Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:20:56 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Spy plane crash?

At 09:07 AM 6/23/05 -0400, dicconf wrote:
>
>On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Mike B. wrote:
>
>> I don't recall if it was NPR or the local PBS station that did it, but I
>> once heard a radio report about a new semi-automatic gun law and the report
>> included the sound of machine guns firing in the background.
>
>Then that wasn't a report, it was an editorial.

It was purported to be a report, but I agree that it was slanted and
therefore more editorial in nature.  Much "reporting" on gun issues is like
that.

>Similarly with many of the stories identifying autoloading pieces as
>"assault rifles", and automatic pistols as "automatic weapons" -- as if
>there was no difference between a Colt .45 and a machine gun.

They generally use the meaningless term "assault weapon" when talking about
semi-automatic rifles that look kinda military-like (pistol grips for
instance), not "assault rifle"...since the weapons they are usually
discussing are NOT "assault rifles", but they want to brand them with that
image and blur the distinctions.

It's clearly intentional, as there is no way that any conscientious
reporter could possibly still be unaware of the error at this point in
history.  That they continue to use definitions made up by the anti-gun
crowd for propaganda reasons, rather than the proper technical ones in use
for many decades by the military, gun makers, shooters and everyone else
who knows anything about the subject, shows their bias.

-- Mike B.
--
George Orwell was an optimist.