From ‘Military Machine Gun’ to .22 Replica: KIRO 7’s UZI Story Changed Fast

Summary

Seattle's KIRO 7 initially reported on March 20 about a "military machine gun" and "silencer" found on a felon on a public bus. The next day, the station revised its report, describing the firearm as "a reproduction .22 caliber Uzi-style machine gun with a fake suppressor." Ammoland criticizes this initial exaggeration, highlighting that a .22 replica is a semi-automatic rifle, not a machine gun, and points to Walther's semi-automatic UZI .22 LR tactical rimfire replica as a likely example of the actual firearm.