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TheDarkestShark@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoThis got me thinking about how this is not the case for gun make and models for shootings. The only thing you ever hear is handgun, semi-automatic, or the scary assault rifle. Does the manufacturer of an AR-15 matter, not really, but caliber and gun type sometimes do.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The AR-15 thing is funny to me. Notice whenever an AR-15 is used in a shooting it’s BIG NEWS? Now think back on the guy in Maine who killed a bunch of people. (God damned was that guy screaming for help. Reg flags flying high.) Took me 3-days to find a news report on the gun used. It was an AR-10, basically the same as an AR-15. ducks as gun nuts throw rotten tomatoes at me.
But they didn’t report that because no one gives a shit about an AR-10. Very, very few have heard of one, not newsworthy. Now consider the public’s opinion of AR-15’s, the Toyota Corolla of guns. Not the best at anything, certainly not killing humans, but reliable, simple, inexpensive, customizable, AHH!
Anyway, I know I’m off topic. Merely puzzled as to why our billionaire media overlords would want public opinion turned against a simple, easy, cheap(ish), reliable rifle. One ponders what they would do if we built working guillotines…