The newest development in weaponry: pliable guns

News item:

CNN
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The 14-year-old shooter who confessed to killing four people last week at Apalachee High School in Georgia was allowed to leave his classroom with his belongings before returning with [an AR-15] in his backpack, the state Bureau of Investigation said Thursday.

Thanks to Charles Glasser of Instapundit for breaking this fascinating account. He kindly provides an explanatory illustration used by know-nothing CNN reporters, and their similarly handicapped peers in government, when drafting stories on the subject of guns.