g_gunter
Member
About a week and a half ago CBS' 48HOURS broadcast a story where an apparantly battered wife eventually shot and killed her alledgedly abusive husband. Now, I don't have a problem with them broadcasting the story if there is a question of whether or not the woman was justified in killing her husband. The issue I had was when they broadcast this paragraph:
[CBS 48HOURS Quote:]
"But Jay's parents struggled to understand why Cherry was so quick to shoot
their son, AND WHY HER WEAPON WAS LOADED WITH HOLLOW POINT BULLETS. They also say their son was just a hard-working husband seeking a divorce and his fair share of the property."
[Unquote]
[Emphasis mine]
Along with that quote they showed a close-up shot of a beautful stainless Colt .357 revolver with the camera moving around it for added emphasis. This really steamed my beans, so to speak, so I fired off this letter to them:
[My email to CBS]
Concerning your program "The Right To Kill" you included the following:
"But Jay's parents struggled to understand why Cherry was so quick to shoot
their son, and why her weapon was loaded with hollow point bullets. They also
say their son was just a hard-working husband seeking a divorce and his fair
share of the property."
A defense weapon loaded with hollow point bullets is the only responsible way
to load such a weapon. You use hollow point bullets for two reasons: 1) To
reduce the amount of penetration through the body of the perpetrator so as to lessen the likelihood that the bullet will exit and hit an innocent bystander,
like in a home 2) To increase the likelihood of stopping the threat before harm
can come to the intended victim at the hands of the perpetrator.
Ask yourself then ask a police officer: "Why do police only use hollow point
bullets in their weapons?"
I find your implication that something sinister was in the works simply because
someone loaded their weapon with hollow point bullets to be misleading and
disingenuous. Because of this type of misinformation there are some states that ban the use of hollow point bullets in defense weapons. Hence, innocent
bystanders are at significantly greater risk from over-penetration of bullets
as a result of allowing this ignorance to remain.
I am still led to believe that CBS is still bent on pushing misinformation and
an agenda rather than accuracy and enlightenment.
J. Gunter
[End of rant to CBS]
To my surprise, they responded with the following:
[CBS' response]
Thank you for taking the time to write to CBS. Your comments have been shared with the 48 HOURS staff.
Cordially,
Ray Faiola
Director,
Audience Services
[End of CBS' response]
Did anyone else see this particular broadcast?
g_gunter
[CBS 48HOURS Quote:]
"But Jay's parents struggled to understand why Cherry was so quick to shoot
their son, AND WHY HER WEAPON WAS LOADED WITH HOLLOW POINT BULLETS. They also say their son was just a hard-working husband seeking a divorce and his fair share of the property."
[Unquote]
[Emphasis mine]
Along with that quote they showed a close-up shot of a beautful stainless Colt .357 revolver with the camera moving around it for added emphasis. This really steamed my beans, so to speak, so I fired off this letter to them:
[My email to CBS]
Concerning your program "The Right To Kill" you included the following:
"But Jay's parents struggled to understand why Cherry was so quick to shoot
their son, and why her weapon was loaded with hollow point bullets. They also
say their son was just a hard-working husband seeking a divorce and his fair
share of the property."
A defense weapon loaded with hollow point bullets is the only responsible way
to load such a weapon. You use hollow point bullets for two reasons: 1) To
reduce the amount of penetration through the body of the perpetrator so as to lessen the likelihood that the bullet will exit and hit an innocent bystander,
like in a home 2) To increase the likelihood of stopping the threat before harm
can come to the intended victim at the hands of the perpetrator.
Ask yourself then ask a police officer: "Why do police only use hollow point
bullets in their weapons?"
I find your implication that something sinister was in the works simply because
someone loaded their weapon with hollow point bullets to be misleading and
disingenuous. Because of this type of misinformation there are some states that ban the use of hollow point bullets in defense weapons. Hence, innocent
bystanders are at significantly greater risk from over-penetration of bullets
as a result of allowing this ignorance to remain.
I am still led to believe that CBS is still bent on pushing misinformation and
an agenda rather than accuracy and enlightenment.
J. Gunter
[End of rant to CBS]
To my surprise, they responded with the following:
[CBS' response]
Thank you for taking the time to write to CBS. Your comments have been shared with the 48 HOURS staff.
Cordially,
Ray Faiola
Director,
Audience Services
[End of CBS' response]
Did anyone else see this particular broadcast?
g_gunter
