r/canadaguns • u/drakkosquest • Feb 27 '26

News / Politics / Activism Garbage Journalism

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Sent a message and considering emailing the journalist personally. Read the title, read the article, look at the photo. This is the kind of garbage journalism that leaves uninformed Canadians supporting Gun Grab policies. Its not just the CBC.

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u/Backslash_3 Feb 27 '26

Is it not a semi-automatic rifle?

Let people see that not all semis are scary looking

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u/swift_gilford Feb 27 '26

while true, the issue is headlines are meant to be grabby and people often don't read whole articles. Unfortunately a large portion of people not in the know, will just start to associate police encounters + "semi autos" which will continue to demonize the style of firearm.

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u/gihkal Feb 27 '26

I'm impressed the news didn't label it a "nearly automatic" rifle

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u/NobleAcorn Feb 27 '26

No they use “fully semi automatic”

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u/AlgaeGrazers Feb 27 '26

Or even "assault style"

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u/gihkal Feb 27 '26

They save that one for pellet guns these days.

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u/EQ1_Deladar Feb 27 '26

"near-assault style" or "assault style adjacent"