by cnn.<\/p>\n

The Houston Chronicle story chick full logical fallacies and a propaganda piece for the anti gun crowd. The owner of the Hello Kitty AR-15, David Christian, chimes in, calling Houston Chronicle \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0on the mat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pink Hello Kitty rifle pictured above is NOT anything like the firearm that was involved in the referenced accidental shooting. I know for a fact because the rifle pictured above belongs to my wife as i built it for her. It is safely in our possession and I am frankly kind of outraged that it it’s image was used to push this inaccurate story!\u201d<\/p>\n

Caught in their bold faced lie Houston Chronicle changed the story picture<\/p>\n

\"Now<\/a>Now You see it<\/p>\n

\"Now<\/a><\/p>\n

Now you don’t<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/houston\/article\/Marketing-assault-Selling-women-on-guns-4265594.php<\/a><\/p>\n

Furthermore Sanrio forbids licensing of sharp objects, drugs, guns and hard alcohol and cigarettes. Hello Kitty guns are ether fakes, art installations or custom jobs not retail products. As a huge Hello Kitty fan and support of gun rights I find both offensive that the Houston Chronicle sinks so low to defame both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a CNN I report\u00a0 ( a site to check up on leads) “Toy “Hello Kitty”AR-15, results in a 3 year old child’s death”\u00a0\u00a0The problem is the story is a lie. “In an article dated February 10, 2013 in the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4],"tags":[214,215,212,216,213],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-politics","tag-gun-rights","tag-hello-kitty","tag-houston-chronicle","tag-media-bias","tag-press-bias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=486"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asinglelion.com\/lionspeak\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}