Also in the ’ blaming the wrong thing for the Washington Navy Yard killing” category:

MSNBC animation of Navy Yard shooting depicts Aaron Alexis with nonexistent AR-15 (Video)

MSNBC jumped the gun when they created an animation of the man responsible for the Navy Yard shooting, Aaron Alexis, wielding an AR-15 during his rampage which left at least 13 people dead and at least eight injured in Washington D.C. on Monday.

In the animation, MSNBC depicts Alexis perched on the fourth floor of the atrium, AR-15 with a menacing looking attached M203 grenade launcher outstretched and pointed at military and civilian personnel.

But according to a tweet form the FBI Washington field office, they have confirmed the gunman was not armed with an AR-15, but says one shotgun and two pistols were recovered from the scene.

Note: It’s one thing to not like that civilians are able to buy AR-15s, but don’t blame “assault weapons” if the killings in question were not even done with a rife.