Thread: We have too many guns on our streets

"and allowing us to make a informed decision on whether we really want to allow our kids to play with his kids when he's got guns in the house."

This is what got me the most out of the entire article, followed closely by calling every gun they find an AK47 or M16 assault rifle... such typical scare mongering by the same journalists every time. Similar to how someone who had accidentally shot a toddler with a stolen sawn off shotgun to have the press jumping up and down screaming it was a pistol and citing how easy they are to get and essentially giving the anti-gun lobby false information.

If they want to pass laws against firearms based on half arsed facts and information, then why don't they pass some laws to tighten up the accuracy of media reports?

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Macca

Originally Posted by Macca

Similar to how someone who had accidentally shot a toddler with a stolen sawn off shotgun to have the press jumping up and down screaming it was a pistol and citing how easy they are to get and essentially giving the anti-gun lobby false information.

If they want to pass laws against firearms based on half arsed facts and information, then why don't they pass some laws to tighten up the accuracy of media reports?

Rant over
Macca

Isn't it legally classified as a pistol because it's been cut down to less than 762mm?

How is the media report wrong then? (If it is legally a pistol?)

Originally Posted by systolic

Isn't it legally classified as a pistol because it's been cut down to less than 762mm?

How is the media report wrong then? (If it is legally a pistol?)

Yes, legally a pistol. Media was technically correct in their reporting, but when the uneducated public hears 'pistol', they think 'handgun' rather than a rifle/shotgun cut down to below 762mm.