CBC talks about firearms - fear mongering 101

[welsh]

CBC talking about 'sniper' rifle.

A Lever action is not a sniper rifle.

Any rifle with a scope is considered a sniper rifle by the clueless media ...

The report in question does not contain the words "sniper rifle."

It refers to the person shooting as a "sniper," which means a person who fires from hiding, usually (but not necessarily) at longer ranges. It's not inaccurate in this instance.

The media reports the news and you think you're being persecuted. You guys are a laugh riot.

[Species8472]

The report in question does not contain the words "sniper rifle."

It refers to the person shooting as a "sniper," which means a person who fires from hiding, usually (but not necessarily) at longer ranges. It's not inaccurate in this instance.

The media reports the news and you think you're being persecuted. You guys are a laugh riot.

No mention of "Sniper Rifle" in the CBC report. The Post on the hand had it front and centre in their headline:

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/ca...-metres-police

Headline cut and pasted from above article:

Toronto man murdered in driveway was shot with ‘high-powered’ sniper rifle from 180 metres: police

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[welsh]

The Post on the hand had it front and centre in their headline....

This from a conservative paper whose opinion editor is a gun owner. The conspiracy runs deep!

[mosquito]

I can count on some on here to twist and get it wrong as usual but let's look at what was actually written. Actually the suspected drug dealer was shot... not according to the National Post but according to:

Det. Tam Bui said. “We believe,” Bui said, “he was shot by a sniper.”..

Bui is hoping for a repeat of that success in the Yow Foo case. On Tuesday, he displayed the rifle — a Browning BLR Short Mag, fitted with a Bushnell high-definition scope and a Champion bipod — used in Yow Foo’s killing. He promised to reveal future clues in the coming days if a suspect isn’t found right away.

Bui called the gun used in the killing “a sniper rifle.”
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/ca...toronto-sniper

and 640 also called it a Sniper Rifle
http://www.640toronto.com/2016/04/19/130861/


Officer Bui giving the talk didn't seem to know much about firearms actually.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RODARE_g98g

200 yards with a scope and that rifle.... probably most hunters/shooters could do that yet they make it sound like some amazing trick.

[terrym]

From the photos,did anyone happen to notice the threaded end of the barrel to attach a suppressor? It's pretty hard to deny the purpose of the rifle to the media when we see that,right?

Likely just threads from a muzzle brake. Rifles are much louder when braked. I also own that same rifle in a different chambering ( 7mm08), not a bad shooter but not exactly what I consider a "sniper" rifle. They also called the low end Bushnell a high definition scope and claimed the bipod was almost a sign of evil. Uninformed idiots, but what the hell it works right?

[welsh]

So the police used the words "sniper rifle," and your complaint is the media reported it?

[trimmer21]

Likely just threads from a muzzle brake. Rifles are much louder when braked. I also own that same rifle in a different chambering ( 7mm08), not a bad shooter but not exactly what I consider a "sniper" rifle. They also called the low end Bushnell a high definition scope and claimed the bipod was almost a sign of evil. Uninformed idiots, but what the hell it works right?

The Police feed shyte to the media and they eat it up like candy canes from Santa. They'll say anything that'll bang the liberal gun control drum in any way possible. It's beyond ridiculous.

[welsh]

ROFL. Okay.

Yup, that's a real anti-gun report, all right.

[mosquito]

The Police feed shyte to the media and they eat it up like candy canes from Santa. They'll say anything that'll bang the liberal gun control drum in any way possible. It's beyond ridiculous.

Just ignore Welsh... there are some on here that regardless of the evidence will only choose the Liberal marching song.... if Stalin and Mao had their followers then Trudeau has his unquestioning minions too.

Notice he ignores the complete fear mongering nature of the first article talking about enough bullets to kill everyone twice and their resolute paranoia. Then nit picks and twists the fact an ambush shooter killing a known drug criminal and the police and media turn a BLR into a sniper rifle. The media a few times since the election especially has dragged out sniper and sniper rifles in relation to types of firearms and shooting more than in the same room.

Fear mongering, distortions on the ignorant and bills like S-223 will see an end to much of the private ownership of firearms it seems and when it does come to a vote the Feds will do a Quebec no doubt.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03...n_9481124.html
No free vote allowed in Quebec on Long Gun registry.

I mean just look at when the Toronto police got some semi-automatic rifles...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...fles-1.3409707
Toronto police to get military-style assault rifles
Toronto the last GTA police force to acquire high-powered rifles for its front-line officers

Dozens of front-line Toronto police officers will soon be equipped with semi-automatic assault rifles similar to those carried by Canadian Forces soldiers and specialized tactical units, CBC News has learned

I would question a .223 being called high-powered but I'll give it a pass. CBC and the Liberals have an ideology that like the Muslim Taquiya (various spellings) where you can lie if it gives an advantage accountability and integrity fall second to the agenda. You can see it clearly in many articles that are deliberately written in a way to distort. CBC in the first article was clearly fear mongering but in this case didn't do much distortion, BUT it didn't do anything to correct or explain the idiocy of the statements by the police officer (probably media type, he seemed to barely know anything about a firearm) either and marched to the tune and sadly more of the media bought it too.

I am sure that spin and celebration by CBC of the Omar Khadr wedding will be the media event of the year too probably.
http://www.therebel.media/terrorist_...radical_muslim

[welsh]

Let's clear a couple things up here.

1. I've never voted Liberal.
2. I'm not a big fan of Trudeau.

The fact that nobody in this community is allowed to disagree with the contention that the media and police are out to get us without being accused of voting Liberal speaks volumes. You know why you don't hear the pro-gun side in the media? Because when they try to have a pro-gun guy respond, all he wants to do is complain about attacks on gun ownership where none exist, or nitpick and quibble about what is or is not a sniper rifle. Fear mongering? That's the specialty of our pro-gun groups, constantly whipping people into a frenzy about how the Liberals and the police and the media are conspiring against us. And woe betide anyone who disagrees with the Chicken Littles.

The media have not marginalized gun owners; they've marginalized themselves.

This is a news story about a shooting, in which the media fairly and accurately reported what the police said. That's all. It's not a conspiracy to manipulate public opinion on gun control.

Every time guns are in the news, people like you always perceive some attack. Ever stop to think they might be in the news because shootings are news?