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In April 2015, web site NationalReport.net published a piece titled, California Implements Statewide Ban On All .45 ACP Ammunition. The piece read, in part: As .45 ACP ammunition is enormously popular, the article immediately caused a furor in gun and ammunition forums and on social media. Some were taken in initially, particularly since the article was also published under the now-suspended spoof web address NYTimes.com.co, but commenters quickly discovered that the story was a hoax. NationalReport.net is a satire site. Its disclaimer page reads: Other stories that originated from the site had titles such as,Sarah Palin Bans Muslims from Entering Bristol Palin, and Adolf Hitler Tired of Being Compared to Donald Trump. Despite this, the hoax article continued to take in people — and sometimes entire news outlets. On 9 December 2015, the New York Times breathed new life into the piece when it published an editorial titled, An Opening for States to Restrict Guns, which linked to the hoax site in the following paragraph: While California does restrict certain types of unreasonably dangerous ammunition, such as bullets designed to penetrate body armor or metal, .45 ACP ammunition has not been banned. [article-meta]
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