So, when if a civilian attacks people with a semi-automatic handgun or rifle, the media calls it an assault rifle, but if a sheriff’s deputy attacks and kills six people with his issue AR-15, it’s a “police-style rifle“. And just in case CNN edits the article, here’s a screencap.
Like I said, if this had been you or I with a semi-auto rifle, there would be PSH from hell to breakfast about “assault weapons” and “machine guns” in the hands of civilians. Double standard?
Update: Uncle has the picture from CNN’s front page, when they still had it up. See it all here.
I thought previous news reports indicated it was a handgun.
You really expect a journalist to get it right?
You mean like in this article about a knife wielding maniac…
(operative word “knife”)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/07/2007-10-07_city_should_be_proud_of_amarjit_hero_at_.html
And the money quote:
“Other cops arrived, along with paramedics. The woman and Singh were rushed to the hospital, as was the gunman.”
Yep…they called the knife wielder a “gunman”. You heard it here first kids.
“Yep…they called the knife wielder a “gunman”.”
I’ve seen that before, a couple of years ago, on TV. The talking head at the site said that the gunman attacked a person with a knife, which didn’t make any sense, because there was no mention anywhere of the attacker having a firearm. What do you expect from journalists?
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this kid was 20 years old, right?
In every police agency with which I am familiar, commissioned officers or deputies had to be at least 21 years old.
Makes you wonder if they did any sort of screening at all with this kid.