Journalism 101 : Basic Math
January 17th, 2006 by 
Kevin
“I will hand over my guns when they ask me to,” said 19-year-old Khusrow, who like many Afghans goes by one name. A 300mm pistol protruded underneath his leather jacket. “It’s OK. All of the terrorists are gone.”
For those of you that are mathematically-disabled, there are two things wrong with this statement.
A) A 300 mm is not a pistol
2) A 300 mm firearm is more likely to be the main weapon* on a WWI battleship** than carried around in someone’s coat
*300 mm = 11.8″
** For comparison, the USS Minnesota had 12″ guns and the USS Arizona had 14″ guns
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January 17th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
Wow… that’s BAD.
It’s not like they just typo’d an extra 0.
That’s not even CLOSE :-/