Because the media embellishes the ownership of guns for some nefarious purpose. I could have said more, as they have reported one technical error, but I did not.
Can you explain how they embellish the ownership of guns for nefarious purposes?
The majority of media coverage I see of guns is in relation to actual gun violence i.e incidents that seem to occur with alarming frequency - whereby someone opening fire in a mall or a movie theater.
What usually follows these incidents in the news cycle are editorials asking why there are more stringent background check as many of these incidents are carried out by unstable people. The evidence seems to suggest that the overwhelming majority of gun owners support these check because most owners are responsible law-abiding stable people. But I don't see these editorials as painting this gun owners in a nefarious light. The NRA lobby yes but responsible gun owner no, I just don't see it. And I like to consider myself as someone tries to consume varied news sources.
The article had nothing to do with guns, yet they mention it in two places, specifically to associate it with possible criminal activity.
The media only reports the bad use of guns. If you want to read about the numerous self defense instances, you'll have to read about it from the gun lobby. The NRA is comprised of 4 million dues paying members, which it represents just as much as it does it's corporate members. I actually prefer the GOA myself.
Also, the article mentions a shotgun with a "flash hider". Thus is pure embellishment. Besides, it's a muzzle break to reduce muzzle lift, not a flash suppressor, which would be pointless in a shotgun that would be used at most tens of yards. Though even a muzzle break would be of questionable use on a shotgun.
"If you want to read about the numerous self defense instances, you'll have to read about it from the gun lobby."
You want to complain about "media embellishments" and inaccurate coverage but then you suggest I should use the most powerful political lobby in the US as a news source? There's no embellishment there? That's an unbiased news source?
Just a cursory glance at some recent media outlet coverage of self defense shootings:
Not as a news source, but a news aggregator. The self defense shootings are buried as a 2nd tier link on a web site, or back of news paper. Crime is on the front page. Of course the gun lobby does not highlight crime or negligent shootings, so I'll give you that.
