Monday, October 06, 2008

And the Coveted WarOnGuns "Authorized Journalist" Award Goes to...


...Eugene Driscoll, Staff Writer for The News-Times of Danbury, CT, for his reference to a policeman's "service revolver."

As I indicated, I emailed the Brookfield PD and just received this reply:
The reporter should have written “Pistol”. We haven’t carried revolvers in 20 years.
So congratulations, Eugene. You join the ranks of France's prestigious AFP and a select group of "Authorized Journalists" for presuming to inform your readership while masking damn near total subject matter ignorance.

Keep it up while writing about gun-related issues and I predict big things for you.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous10/06/2008 11:43 AM

    I still remember a story I read in the Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise 20 or more years ago which referred to a cop's "semi-automatic service revolver." Needless to say, Riverside cops did not carry Webley-Fosburys.

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  2. jon10/06/2008 11:53 AM

    this here's my "service and protection" assault-type sock, loaded with 45mm magnum pebbles.

    with a telescoping stock.

    built to military specification.

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  3. chris horton10/06/2008 3:49 PM

    This is a Rifle,and this is a gun.

    "Authorized journalists" sure are dumb!

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