X-Post from Bansalot, corrected title: UPS delivers 5 shot, bolt action rifle to NY couple in error. [View all]
This article dang near qualifies as "fake news" for reasons I'll explain momentarily. Let's start with the original:
A New York couple was horrified when a UPS delivery that they thought was a Christmas present turned out to be an assault rifle.
Newsday reports that Joel Berman opened the keyboard-sized case in front of his wife and 6-year-old granddaughter Wednesday night in Oceanside, on Long Island.
Instead of a toy plane they were buying for their friend's son, they found a semi-automatic rifle, scope, stand, ammo clip and copies of an Arizona man's driver's license and concealed-weapons permit. They hustled their granddaughter out of the room and called police, who picked up the weapon.
http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/ups-delivers-assault-rifle-toy-christmas-gift-44238092
From reading that article, you'd think the gun was on the verge of climbing out of the case and chasing the family around the house.
The gun in question is a 5 shot,
bolt action rifle, a Barrett M95. Thus this reporting dang near qualifies as fake news. But if you're a controller all rifles are assault rifles and all handguns are Glocks.