Media gunning for ignorance
So a guy in Dudley, Mass., made a stash of weapons. This story from Boston's Channel 7 refered to a gun as a .50-caliber machine gun. It's not.
One television station last night -- maybe a different one, I don't know -- referred to a .50-caliber assault rifle. There ain't such an animal.
Channel 7 at least has a picture, which sure looks like a M1917/M1919 .30-caliber machine gun, possibly in semi-automatic. In many places, probably not Massachusetts, it's legal for nearly anyone to buy; this guy on AuctionArms.com is selling a rare variant. This one is fully semi-automatic, so it's not technically a machine gun. I don't know about the gun in Dudley.
Why is it so few people in the media know anything about guns? I suspect they were fed bad information by the cops, who may not know any more. You'd think this'd be a job requirement somewhere ...
The stories out of Dudley refer to a "grenade launcher" or "rocket launcher." MeTheSheeple finds himself wondering just what it was.
One television station last night -- maybe a different one, I don't know -- referred to a .50-caliber assault rifle. There ain't such an animal.
Channel 7 at least has a picture, which sure looks like a M1917/M1919 .30-caliber machine gun, possibly in semi-automatic. In many places, probably not Massachusetts, it's legal for nearly anyone to buy; this guy on AuctionArms.com is selling a rare variant. This one is fully semi-automatic, so it's not technically a machine gun. I don't know about the gun in Dudley.
Why is it so few people in the media know anything about guns? I suspect they were fed bad information by the cops, who may not know any more. You'd think this'd be a job requirement somewhere ...
The stories out of Dudley refer to a "grenade launcher" or "rocket launcher." MeTheSheeple finds himself wondering just what it was.
posted by MeTheSheeple at 4:15 PM
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