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Old 07-05-2022, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe C. View Post
Here's the problem with that: People need to correctly identify and use the proper terminology when talking or reporting about firearms. When definitions are skewed, and continually used in public, a common misunderstanding ends up becoming "fact". People call a magazine by the incorrect term "clip" and that word can eventually be used when enacting local laws. People watch too many movies with guns and actually believe those special effects are real. Words have meaning, and should be used correctly in order for the reader or listener to understand what is actually being conveyed.
So people who are not literate in some you know about should just shut up? No point in trying to understand what they are saying? No point in trying to politely educate them? No point trying to discuss, just rant about a word that is improper.y used while every two days more people, often children, die.

Good plan