OK Twitter is usually pretty entertaining. And the mainstream media’s understanding (or lack thereof) of all things firearm related can be entertaining. When you apply one to the other, it is downright synergistic.
USA Today, in it’s fine tradition of journalism about guns, decided to take a look at the Ruger version of the AR-15 that was used in the latest shooting in Texas.
While they get it MOSTLY right, they include a reference to a “Chainsaw Bayonet,” which do exist – but mostly as a joke for fans of Gears of War, or The Walking Dead.
Since you can bolt pretty much anything to the front of an AR-15, yes, you can bolt on a chainsaw. Why you would want to as anything but a joke… or a reference to The Army of Darkness isn’t clear to anyone. Least of all USA Today. The denizens of Twitter immediately responded, as they are wont to do in these circumstances, with the hashtag, #ChainsawBayonet. Everything from velociraptors to “Fully Functioning” Deathstars are shown bolted to the AR-15.
USA Today did offer a clarification.
To clarify, the video shows both the shooter’s modifications, as well as other possible modifications. The shooter did not use a chainsaw bayonet.
The full video is below.
As noted, you can bolt just about anything to the front of an AR-15. You could bolt a Table saw to the front of a rifle and it would be only slightly less useful than the chainsaw version.
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