tactidrool
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I work in the news industry, and I often read stories that betray a reporter's ignorance when it comes to firearms. I just came across this paragraph from an Associated Press story about violence today in Syria:
"Bursts of semi-automatic gunfire"?
I also regularly find reporters write or say "semi-automatic pistol," when the "semi-automatic" is, for the most part, not needed, but it must sound more frightening that way in their minds.
Heavy shooting rattled Daraa throughout the day, and an Associated Press reporter in the city heard bursts of semi-automatic gunfire echoing in its old center in the early afternoon.
"Bursts of semi-automatic gunfire"?
I also regularly find reporters write or say "semi-automatic pistol," when the "semi-automatic" is, for the most part, not needed, but it must sound more frightening that way in their minds.