WesleySnipes wrote:I can't believe this. Most 14 year old video gamers have more knowledge of firearms then this serviceman that is supposed to have better than sound firearms knowledge, I mean heck, is this idiot allowed to carry a firearm as part of his occupation or what? And he has absolutely no excuse, he has owned various types of firearms in the past and still can't recognise the most basic and obvious of action types? It is people like this that spread misinformation with no knowledge and people just eat it up because it would be assumed he has half a clue on what he is talking about, being the assistant commissioner and all.
I really don't know what to say. My 9 year old brother can differentiate between a bolt action rifle and a semi automatic, and he's never even held a rifle. Just absolutely no excuse what so ever. High powered weapon? Standard run off the mill rifle calibre.
How people like this get that high up in the chain of command I'll never know. It's ironic that in order to pass a firearms safety test in order to obtain a shooters licence you must have sound knowledge of the basic actions types and how they operate so you can understand their respective safety mechanisms.
Not knocking the police, most do a good job. But with people like this administrating it's no wonder some officers seem fine enforcing ridiculous and useless laws that achieve nothing for the safety of the public.
Misinformation and the "dumbing down" of society is one of the strategies employed for a few years now.
Why?
Because a lot of people who read newspapers or watch TV are known to have minimal knowledge of certain topics which are then exploited by journo's (a word loosely used these days.....) to make the topic "newsworthy" or sensationalize the topic into a frenzy of nonsense (refer The Greens and GCA for perfect examples).
If its not the mainstream media, then "social media" (an oxymoron if ever) is then employed and the language of that target demographic is employed.
When the majority of news reports are are based on the personal lives of manufactured talent (excluding what's happening in the Middle East), well, its a sad world.