Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 The Headline TV reporter shot delivering live Los Angeles weather report The story: FONTANA, Calif. — A Los Angeles television reporter was struck in the hand by a BB gun pellet Saturday afternoon while delivering a live weather report, officials said.
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 Will this mean that BB guns will now be classified as "Assault Weapons" There? MT
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Posted July 31, 2011 Will this mean that BB guns will now be classified as "Assault Weapons" There? MT They have charged two teens with a felony.
Calamity Kris Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 The report I read said the camera man was hit also. Fontana is not one of the better places to be, depending on where she was. IF the youths were truly shooting AT her, that's an issue, BB gun or not. There are a whole lot of questions to be answered before/if we'll know what really happened.
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 Whatever the story - It's not the BB gun's fault... GG ~
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Posted July 31, 2011 The report I read said the camera man was hit also. Fontana is not one of the better places to be, depending on where she was. IF the youths were truly shooting AT her, that's an issue, BB gun or not. There are a whole lot of questions to be answered before/if we'll know what really happened. Sure it's an issue and a bad thing. My point was in the headline. They could have said Reporter Shot with BB Gun but Reporter Shot Live on TV is so much more sexy.
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 Sure it's an issue and a bad thing. My point was in the headline. They could have said Reporter Shot with BB Gun but Reporter Shot Live on TV is so much more sexy. Eeek- it's too bad 'sexy' can mean 'irresponsible' journalism GG ~
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 It was a publicity stunt, normally weather reports are so boring nobody watches.
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 31, 2011 Author Posted July 31, 2011 Eeek- it's too bad 'sexy' can mean 'irresponsible' journalism GG ~ As they say "If it bleeds, it leads"
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 Will this mean that BB guns will now be classified as "Assault Weapons" There? MT Hell, the legislature is trying to pass a bill now to make us paint all "BB guns" red or pink or some such BS feel good thing.
Old Scatterbrain Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 I remember reading an article in American Rifleman about anti-gun bias in the media. One newspaper headline was "Man shoots wife". The article was about a man who stabbed his wife, with no mention of a firearm.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 I find that most reporter talking heads have little or no idea of what they are talking about, most of the time, but when it comes to firearms, all reason checks out and emotion takes the drivers seat.
Colonel John Hays, SASS #29625 Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 The weather guesser here.......... needs to be shot too.
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