They almost draw the conclusion
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (which coincidentally may be the stupidest name for a newspaper ever) writes:
One was used to shoot a woman in a domestic-violence assault, another sent multiple rounds flying in a South Seattle neighborhood, a third was found in the possession of a Central District teenager, and a fourth was recovered when officers responded to a report of shots fired.
All four weapons — two Tech-9 semiautomatic handguns, an assault rifle with a collapsible stock and a 12-gauge semiautomatic shotgun dubbed the street sweeper — are illegal under a federal ban on certain assault weapons.
They’re banned but still on the streets? Why is that?
April 28th, 2004 at 11:54 am
Maybe I’m wrong, but it was my understanding that the “ban” did NOT apply to firearms that existed before the ban (i.e., “pre-ban”). Therefore, it’s kind of sloppy to say the guns are “illegal.”
Also, it’s “Tec-9,” not “Tech-9.” Sloppy journalism.
Unless, of course, I have my facts wrong, in which case, I’m just a dumb blogger.
April 28th, 2004 at 12:44 pm
Would they prefer that women who are victims of domestic-violence attacks be shot with single-shot shotguns? 5-round .38 revolvers? beat with tire irons?
Would those wife killers be morally superior to others?
F***ed up.
April 28th, 2004 at 12:46 pm
Post-Intelligencer is a dumb name, but Chattannoga News-Free Press was even dumber. They finally changed it a few years ago.
April 28th, 2004 at 6:03 pm
New Orleans has a “Times-Picayune,” and Milwaukee’s paper is the “Journal-Sentinel.” The latter, at least, is the result of a merger. It would have been better to pick a name and stick with it, rather than the stupid hyphenated crap.
Sidebar, the common name for the Milwaukee Journal is “Milwaukee Urinal,” if that gives you any clue as to how the public views it.
Here in Memphis the “Commercial Appeal” has always struck me as a dumb name.
April 28th, 2004 at 11:40 pm
Post-Intelligencer: As intelligent as a post.
All those weapons are legal to own. You just can’t buy them new any more.