Thread: We have too many guns on our streets

Bastards should be happy, There'll be one less gun since my tooth broke. Have to give almost the price of a Remington 700 LR to my dentist to get it crowned.
Now the long range rig looks like next years project.

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.

It was the police calling it a pistol in the first place. Then it came out it was a sawn off shotgun.

So it was a pistol then.

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?)

It's was more leaned towards the anti-gun lobby using the pistol classification as ammo to attack legal users in sports such as ipsc

Originally Posted by Steve123

Bastards should be happy, There'll be one less gun since my tooth broke. Have to give almost the price of a Remington 700 LR to my dentist to get it crowned.
Now the long range rig looks like next years project.

Thats how I relate my dentist bills too. Must ask him if he has a gun license, then I could pay him with guns or ammo and stuff

Originally Posted by nevereadyfreddy

Thats how I relate my dentist bills too. Must ask him if he has a gun license, then I could pay him with guns or ammo and stuff

What really gets me is that we pay for their boats but they don't even take us out for a fish or dive.

Originally Posted by Macca

It's was more leaned towards the anti-gun lobby using the pistol classification as ammo to attack legal users in sports such as ipsc

How? Can you shoot ipsc with a sawn off shotgun? Even if it is a pistol.

Clearly what is happening is that some firearm enthusiests freak out if anything negative is said or reported about their potentially dangerous toys.

Originally Posted by Steve123

What really gets me is that we pay for their boats but they don't even take us out for a fish or dive.

Mine has a shiny new land rover defender all done up for 4wding, never had an invite to go out and join him with my truck!

Originally Posted by systolic

How? Can you shoot ipsc with a sawn off shotgun? Even if it is a pistol.

Clearly what is happening is that some firearm enthusiests freak out if anything negative is said or reported about their potentially dangerous toys.

Pretty much. When the bias is obvious I'll take whatever oppurtunity to put the boot in.

Originally Posted by Macca

It's was more leaned towards the anti-gun lobby using the pistol classification as ammo to attack legal users in sports such as ipsc

100% paranoid bollocks. Media reported what the Police released - his holding charge was unlawful possession of a pistol, which is what a firearm with a barrel less than 762mm actually is. It was after he was remanded in custody by a judge over this charge was it upgraded due to the death of the child.

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I find it sad that some people are more outraged over the way the firearm used was (accurately) described, than the death of a two year old.

Originally Posted by systolic

I find it sad that some people are more outraged over the way the firearm used was (accurately) described, than the death of a two year old.

I think that is an inaccurate comment, given the nature of discussion on this forum, it is inevitable that there will be a focus on the firearm.

Originally Posted by systolic

I find it sad that some people are more outraged over the way the firearm used was (accurately) described, than the death of a two year old.

The death of a two year old is tragic in the extreme regardless of the circumstances that lead to it. The discussion in this thread does not diminish that tragedy.