A reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times attempted to purchase an AR-15 so he could write a story wailing about how easy it is to buy the gun. But he was denied for a reason that is simply hysterical.
The reporter, Neil Steinberg, started his piece by writing that he was “nervous” to head into the “Valley of Death” of buying a gun, trying to squirm out of the assignment. When he entered the store, Maxon’s, Steinberg flat-out asked one of the people who works there, identified as Mike, if he felt “guilty about the people killed by the guns he sells.” Mike gave what Steinberg calls a “fair” answer: “That’s like asking a car dealer if he felt guilty if someone gets drunk and kills somebody in a car he sold.” Steinberg was also open about his intentions with the gun: buy it, write the story and then hand it over to the police.
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