“Semiautomatic” is SOOOO SCARY!!!
Came across this in the Courier Post:
In March, Officer Kevin Parry shot James Cohen, 26, after Cohen allegedly threatened the officer with a semiautomatic handgun in the Whitman Park section of the city.
I guess being threatened only “with a handgun” isn’t enough to justify shooting the perp. If it’s a “semiautomatic handgun” well hell, that sounds MUCH more scary, now doesn’t it?
Crap! Gangbangers aren’t using flintlock pistols anymore! Police are out-gunned!
Am I retarded, or have semi-auto pistols have been around since pre-1900. Browning, right? Is this just PSH-lite, stupidity, or some idiot trying to sensationalize news that isn’t really all that compelling?
Liberty on December 23rd 2007 in Boomsticks!
Angus Lincoln [Visitor] responded on 24 Dec 2007 at 5:12 am #
Can’t miss an opprotunity to vilify the tools that save lives if your a reporter working for a liberal rag. The comments were interesting that’s for sure!
Liberty [Member] responded on 24 Dec 2007 at 6:27 am #
Yeah … this one tickled me:
“Remember our motto, only cops can question cops and cops don’t question cops here in North Korea.”
I’ve heard Kim Jong likes to drive just as fast as Corzine …
Bubba [Visitor] responded on 26 Dec 2007 at 1:23 pm #
It doesn’t really sound like hysterics to me. I’m not familiar with this source paper or its bias, but semiautomatic is a perfectly legitimate and accurate way of describing a handgun. Knowing the type of handgun is not necessary for my understanding of the topic, but describing a pistol as semiauto or revolver is no different than saying whether a car crash involved a minivan, SUV or sedan.
Liberty [Member] responded on 26 Dec 2007 at 2:17 pm #
It’s an NJ paper. They’re biased. :-)