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On 10 January 2013, the Duffel Blog web site published an article reporting that a high-ranking U.S. military official had revealed plans to execute the confiscation of privately-owned firearms from Americans: This article enjoyed another spurt of popularity five years later, in the wake of a February 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, when Duffel Blog reposted it to social media: Of course, none of this Watergate-themed reporting was true, as it originated with Duffel Blog, a site long known for its news-like spoofing of all things military-related. The site's disclaimer makes its satirical nature clear:
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