Journalist's Firearms Identification Guide

[fattboyzz]

sad truth about people who know everything about nothing !!

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

"They are arguably more deadly than military versions, because most experts agree that semiautomatic fire is more accurate and thus more lethal than automatic fire. 1"

There is actually a grain of truth in this.

 

[offroaddiver]

I had a conversation with my manager about guns, and which ones would be good for home defense. My first response was doesn't matter what you buy as long as you are accurate with it and have some training and range time. He said he wanted a glock and described to me what was any semi auto pistol. Then said an assault rifle would be nice for taking out rabid animals as he described any semi-auto.

After a few minutes of discussion he understood that the general description of guns was very misleading, I proceded to take him out to my car and show him my black sniper rifle used to take out vermin at long ranges (22lr bolt action)

People are stupid. Sure a person can come up with beautiful ideas, even 2 or 3 persons can have great insight. As soon as it is a crowd of people the intelligence is no longer evident.

 

[RS14]

There is actually a grain of truth in this.

You're right, in that there are times when semi-automatic fire will be more effective. But military assault rifles are selective fire. If semi-automatic fire is more suitable for your task, flip the switch, and the military rifle becomes just as capable as the civilian one.

Hello all,
If we all will complain to the FCC and the newspaper/TV station/TV newsmagazine, whatnot that gets everything gun related wrong, at the end of the year we can complain to the FCC come renewal time for the TV station licence and maybe the station will take notice when they have to fight to retain their licence.

Just a thought.

The FCC has little if any authority over newspapers. You may want to take a look at what they say about complaints against new broadcasts here. Notably, "It is not sufficient for a complaint to allege only that a broadcast station made a mistake in reporting a news event. The complaint must include documented evidence showing deliberate misrepresentation." Specifically, "This kind of evidence could include testimony, in writing or otherwise, from “insiders” or persons who have direct personal knowledge of an intentional falsification of the news. Of particular concern would be evidence about orders from station management to falsify the news. In the absence of such documented evidence, the FCC has stressed that it cannot intervene. "

Frankly, I don't feel that identifying and censoring false information should be within the powers of our government, at least not when it comes to the press.

 

[stchman]

I think as far as rappers and gang bangers are concerned:

All semi-auto pistols are Glocks

All revolvers are Smif & Wessuns

All semi-autos with bling are "Deagles"

Got it.

 

[PhilA]

You forgot the words "cop-killer" or "high-powered" before each of those descriptions.