It is, but we should still expect news services to do a good job. The claims about the weapons effects (at least in the context of typical small arms) are on a

It is, but we should still expect news services to do a good job. The claims about the weapons effects (at least in the context of typical small arms) are on a similar even of magical effectiveness as the Supermicro allegations. It's painful to see reporting something that is obviously (ethically and legally) wrong (law enforcement should not be trafficing firearms, regardless of your stance on 2A rights or automatic weapons bans), intermixed with factually dubious claims (or at least incredibly misleading claims).